Land Access and Resettlement
Capturing Hydropower’s Promise: Report Series
The series Capturing Hydropower’s Promise features suggested approaches on implementing local benefit sharing in hydropower projects, along with good practice examples.
The Role of Indigenous People in Major Project Development – Part II Indigenous Ownership of Electricity Infrastructure: A Case Study
This paper aims to help enable the increased adoption of Indigenous equity ownership arrangements by providing a detailed, specific and scalable partnership model, focused on transmission development.
The Role of Indigenous People in Major Project Development: Paths for Indigenous Participation in Electricity Infrastructure
This paper, prepared by the First Nation Major Project Coalition, highlights the growing world examples of Indigenous ownership in major projects including energy infrastructure.
Highlights: Local Benefit Sharing in Large-scale Wind and Solar Projects
These are key highlights from the paper “Local Benefit Sharing in Large-Scale Wind and Solar Projects,” providing insights into the unique social challenges and opportunities for wind and solar developers.
Mapping the Oil and Gas Industry to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas
Achieving the SDGs by the target of 2030 will require unprecedented cooperation and collaboration among governments, non-governmental organizations, development partners, the private sector and communities.
Why Agreements Matter
A resource guide for integrating agreements into Communities and Social Performance work at Rio Tinto.
Land Acquisition and Resettlement: Lessons Learned
The publication provides recommendations for managing the resettlement of local communities who have been displaced or whose livelihoods have been impacted due to the presence of mining.
Respecting Land and Forest Rights – A Guide for Companies
This document provides guidance, approaches and tools to companies to better manage issues of land rights and responsible governance of tenure.
Land Access and Resettlement Planning at la Granja
Gaining secure land tenure is a fundamental business requirement for mine development that can result in displacement and resettlement of families and communities.
Land Access and Resettlement: A Guide to Best Practice
This book is an up-to-date, accessible and practical guide on how to optimally plan for, implement and review land access and resettlement, and avoid pitfalls, based on the main lessons that have been learned on-the-ground over the past decade.
IFC Guidance Note 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement
IFC has prepared a set of Guidance Notes, corresponding to the Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability.
A practical guide to dealing with land disputes
Land conflicts often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development.
