Customary Tenure and Security in Mixed Authority Areas Case Studies from Kayin State

This research report is one of three reports conducted in 2018 by aspiring youth through Land Core Group’s(LCG’s) youth capacity development program on “Research and Advocacy related to Land Governance and Land Issues in Myanmar”. To enable them to conduct the research, the youth are provided training through a series of four sessions, on: (1) basic research concepts and proposal writing, (2) data collection methods, (3) data analysis, and (4) report and policy brief writing. This research report was produced by the Shan State youth team as part of this Program. The objectives of this research include to study the customary land use practice of Kayin communities under the administration of government and KNU and to encourage the recognition of customary land tenure in drafting and enacting the national level land-related laws and policy. The research also explores how they have managed these systems to cope with the particular challenges of mixed authority.