Policy Briefs
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Tribal Land Administration in Botswana by Richard White - PLAAS Policy Brief 31 (PB31)
White, R. (2009) Tribal Land Administration in Botswana. PLAAS Policy Brief 31, 2009. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 31 (PB31)
Gender Implications of Decentralised Land Reform: The Case of Zimbabwe by Jeanette Manjengwa and Phides Mazhawidza - PLAAS Policy Brief 30 (PB30)
Manjengwa, J & Mazhawidza, P. (2009). Gender Implications of Decentralised Land Reform: The Case of Zimbabwe. PLAAS Policy Brief 30, 2009. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 30 (PB30)
A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform? by Ruth Hall - Policy Brief 29 (PB29)
Hall, R. (2009) A fresh start for rural development and agrarian reform?. PLAAS Policy Brief 29, 2009. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 29 (PB29)
A social coastal fisheries policy for South Africa? Subsistence fisheries co-management for sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation by Moenieba Isaacs - PLAAS policy brief 24 (PB24)
Isaacs, M. (2006). A social coastal fisheries policy for South Africa? Subsistence fisheries co-management for sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation. PLAAS Policy Brief 24, 2006. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 24 (PB24)
Budgeting for land reform by Ruth Hall & Edward Lahiff - Policy Brief 13 (PB13)
Hall, R. and Lahiff, E. Budgeting for land reform. PLAAS Policy Brief 13, 2004. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 13 (PB13)
Challenges and prospects for trans-boundary fisheries in Lakes Chiuta and Kariba by W. Whande, I. Malasha & F. Njaya - Policy Brief 21 (PB21)
Whande, W Malasha, I & Njaya F. Challenges and prospects for trans-boundary fisheries in Lakes Chiuta and Kariba PLAAS. PLAAS Policy Brief 21, 2009. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 21 (PB21)
Civil society and social movements: Advocacy for land and resource rights in Africa by M. Saruchera & M. Odhiambo - Policy Brief 12 (PB12)
Saruchera, M & Odhiambo, M. Civil society and social movements: Advocacy for land and resource rights in Africa. PLAAS Policy Brief 12, 2004. PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS Policy Brief 12 (PB12)
Common property resources and privatisation trends in southern Africa
Common property resources and privatisation trends in southern Africa. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 15 (PB15)
Community conservancies in Namibia: An effective institutional model for commons management?
Community conservancies in Namibia: An effective institutional model for commons management? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 14 (PB14)
Context for land and resource rights struggles in Africa
Context for land and resource rights struggles in Africa. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 09 (PB09)
From willing seller, willing buyer to a people-driven land reform
From willing seller, willing buyer to a people-driven land reform. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 17 (PB17)
Joint ventures
Joint ventures. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 08 (PB08)
Land and resources in a transfrontier setting: The case of the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project
Land and resources in a transfrontier setting: The case of the Maloti-Drakensberg Transfrontier Conservation and Development Project. PLAAS policy brief 19 (PB19)
Land reform in South Africa: Is it meeting the challenge?
Land reform in South Africa: Is it meeting the challenge? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 01 (PB01)
Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform?
Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 05 (PB05)
Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform?
Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 05 (PB05)
Land reform in South Africa: Is it meeting the challenge?
Land reform in South Africa: Is it meeting the challenge? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 01 (PB01)
Management of some commons in southern Africa: Implications for policy
Management of some commons in southern Africa: Implications for policy. PLAAS policy brief 23 (PB23)
Multilateral environmental agreements and land and resource rights in Africa
Multilateral environmental agreements and land and resource rights in Africa. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 11 (PB11)
Municipal commonage
Municipal commonage. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 06 (PB06)
Nepad, land and resource rights
Nepad, land and resource rights. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape PLAAS Policy Brief 10 (PB10)
Outcomes of community engagement in community-based natural resource management programmes
Outcomes of community engagement in community-based natural resource management programmes. PLAAS policy brief 22 (PB22)
Policy options for land reform in South Africa: New Institutional Mechanisms?
Policy options for land reform in South Africa: New Institutional Mechanisms? Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape : Cape Town. PLAAS Policy Brief 26 (PB26).
Radical land reform is key to sustainable rural development in South Africa
Radical land reform is key to sustainable rural development in South Africa. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 03 (PB03)
Rural Settlement
Rural settlement. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 07 (PB07)
South African fisheries reform – past, present and future?
South African fisheries reform – past, present and future? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 16 (PB16)
Sustainable development: What’s land got to do with it?
Sustainable development: What’s land got to do with it? Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 02 (PB02)
TRANCRAA and communal land rights: Lessons from Namaqualand
TRANCRAA and communal land rights: Lessons from Namaqualand. Cape Town: Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape. PLAAS policy brief 04 (PB04)
The impact of people-centred approaches to natural resource management on poverty reduction
The impact of people-centred approaches to natural resource management on poverty reduction. PLAAS policy brief 25 (PB25)
The membership problem in people-centred approaches to natural resource management
The membership problem in people-centred approaches to natural resource management in southern Africa PLAAS policy brief 20 (PB20)
Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South Africa’s ‘second economy’?
Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South Africa’s ‘second economy’? Questioning the mythologies of Hernando de Soto. PLAAS policy brief 18 (PB18)
Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African Fisheries Policy
This research investigated the drivers and the impact of HIV and Aids in fishing communities in South Africa. PLAAS Policy Brief 27 (PB27)
Commons governance in southern Africa
Commons governance in southern Africa by The CROSCOG project team. PLAAS Policy Brief 28 (PB28)
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