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This book presents an important discussion on land tenure rights for the effective implementation of sustainable soil management provisions. It investigates a variety of aspects, such as the clash of modern and traditional tenure concepts, forms of illegal or illegitimate land acquisition, and the preconditions for legal and legitimate investments. In addition, the book analyses the challenges to ensuring secure land tenure rights in Africa and in Germany. Lastly, it provides information on the role of women in this context. This fifth volume of the International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy is divided into four parts, the first of which deals with various aspects of the theme “Land Tenure Rights and Sustainable Soil Management”. The second part covers recent international developments, the third part presents regional and national reports, and the fourth discusses overarching issues. Given the range of key topics covered, the book offers an indispensable tool for all academics, legislators and policymakers working in this field. The “International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy” series discusses central questions in law and politics with regard to the protection and sustainable management of soil and land – at the international, national, and regional level.

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Harald Ginzky, German Environment Agency, Dessau, Germany Elizabeth Dooley, Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Teagasc, Fermoy, Ireland  Irene L. Heuser, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, Kleinmachnow, Germany  Patricia Kameri-Mbote, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya Robert Kibugi, University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law, Nairobi, Kenya Till Markus, UFZ, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany  Oliver Ruppel, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Faculty of Law; Research Center for Climate Law, University of Graz, Austria

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