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Alden Wily, Liz. (2021). The tragedy of public lands in Africa: the Continuing struggle to challenge state landlordism and decolonize property relations in Africa.

Alden Wily, Liz. (2018). Collective land ownership in the 21st Century: Overview of global trends. Land, 7(68), 1–26. http://doi.org/10.3390/land7020068

Baynes, James, et al. (2015). Key factors which influence the success of community forestry in developing countries. Global Environmental Change, Volume 35, Pages 226-238, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.09.011.

Barbier, E. and Tesfaw, A. (2011). Overcoming tenurial constraints to carbon forestry projects in Africa. Working paper no. 10. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

Blomley, T. (2014). Lessons learned from community forestry and their relevance for REDD+. USAID- supported Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) Program. Washington D.C, USA. Retrieved fromhttp://research.usc.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/usc:13889

Byamugisha, Frank FK. Securing Africa's land for shared prosperity: A program to scale up reforms and investments. World Bank Publications, 2013.

Byamugisha, Frank FK, ed. Agricultural land redistribution and land administration in sub-Saharan Africa: case studies of recent reforms. World Bank Publications, 2014.

Deininger, Klaus, and Derek Byerlee. Rising global interest in farmland: can it yield sustainable and equitable benefits?. World Bank Publications, 2011.

Hajjar, R., Oldekop, J. A., Cronkleton, P., Etue, E., Newton, P., Russel, A. J. M., … Agrawal, A. (2016). The data not collected on community forestry. Conservation Biology, 30(6), 1357–1362. http://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12732

Jegede, Ademola Oluborode & Hansungule, Michelo. (2014). The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Peoples’ Land Tenure and Use. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 21. 256-291. 10.1163/15718115-02102004.

Jindal, R., Swallow, B. and Kerr, J. (2008). Forestry-based carbon sequestration projects in Africa: Potential benefits and challenge. Natural Resources Forum 32, 116-30.

McLain, R. et al (2021) Toward a tenure-responsive approach to forest landscape restoration: A proposed tenure diagnostic for assessing restoration opportunities. Land Use Policy, (104).

Ramutsindela, Maano, et al. (2022). The Violence of Conservation in Africa. Chapter 1 “Conservation and Violence in Africa”. ,https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800885615.

Seymour, Frances. (2014) “Evidence linking community-level tenure and forest condition : An annotated bibliography.”

DRC

Dkamela, Guy Patrice, Félicien Kabamba Mbambu, Kemen Austin, Susan Minnemeyer, and Fred Stolle. (2009). “Voices from the Congo Basin: Incorporating the Perspectives of Local Stakeholders for Improved REDD Design.” WRI Working Paper. World Resources Institute, Washington DC.

Kipalu, Patrick; et al. (2016). Securing Forest Peoples’ Rights and Tackling Deforestation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Forest Peoples Programme.

Long, Cath (2011). Land rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo – A new model of rights for forest-dependent communities? Africa World Press, ch 9

Majambu, Eliezer et al. (2019) Can Traditional Authority Improve the Governance of Forestland and Sustainability? Case Study from the Congo (DRC). Land 2019, 8, 74; doi:10.3390/land8050074

WRI. (n.d.). Democratic Republic of the Congo enables forest-based communities to secure land rights. Retrieved August 4, 2018, from https://www.wri.org/our-work/top-outcome/democratic-republic-congo-enables-forest-based-communities-secure-land-rights

Malawi

Blaikie, P. (2006). Is small really beautiful? Community-based natural resource management in Malawi and Botswana. World Development, 34(11), 1942–1957.