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Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

In this updated issue page we provide fresh insights into the challenges and risks facing diverse pastoralist communities across the globe from the Sahel to Siberia. Learn about rangelands and drylands worldwide and how they are impacted by anthropogenic climate change, the current international policies, the risks posed by the growing market in carbon offsets and how related conservation initiatives can impact on rangelands and savannas which are often mischaracterized as deforested and degraded lands.

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Carbon Markets and Climate Justice: How Carbon Trading Frameworks Can Protect Community Land Rights

May, 2024
Sierra Leone
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Guinea
The roundtable session on carbon markets and climate justice addressed how carbon trading frameworks can be designed to protect community land rights, especially as countries in Africa and Asia establish legal frameworks in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The discussions highlighted the crucial role of tenure security in achieving effective conservation, recognizing that rural communities are key to successful conservation outcomes.
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Lessons from Africa Climate Summit: We need to listen more to pastoralists and farmers
23 September 2023
Sometimes at high-level international events, like the Africa Climate Summit held in early September 2023, we do not have the opportunity to, or forget to, include the voices of people who are going through the very issues discussed.
Confident Gender and Land Champions
Confident Gender and Land Champions - New WOLTS Paper Published
23 May 2023
Latest paper from the WOLTS team offers new evidence of a sustainable approach to securing land rights for women and communities 
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Proposals for the protection and effective use of pasture lands presented
17 February 2023
It is proposed in Uzbekistan to develop a draft law “On pastures” in a new edition and the procedure for granting pasture land plots for rent.

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Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
September 2016 to June 2019

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Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6600000
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

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vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

503713
Donors:
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

The project secured collective land rights for surviving Hadzabe hunter–gatherer and Datoga pastoralist groups, and  improved  the governance of village lands in 11 neighbouring village areas in the Yaeda-Mangola area, east of Lake Eyasi, in Northern Tanzania,

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
July 2020 to December 2025

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6600000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

6600000
Donors:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Context Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2019, it ranked 182nd out of 189 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). 70% of the population lives in rural areas and is highly dependent on agriculture. However, almost

Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
January 2023 to May 2026

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6600000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

5000000
Donors:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and

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WOLTS
January 2015 to December 2024
Donors:

WOLTS (Women’s Land Tenure Security) is a long-term multi-country, multi-organisational land governance initiative. The project has delivered stronger evidence on threats to women’s land rights through its action-research. It has also contributed to strengthening community, civil society and

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
September 2016 to June 2019

Pound sterling

Pound sterling
ISO 4217 code
GBP
Currency Symbol
£
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6600000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

503713
Donors:
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

The project secured collective land rights for surviving Hadzabe hunter–gatherer and Datoga pastoralist groups, and  improved  the governance of village lands in 11 neighbouring village areas in the Yaeda-Mangola area, east of Lake Eyasi, in Northern Tanzania,

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
July 2020 to December 2025

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6600000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

6600000
Donors:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

Context Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2019, it ranked 182nd out of 189 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI). 70% of the population lives in rural areas and is highly dependent on agriculture. However, almost

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Farmers at the CuveWaters Green Village in Epyeshona, Northern Namibia, photo by ISOE Wikom, sourced from flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED license
Population Growth: The Implications for Land Tenure and Food Security in Communal Areas
11 April 2024
Photo: Farmers at the CuveWaters Green Village in Epyeshona, Northern Namibia, photo by ISOE Wikom, sourced from flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED license   Blog written by Celina Awala* and originally published on 31st March 2024 by The Namibian. Namibia’s 2023 preliminary census figures show that…
8th International conference on deserts, drylands and desertification
27 November 2022 - 1 December 2022
The upcoming conference organized by the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel will focus on the intersection of land and water and the impact of land degradation and drought on populations across the world. More details on the event are coming soon.