Data Lab Sandbox

gfw_resource_rights

created_on

2023-05-04T13:11:58.897521

updated_on

2024-10-04T16:27:32.571963

spatial_resolution

resolution_description

nan

geographic_coverage

Currently available for Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia and Namibia

update_frequency

scale

global

citation

“Resource rights.” Accessed through Global Forest Watch on [date]. www.globalforestwatch.org.

title

Resource rights

source

*Cameroon:* WRI Congo Basin Forest Atlas *Equatorial Guinea:* WRI Congo Basin Forest Atlas *Liberia:* USAID-Liberia PROSPER *Namibia:* Namibian Association of Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) Support Organisations (NACSO)

license

data_language

varies

overview

“Resource Rights” refers to areas over which indigenous peoples or local communities enjoy rights to certain resources and a limited right to access the land, whether legally recognized or not, in order to exercise their resource rights. The exact nature of these resource rights varies among tenure type and country.<br><br>The resource rights data on GFW, while displayed as a single layer, is assembled on a country-by-country basis from multiple sources.<br><br>Resource rights data displayed on the GFW website vary from country to country by date and data sources. Data may come from government agencies, NGOs, or other organizations. See the [Open Data Portal](http://data.globalforestwatch.org/datasets?q=resource+rights&sort_by=relevance) for details on specific data sets.<br><br>If you are aware of resource rights data for additional countries, please email us [here](mailto:gfw@wri.org).

function

Displays boundaries of areas over which indigenous peoples or local communities enjoy rights to certain resources and a limited right to access the land

cautions

Some data sets displayed on Global Forest Watch include land and resource rights governed by customary tenure systems but that are not recognized by national laws.

key_restrictions

unknown

tags

why_added

Show where there are community forests or other resource rights

learn_more

id

3e038f19-d244-4571-acb0-edc1d44a2177

Is downloadable?

Yes

Versions

v2018