Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l’Homme (FPH)

Organization website: www.fph.ch

Funding organizations

• Forest governance in Guatemala

• Forest governance in Cameroon

• A comparative study of community forestry in Cameroon and Guatemala.

• WFAL - World Forum on Access to Land 2016

• Agrarian Reforms in the World

• The agricultural land policies of France in the 20th century

• Some Key Concepts to analyse Natural Resources Governance

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper.

• Study trip in Mexico (2008)

• Study trip in France (2009)

Scientific articles and publications

• USA. Agricultural land and the law of the United States of America, origin of the Washington Consensus

Papers / Documents for wide distribution

• Rio+20: Failed Diplomacy, Feeble Democracy

• The SAFERs, an original land market regulation mechanism that is operated by the State and farmers’ organisations in France

• Le Forum Chine Europe de 2007. Antécédents et présentation succincte

• Soil Management and Land Policies. Presentation of the Workshop

• Session 1. CHINA : Presentation of the situation and the greatest challenges for the coming decades

• Session 2. EUROPE. Presenting the situation and major challenges of the coming decades

• Sessions 3 and 4. What can we learn from the similarities and differences between China and Europe? How might we strengthen the dialogue between China and Europe ?

• Challenges facing Artisan Fishery in the 21st Century

• La subsidiariedad activa
  La subsidiarité active

• The territory, foundation brick of governance in the 21st century

• The different categories of goods

• TAIWAN - A coherent package: agrarian reform, agricultural policy and economic development

• VIETNAM: Consecutive agrarian reforms and success in family farming

• NICARAGUA: Fragility and limits of agrarian reforms

• HONDURAS: The fragility and limits of agrarian reforms

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Fragilities and Limits of Agrarian Reforms

• ALBANIA: From absolute collectivism to radical egalitarian land distribution.

• Recognising the specific nature of pastoral populations in Sahel.

• Proposal Paper : “Land Policies and Agrarian Reforms”. Abstract Forum Social Mondial - February 2002, 3 and 4

• Sauver nos sols pour sauvegarder nos sociétés

• The Société Civile des Terres du Larzac (Larzac Land Trust), an innovative and original approach to rural land management

• CHAD. Joint management of common land and resources in Mayo-Kebbi

• POLAND: Agrarian reforms and family farming

• VENEZUELA: between the market and the « agrarian reform », the colonisation of « virgin » land

• DENMARK. A pioneer for small farmers in Western Europe

• NETHERLANDS: An interventionist agricultural policy intended to reduce regional inequalities

• MADAGASCAR. «Relative Land Security». A national experiment to put in place procedures for acknowledging rights at the local level

• Proposals related to the question of water

• ZIMBABWE. The undeniable need for an agrarian reform

Research Papers

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. Observations and general reflections by way of an introduction

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. The issues debated today. Introduction

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might the rights of land users be secured? (1 of 2)

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might the rights of land users be secured? (2 of 2)

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might access to land be guaranteed in conformity with the interests of the majority of the population? (1 of 5).

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might access to land be guaranteed in conformity with the interests of the majority of the population? (2 of 5).

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might access to land be guaranteed in conformity with the interests of the majority of the population? (3 of 5)

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might access to land be guaranteed in conformity with the interests of the majority of the population? (4 of 5)

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. How might access to land be guaranteed in conformity with the interests of the majority of the population? (5 of 5)

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. The recognition of cultural and historic diversity and territorial management

• Land Policies and Agrarian Reform. Proposal Paper. Part I. Proposals

Work documents

• Alternative Draft For The RIO+20 Conference The FPH proposed by the Foundation Charles Léopold Mayer for the Progress of Humankind (FPH)

Videos

• Les politiques foncières rurales en France: une longue histoire et une question toujours d’actualité

• Discussion autour de l’ouvrage d’Étienne Le Roy «La terre de l’autre. Une anthropologie des régimes d’appropriation foncière». Réflexion sur les communs

• Conférence de M. Merlet et M. Perdriault (AGTER). Les enjeux des accaparements de terres dans le monde. Rôle des multinationales et besoins de régulations. 14 juillet 2011

• Les enjeux des accaparements de terres dans le monde. Rôle des multinationales et besoins de régulations. Conférences de M. Merlet et M. Perdriault (synthèses vidéo)

• Accès à la terre, gestion du foncier et réforme agraire (vidéo)

• FRANCE - CANADA. Conférence de Jose Bové et Serge Fortier. Les spoliations des communautés rurales et maritimes liées aux projets miniers et d’infrastructures. Le cas des gaz de schistes en France et au Québec. (Vidéo)