Legal Assistance Centre-Namibia

RESEARCH
LAND, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (LEAD) PROJECT

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COMMUNAL AREAS
Field research on gender based law pertaining to communal areas in Central Northern Regions of Namibia has been completed. A publication is expected to be released in early 2008.

LAND RESETTLEMENT
Released in late 2007, No Resettlement Available is an assessment of the expropriation principle and its impact on the land reform process in Namibia, an in-depth investigation of the first three commercial farm expropriations in Namibia.

LEAD is a co-research partner for a two year comparative study on post resettlement livelihoods in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The study is an initiative of PLAAS (Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies in South Africa) and the Institute for Development Studies in the UK.

MINING
Responding to concerns that mining practices are potentially harmful to the environment, LEAD initiated a study to examine the impact of mining on the environment in protected areas with a particular emphasis on its potential impact on national parks, protected areas and conservancies.

Promoting transparent reporting by governments of aggregate revenues derived from mineral resource, oil and gas extration, LEAD is investigating the feasibility of introducing The Extrative Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to Namibia.

Focusing on the impact of uranium mining on Namibia's Naukluft National Park, LEAD contributed an article to the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, a publication that focuses on the impact of the mining sector in Africa.

SAN & EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
As the most marginalised community in Namibia, the San are in need of education for sustainable impovement to their living conditions. Working for the Icelandic Internationl Development Agency, LEAD undertook a consultative study for an Early Childhood Development for the San communities living in Oshikoto, Otjozondjupa and Omaheke regions.

AGRICULTURE
A labour management manual for emerging farmers was compiled to assess farmers with various issus related to agriculture including livestock, marketing and labour management. Working with The Namibian Agricultural Union, LEAD contributed articles on the basic condiditons of employment, legistated codes of conduct and official terms and conditions.