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Godfrey Eliseus Massay is a lawyer and land tenure specialist.He has eight years of experience working on land rights and in the natural resource sector in Tanzania, and has written and published numerous articles on land rights in both national and international academic journals.
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Improving pastoralist and hunter-gatherer interests in Tanzania’s constitution
The first draft of the Tanzanian constitution incorporates many provisions that will improve the rights and interests of pastoralists, huntergatherers and women in these communities.
However, there remain some important outstanding issues that must be addressed in order to ensure adequate reform that protects these marginalized groups’ interests
Original People
The Hadzabe community of the Yaida Valley requested UCRT to assist them to undertake a cultural mapping exercise.
Participatory Land Use Planning as a Tool for Community Empowerment in Northern Tanzania
This paper presents several case studies to show how the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) has been working within Tanzania’s legal and policy framework to support a diverse range of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, all of whom face fundamental threats from external appropriation of, or encroachment on, lands and natural resources. The work also responds to local needs to rationalise resource use rights amongst competing local groups, such as farmers and livestock keepers.
Communities, Conservation, and conflicts in the Tanzanian Serengeti
This chapter addresses issues related to securing access and rights to resources, and gaining benefits from the resource within the context of one community-based initiative in the village of Ololosokwan in Tanzania.
Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers Demands for the New Constitution (Katiba Initiative)
A Summary of Demands that were Presented by pastoralists and hunter-gatherers organizations before the Constitutional Review Commission in January 2013
Non-State Actors Communiqué on Livestock Sector Development in Tanzania
In this communiqué, the undersigned Non-State Actors (civil society,pastoralist, research, private, farmers’ unions and other stakeholders) champion a call to action and outline recommendations on livestock policy advocacy strategies that take into consideration the unique conditions and opportunities of the livestock sector development in Tanzania.
Submission by Pastoralists and Hunter-Gatherers Organizations in Tanzania
This is a stakeholder submission prepared by a coalition of 24 pastoralists and huntergatherers’ Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), forums, networks and groups. The stakeholders submission is a compilation of primary and secondary sources of information, evidence and facts collected through consultative meetings and interviews with civil society organizations, public officials and community members, experts on pastoralism as well as members of the academia.
Joint Stakeholders (NGOs) Submission to the Human Rights Council- Universal Periodic Review Mechanism
This report is a compilation of primary and secondary sources of information, evidences and facts collected through consultative meetings and interviews with CSOs and Community members. More information was obtained from different credible sources including the UN treaty bodies, UN special procedures, ACHPR, government reports, media as well as reports of fact finding missions of pastoralists’ CSOs members. Validation was done by pastoralist CSOs and National CSOs in two different meetings
Parakuiyo Pastoralists Indigenous Community Development Organisation
Mission & Vision:
To promote the livelihoods of Indigenous pastoralists through preservation of their cultural values, utilization of locally available resources and informed participation with consent for their development. To have Indigenous pastoralist community attain sustainable development and have its culture recognized, respected and preserved
Report on TALA-Media Joint Mission on Land Rights for Agro-pastoralists and Farmers Ulanga District
This is a report on TALA-Media joint mission in response to recently reported killings of 5 agro pastoralists and farmers in Maguba area Malinyi Division in Ulanga District. These people were allegedly reported to be killed by gun shots by the Tanzania Peoples Defense Forces on Saturday 17th March, 2012.