This paper focuses on the tenure fate of three commons: the 30 million hectares of pasturelands in Afghanistan, which represent at least 45% of the total land area and are key to livelihood and water catchment in that exceedingly dry country; the 5.7 million hectares of timber-rich tropical forests in Liberia, 59% of the total land area; and the 125 million hectares of savannah in Sudan, half the area of the largest state of Africa.