decentralised land governance: Case STUDIES AND LOCAL VOICES from Botswana, Madagascar and Mozambique Rick de Satgé and Karin Kleinbooi, with Christopher Tanner Decentralised Land Governance: Case Studies and Local Voices from Botswana, Madagascar and Mozambique ISBN: 978-1-86808-725-9 Published by the Institute for Poverty Land, and Agrarian Studies, School of Government, EMS Faculty, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535. Cape Town, South Africa Tel: +27 21 959 3733. Fax: +27 21 959 3732. E-mail:
[email protected] Website: www.plaas.org.za June 2011 All rights reserved. Authors: Karin Kleinbooi, Rick de Satgé with Christopher Tanner Copy-editing and proofreading: Prem Egert Supervising editor: Rebecca Pointer Cover photograph: PLAAS Regional Workshop, 3-7 May 2009, Maputo Photographer: Sabine Pallas Maps: John Hall Design and DTP: Design for development, www.d4d.co.za Printers: CREDA Communications Chapter 1: decentralised land governance i Table of Contents Contributors ii Acknowledgements iii Preface iv Tribute to Tessa Cousins v Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Decentralised land governance 3 Chapter 2: Botswana by Rick de Satgé 14 Chapter 3: Madagascar by Karin Kleinbooi 48 Chapter 4: Mozambique by Christopher Tanner 83 Chapter 5: Lessons and reflections 99 ii Decentralised land governance: Case studies and local voices from Botswana, Madagascar and Mozambique Contributors Rick de Satgé has been involved for almost 20 years Austrian Development Agency of which this case book in the NGO sector in South Africa, Zimbabwe and is a major output. Botswana. He has worked on the ground as a rural Christopher Tanner is a FAO Senior Technical Advisor fieldworker, living and working in remote rural areas on Land and Natural Resources Policy, who currently and played a central role in the founding and manage- ment of two NGOs and in the establishment of local works in Mozambique in a programme to train com- and regional inter-sectoral learning networks.