Communal land titling dilemmas in northern Thailand: From community forestry to beneficial yet risky and uncertain options
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.12.019
Abstract: Abstract Communal land titling has become a popular tool for land-use management and governance in Southeast Asia in recent years, including in Thailand. In this paper, we describe how the community forestry movement in northern… read more here.
Keywords: land titling; communal land; land; northern thailand ... See more keywords
How did land titling affect China’s rural land rental market? Size, composition and efficiency
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.12.037
Abstract: Abstract Based on 2010–2015 official surveys conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, we apply the difference-in-differences method to study how the latest land titling reform in China affected the land rental market. While we cannot… read more here.
Keywords: reform; land titling; land rental; land ... See more keywords
Land titling as a conflict remedy or driver? Analyzing institutional outcomes through latent and manifest conflicts in China’s forest sector
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104880
Abstract: Abstract Land titling programs are introduced to create a stable and secure institutional environment that effectively resolves land conflicts. However, the process of land registration may also exacerbate latent conflicts or trigger new contestation, causing… read more here.
Keywords: forest sector; manifest conflicts; land titling; land ... See more keywords
Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
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DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0537-2
Abstract: Across carbon- and biodiversity-rich tropical forests, titling initiatives are implemented with the goal of regularizing land tenure and decreasing deforestation. However, the effect of tenure security on deforestation is theoretically ambiguous, and credible empirical evidence… read more here.
Keywords: large scale; land titling; brazilian amazon; deforestation ... See more keywords