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Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment is a non-profit organization, registered in South Africa since 2007.
Our vision is the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through the self-determination of Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Our mission is to facilitate the full and effective participation of Indigenous peoples and local communities in the development and implementation of laws and policies that relate to the conservation and customary uses of biodiversity and the protection of associated cultural heritage.
Natural Justice work at the local, national, regional, and international levels with a wide range of partners. We strive to ensure that community rights and responsibilities are represented and respected at the broader scales and that gains made in international fora are fully upheld at lower levels.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 6Protecting Community Lands & Resources in Africa: Grassroots Advocates’ Strategies & Lessons
In 2013, 20 expert advocates from across Africa gathered for a symposium to share experiences and practical strategies for effectively supporting communities to protect their lands and natural resources. Resulting from that meeting, this book is a collection of case studies and analysis written by and for practitioners, sharing a variety of creative and practical strategies for proactively confronting the forces that undermine community land and natural resource tenure security in Africa.
Protecting Community Lands & Resources in Africa: Grassroots Advocates’ Strategies & Lessons
In 2013, 20 expert advocates from across Africa gathered for a symposium to share experiences and practical strategies for effectively supporting communities to protect their lands and natural resources. Resulting from that meeting, this book is a collection of case studies and analysis written by and for practitioners, sharing a variety of creative and practical strategies for proactively confronting the forces that undermine community land and natural resource tenure security in Africa.
Protecting Community Lands & Resources in Africa: Grassroots Advocates’ Strategies & Lessons
In 2013, 20 expert advocates from across Africa gathered for a symposium to share experiences and practical strategies for effectively supporting communities to protect their lands and natural resources. Resulting from that meeting, this book is a collection of case studies and analysis written by and for practitioners, sharing a variety of creative and practical strategies for proactively confronting the forces that undermine community land and natural resource tenure security in Africa.
Biocultural Community Protocols: A Toolkit for Community Facilitators
The toolkit is intended to support communities to secure their rights and responsibilities and strengthen customary ways of life and stewardship of their territories and areas. It is directed primarily towards facilitators from the communities themselves or from supporting organizations with whom they have long-standing and positive relationships.
Support for land governance -Tchad
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Since few years, the government in Chad is engaging in a land reform process aimed at the revision and endorsement of a new land law. Oxfam, Land@Scale (a Dutch initiative on responsible land governance), FAO, the World Bank are supporting the governmentin Chad in this reform process. Oxfam is playing a monitoring role to make sure that the reform is inclusive with an active CSO#s participation, and compliant with the international principles and standards on responsible land governance. Oxfam#s initiatives focus on strengthening the capacities of the CSOs in Chad in order to guarantee an active participation in the land reform process, creating the conditions for fair dialogue between the citizens and the national and local government on gender sensitive responsible land governance in Chad. To this aim, Oxfam is seeking for funding and partnership opportunities, including the Dutch Land@Scale, and the EU IEDHH. These projects are currently under negotiation. in order to support a good planning of theinception phases, or finalizing the full proposal (IEDHH). With Oxfam Novib#s support, Oxfam in Chad will mobilize national expertise to support the finalization of 1) a detailed proposal for IEDHH and 2) the elaboration of a detailed plan for Land@Scale.