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Strengthening livelihoods civil society and community-based natural resource management of indigenous communit
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Chepang and Tamang communities living in the hills of central Nepal are among the most marginalized and resource poor groups in Nepal.Their tiny land holdings provide no more than 3 to 6 months of food security and deforestation has contributed to environm ental degradation. Due to lack of knowledge of efficient and sustainable agricultural practices and land-tenure rights the communities are practicing unsustainable agriculture and animal husbandry which aggravate soil erosion that causes regular landslides that destroy agricultural fields and threaten the lives of people and animals. To improve access to remote villages local government has started infrastructure development projects without proper social and environmental impact assessments.The objective o f this project is to uplift the livelihoods and food security of the Chepang and Tamang communities through agro-forestry development and developed market access strenghten community-based natural resource management sustainable land use and climate change adaptation and empower women and persons with disabilities.This is achieved by e.g. developing sound biodiversity management and sustainable livelihood activities in cooperation with community-based organizations and local government. Capacity building of forest user groups will be done to strenghten their operational capacity and local government will be supported in preparation and implementation of the local climate change adaptation plan of action.The continuation project implemented by NAFAN and suppo rted by Swallows supports Finland's development objectives by increasing food security and promoting sustainable use of natural resources local democracy and participation of women in decision making. The project will strengthen local partner organization' s capacity and role in community capacity building and establishing linkages between communities and local government. The project is expected to benefit directly around 3000 right-holders and 150 duty-bearers. In addition approx. 3500 people are expected to benefit indirectly.
Food for life: helping Andean farmers pioneer regenerative agriculture and food to improve health, social equi
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Industrial technology, market-oriented development and the modernization of agrifood in Ecuador has distanced Andean farmers from broader society and from their environments. This undermines social relations and the life-sustaining functionality of highland ecosystems. The resulting socio-biological collapse puts people’s health, well-being, and future into question. This project helps resource-poor Andean farmers transition to healthier, more productive regenerative food systems. It supports a pioneering group of women and youth from agroecology movements to strengthen food systems using insights into soil microbiology and the biome. It will enable them to put neglected or underused elements to work for greater food security, the economy and climate change mitigation. Intimate ties with the country’s Indigenous organizations and agrifood movements will help participants continually inform advocacy and policy interventions in their communities, social networks and government. This project will help Andean people test and open up pathways for rehabilitating ecologies and restoring ecosystems. This includes enhancing food security among highly vulnerable populations by combating land degradation and improving farm productivity. It also involves adaptation to climate variability by strengthening the biological functioning of soils and climate change mitigation through on-farm carbon accrual.
Improving governance, voice and access to justice in Ghana’s informal settlements
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In Ghana, many urban residents have yet to reap the benefit of the country’s democratic stability and recent economic growth. About 40% of the urban population is trapped in poorly planned, overcrowded informal settlements with unsanitary conditions and low access to basic services. Rapid population growth and urbanization risk reversing the country’s progress to date, unless needed interventions are put in place. Public responses, by local and central governments, have taken the form of criminalization and exclusion, such as the use of forced evictions to clamp down on settlement growth, or a limited focus on more technical elements, like physical infrastructure. In many cases, urban planning and social assistance programs have ignored the plight of slums altogether. Exclusion in informal settlements thus results from a complex interaction between poverty, political inaction, weak planning systems, and lack of recognition of residents’ rights. Against that backdrop, this action-oriented research project aims to improve voice and access to justice for settlement residents as well as respect for their social and economic rights. Working with the Land Resource Management Centre, a non-governmental organization based in Kumasi, research will be conducted by a multi-disciplinary team of experts in land tenure, law, human rights, social sciences, and urban governance, as well as civil society and informal settlement advocacy groups. Settlements with three population types have been identified in Accra and Kumasi to enable comparison across contexts: populations largely indigenous to the area, migrants from other regions in Ghana, or a mix of both. The team will take stock of conditions and their causes and identify gaps and opportunities in laws and policies. Building on those efforts, the team will work with settlement residents to develop and test gender-sensitive approaches and engage in targeted and sustained advocacy and policy development.
