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Responsible land-based investments in the Mekong region

A comparative analysis of the legal frameworks of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 72 p.

Author de Andrade Correa, F., Jansen, L.J.M.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134168-1

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The recognition of customary tenure systems and responsible land-based investments that safeguard legitimate tenure rights and right holders are the interconnected main themes for mainstreaming the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) in Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam. This study aims at providing an assessment of the legal frameworks in the four countries to analyse whether safeguards for legitimate tenure rights and tenure right holders can be identified in legal provisions applicable to decisions related to land-based investments in agriculture. The assessment also aims at informing and supporting ongoing processes of policy and legal reform in the four countries, as well as the work of organizations that provide support to these processes.

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de Andrade Correa, F. and Jansen, L.J.M. 2021. Responsible land-based investments in the Mekong region – A comparative analysis of the legal frameworks of Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Viet Nam. Rome. FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb3937en

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