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In many developing countries, poor and marginalised groups, in the
countryside as well as in cities and towns, depend on natural resources
for their livelihoods and shelter. Pro-poor natural resource tenure is
therefore crucial to poverty reduction and realisation of human rights.
The position paper outlines Sida’s position on natural resource
tenure and provides guidance for activities where tenure issues are at
stake. It aims to support Sida staff and partners in their analysis and
dialogue, and in their development and implementation of policies and
programmes. The paper is broader in scope than many tenure
documents, in that it comprises agricultural land as well as urban
land, water, wetlands, coastal areas, forests, rangelands, protected
areas, genetic resources and, to some extent, sub-soil resources. It
also shows how different development priorities such as pro-poor
growth, gender equality, democratic governance, peace and security are
related to tenure. Read the full paper…
In autumn 2007, a more extensive background paper on natural resource tenure will be published. Margareta
Nilsson is the SIDA contact person for NR tenure, and comments on the
paper can be sent to her (
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