Harnessing IDRC-Supported Research on Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Accountability in Africa
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Commercial interest and investments in Africa's agricultural lands have intensified in quantity, speed, and size over the past five years, particularly in the wake of the 2008 food crisis. This project will address concerns over the phenomenon. It aims to enhance leadership skills that will help build more equitable policies and practices for communities around large-scale land investments in Africa. Large-scale land acquisitions Foreign and domestic investors, both public and private, are acquiring control of vast stretches of fertile land for agricultural production in developing countries. While agricultural investments can contribute to economic development and reduce poverty, many investments have failed to live up to expectations and are not generating sustainable benefits. In many instances, these land deals are leaving local people worse off than they would have been without the investment. Pressures on agricultural land are expected to continue to meet the needs of growing populations. There is also the issue of diminishing supplies of fertile land caused by pressures on water sources, encroaching urbanization, and changing weather patterns related to climate change. Investments to date have served to highlight existing weaknesses in the management and governance of agricultural lands and on local communities' ability to secure land rights. More accountable, equitable investments This project will advance IDRC's work on this issue in sub-Saharan Africa to make land investment processes more accountable and equitable, and to prevent displacement and conflict. It will build on five action research projects covering 10 countries. Project teams will work with communities to increase their power to negotiate equitable terms and protect their rights and interests. It will fund the following activities: -Land Research Summit in Dakar, Senegal, to share initial research results and lessons learned, as well as foster policy discussions -Blogs and op-eds to raise awareness about research findings -Conference participation to share the research and findings
Promoting Greater Community Benefit and Accountability in Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Kenya
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The effective development of land lies at the core of Kenya's national planning strategy, Vision 2030. Agriculture, natural resource exploitation, and infrastructure development are key to achieving the plan's objective. To deliver on Vision 2030's promise, the government will need to implement transparent and accountable processes for large-scale land acquisitions that safeguard and do not disadvantage local communities. There are concerns, among them Kenya's high levels of poverty, and unclear or insecure land tenure rights. As a result, the mainly rural population might be vulnerable to inequitable treatment during land acquisitions. Inadequate social and environmental safeguards may also result in negative impacts. This project will explore the most effective ways to ensure the accountability of government-managed processes to protect the interests of vulnerable communities during large-scale land acquisitions. The project team will review current policy and legislative criteria related to acquiring and granting lands for investment purposes, particularly those developed under Kenya's 2010 Constitution. Researchers will develop a community-based scorecard to track the impact and implementation of laws. They will use the findings as a barometer to assess whether processes governing large-scale land acquisitions are legitimate and accountable. They will also conduct interviews with public officials, investors, and other stakeholders. The research will target two regions in Kenya. Siaya County has granted a 25-year lease to a private company over the expansive Yala Swamp to undertake large-scale irrigation farming. Lamu and Isiolo counties are central to a planned new port at Lamu, and the transportation corridor which runs through Kenya to Ethiopia and South Sudan. This project is part of a series of projects promoting accountability around large-scale land acquisitions in Africa. Findings will help inform future legislation and policy.
