Legal empowerment for local resource control
Legal empowerment for local resource control
Legal empowerment for local resource control
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addressed. Re<strong>for</strong>m to strengthen the content of <strong>local</strong> <strong>resource</strong> rights (from<br />
precarious rights to unconditioned, long-term use rights through to<br />
ownership), to link strengthening of land rights to greater <strong>control</strong> over<br />
valuable <strong>resource</strong>s, to establish accessible processes <strong>for</strong> documenting <strong>local</strong><br />
<strong>resource</strong> rights, and to protect <strong>resource</strong> rights irrespective of documentation<br />
can sharpen the effectiveness of these tools. These issues need to be<br />
addressed in a systematic way – documenting <strong>local</strong> <strong>resource</strong> rights would do<br />
little to strengthen these rights if their nature and content remain weak and<br />
unclear.<br />
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