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14 - Environmental and social impact assessments - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on the conduct of environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) and the implementation of associated environmental and social management plans (ESMPs).

8 - Investment Contracts - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on the form and content of contracts between them in relation to agricultural investments.

Toolkit for enabling laws on community forestry

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This toolkit identifies common key questions that decision-makers can use to develop or review laws on community forestry. It consists of key points for inclusive, consistent reforms that are conductive to consensus and a series of questionnaires on ten key thematic areas aiming at providing a strong foundation for community forestry-related laws: Land and forest tenure, Allocation of community forests, Community internal governance, Community participation and representation, Community forestry management, Access to markets, Benefit sharing, Conflict resolution, Enforcement and External support.

10 - Public Transparency - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on the type of information about agricultural investments that they should make publicly available.

11 - Respecting land rights and averting land disputes - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on how to ensure that agricultural investments respect existing land rights, both formal and informal, and thereby avert land disputes.

13 - Water Access and Management - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on how to ensure that the impact of agricultural investments on water resources is effectively measured, monitored, and regulated.

15 - Community Engagement Strategies - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on the overall approach to consulting, engaging, and partnering with local communities, to bridge gaps in information and expectation between communities and companies and create the social license to operate.

17 - Training and Integrating Local People into the Workforce - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on how to assist people from surrounding areas in gaining formal employment at the investment.

18 - Community Development Agreements - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on negotiating, designing, and implementing community development agreements with local communities in ways that benefit them.

19 - Grievance Redress Mechanisms - Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI): Knowledge into Action Notes series

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This note is part of an Action Notes series and provides guidance for governments and companies on how they can provide effective remedies to affected parties who perceive that their rights have been adversely affected by invesments.