Business Action and Advocacy for the Planet
Objectives
Towards a nature positive world by 2030 through businesses driving policy ambition and reducing negative corporate impact
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
Target Groups
This project will contribute indirectly to socioeconomic co-benefits at national level in the four key geographies South Africa, India, Colombia and Malaysia, including sustainable livelihoods and economic growth through the innovative, circular solutions delivered by partner businesses which support biodiversity conservation and preserves and restores ecosystem services, as they become increasingly aware of their impacts and dependencies on nature and move towards implementing business-related targets of the CBD Post-2020 GBF. The 7,306 people who are expected to benefit directly from project activities and knowledge products will be equipped with much needed skills to transform business practices and models for nature and climate positivity, increasing their chances for sustained employment. Not only will they benefit individually, but the beneficiaries will also spark continued change by applying acquired knowledge disseminated through the project in different corporate environments, stimulating climate and nature positive business change in a variety of regions and sectors. The more knowledgeable a company’s workforce and management about their operations and supply chains impacts on nature and dependencies on ecosystem services, the higher the chances that they take sufficient and timely action to address their contributions to biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change. In this way, improved knowledge of the corporate workforce is expected to translate into achieving the global environment benefits of biodiversity conservation, reversing land use change and habitat fragmentation, and mitigating GHG emissions to curtail climate change. Next to stimulating change in the four countries, knowledge products are also expected to increase the awareness and understanding of corporate actors globally, who then in turn are better informed to take action on nature and climate. Moreover, the project’s efforts to assist companies and governments to formulate an enabling policy environment that incentivizes sustainable business models, will contribute to sustaining ecosystem services on which human health depends. In other words, economic activities will shift to stay within planetary boundaries (leveraging on the Global Commons Alliance) and thus keeping health and wellbeing at the center of ambitions, in line with the healthy people, healthy planet concept. Finally, the project interventions will also lead to women empowerment at multiple levels, through a focus on women leadership enhancement in the corporate sector.
The Systems Change Lab (SCL): Accelerating Transformational Change Needed to Safeguard the Global Commons for
Objectives
To help enable decision-makers1 to accelerate the systemwide transformations2 needed to safeguard the global commons for all. 1Decision-makers include policymakers across all sectors and at all levels of decision-making; funders and investors channelling climate and nature-related finance through bilateral aid agencies, multilateral institutions, private philanthropies, and impact investing firms; leaders across the private sector; and those at the helm of international non-governmental organizations, civil society movements, and United Nations agencies. 2 Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C and halting biodiversity loss will require transformations across socio-technical systems (power, industry, transport, the built environment, and sustainable production and consumption) and social-ecological systems (food, terrestrial ecosystem management, freshwater ecosystem management, and marine ecosystem management). Broader transformations across political, economic, and social systems will also be required, such as how we will finance the transition to a net-zero GHG emissions and nature-positive future, measure economic well-being, distribute the costs and benefits of these transformations, improve social equity and inclusion, and govern the global commons.
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
Target Groups
Due to the global and interdisciplinary nature of this project, it is hard to pinpoint quantifiable or localized socioeconomic benefits—however, the project should bring about socioeconomic co-benefits globally and locally through facilitating systems change via the project outcomes. More specifically, the success of the SCL’s work could help deliver the GEF’s global environmental benefits and adaptation benefits. Rapid, far-reaching transitions across systems can lead to a more prosperous, sustainable, and nature-positive society for all. As an example, transforming how we manage land and forests entails restoring degraded and deforestedlandscapes. Such a transformation would lead to a positive impact not only on biodiversity, associated ecosystems services, and ecological resilience, but also contribute to GEF’s global environmental benefits in climate change (through sequestering and storing carbon), land degradation (through restoration of native ecosystems), and adaptation (through agroforestry systems that diversify farmers’ livelihoods). Similarly, transforming our food systems involves shifting to sustainable agricultural production, halving food loss and waste, shifting to more plant-based diets, and reducing GHG emissions from agriculture. These shifts could enhance food security (through increasing crop, livestock, and pasture productivity on existing lands) and improve livelihoods (through the introduction of more resilient, low-emissions production methods and technologies), helping hundreds of millions of small-scale agricultural producers to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The SCL also includes a cross-cutting focus on ‘Inclusion, Equity and the Just Transition’ that will underpin the sectoral transformations it seeks to advance (see Annex N for further information). This will include shifts that ensure that the costs and benefits of systems change are equitably distributed, that those historically marginalized from decision-making processes have a seat at the table across all levels of policymaking (i.e., global, national, and local), and that efforts to safeguard the global commons are combined with those to ensure universal access to basic services and opportunities. It also encompasses efforts to ensure just transitions at all levels and for both those disproportionately affected by climate impacts and biodiversity loss, as well as those working in industries that may need to be phased out (e.g., fossil fuel companies). If the Lab is successful in supporting decision-makers to act on these issues, (and potentially strengthening coalitions or helping create a new coalition for transformations not currently addressed), then this should also contribute to substantial socioeconomic benefits in the near future at both local and national levels.
