Land Law and the Extractive Industries - Challenges and Opportunities in Africa

This book analyses the nexus between land access and the extractive industries in Africa, specifically highlighting the gaps in energy, land and mining laws and the practical solutions needed to settle the increasing number of land disputes in resource-rich areas.Access to land is essential for the successful operation of energy and mining projects. However, there are often social, environmental and economic issues associated with acquiring land for these projects. Socially, many people are relocated; economically, local communities are not given adequate compensation; environmentally, pollution negatively impacts on the agricultural and fishing industries relied on by over 80% of the local communities. Against this stark background, and drawing from the author''s fieldwork research, this book addresses the important question of whether the different land tenure systems, coupled with administration and registration procedures, are adequate to address the increasing land disputes in oil and mineral-rich African countries.>

Product details

• Authors: Victoria R Nalule, Victoria R. Nalule
• Assisted by: Crina Baltag (Editor), Leonie Reins (Editor)
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2023
• EAN: 9781509952755
• ISBN: 978-1-5099-5275-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Global Energy Law and Policy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Natural Resources, LAW / Real Estate, LAW / Land Use, Commercial law, Environment law, Constitutional & administrative law, Land & real estate law, Offences against the government, Energy & natural resources law, Land and real estate law / Real property law, Energy and natural resources law, Administrative jurisdiction and public administration