Integrating Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) into land use planning frameworks to strengthen national UNCCD e
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The objective of the project is to strengthen LDN governance and land use planning in a gender sensitive manner
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Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.
Green Invest Asia
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USAID's climate strategy for sustainable landscapes (SL) is to improve the land management of forests and natural landscapes. The purpose of the Contract is to support developing countries in Asia to achieve SL-related climate mitigation goals as stated in the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Institutional cooperation - Cadastre
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The programme proposal, "Cooperation between Lantmäteriet and AREC to provide Digital Data to Strengthen Democracy - Cooperation for Digital Democracy" is drafted jointly by the two land administration agencies in Sweden and in Macedonia. It builds on previous cooperation and achievements and aims at; Strengthened capacity in AREC, having developed business practises, enabling exchange of high-quality and updated digital data via new and improved services in a strengthened democracy - contributing to smooth EU integration and improved living conditions of all inhabitants of Macedonia. The expected outcomes of the cooperation (2018-2022) supported by Sida will contribute to this impact are; - One unique, accurate and sustainable Address Register System established, - Establishment, development and maintenance of a modern geodetic infrastructure, - a capable, self-sufficient and sustainable ICT-organization, - NSDI (national spatial data infrastructure) - updated, accurate and well-maintained spatial data used by major stakeholders, - archived documents scanned and digitized, available via Internet. Lantmäteriet (the Swedish Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authority) is a state agency with three areas of activities; Cadastral services, Land and Geographical Information services and Land registration. AREC is the national Agency for Real Estate Cadastre, with a corresponding mission in Macedonia. They are also the coordinator for NSDI (national spatial data infrastructure) in Macedonia.
Objectives
The project Cooperation for Digital Democracy has an overall objective to “To strengthen the capacity in AREC in developing its business processes, and to enable exchange of high-quality and updated digital data via new and improved services in a strengthened democracy, while contributing to smooth EU integration and to improved living conditions of all inhabitants of Macedonia” To contribute to the achievement of the overall goal, the project will work towards outcomes described in 1.1, briefly:- establishment of one unique, accurate and sustainable Adress Register System,- establishment, development and maintenance of a modern geodetic infrastructure,- a capable, self-sufficient and sustainable ICT-organization,- increased amount and access to updated, accurate and well-maintained spatial data on the National NSDI geoportal,- scanned and digitalized documents from the central and local archives, available via existing software infrastructure of AREC. The theory of change of the proposed intervention is as follows - IF the capacity of AREC is strengthened and its business processes are developed by establishing: (1) a unique, accurate and sustainable Address register system, which is available for and utilized by other stakeholder institutions; (2) by modernization of the geodetic infrastructure, in compliance to the EU standards; and (3) by updating the NSDI geoportal in the benefit of all major stakeholders; AND, IF AREC is serviced by (4) a capable and self-sufficient ICT-organization; and (5) all important documents are registered and properly archived in a digitalized format; THen AREC will provide high-quality services and accurate data to its clients and it will increase its transparency and accountability level. This will enable all people in Macedonia, including the most vulnerable, to exercise their basic rights to register their property and place of residence, and thus to exercise their right to vote and to influence the decision-making in their own communities. At the same time, AREC will reach a level of accuracy, service and function required for integrating into existing EU systems.