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F.a: Strengthening forest communities’ natural resource rights in Kenya
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Several things happened in Kenya in the last few months in relation to the national policy. What does all this mean for the Ogiek, Sengwer and other forest communities in Kenya? Are they organizing effectively to maximize these opportunities to their adva ntage? Are they speaking with one voice? The project will involve 5 community sensitization workshops and a forest dwellers hunter-gatherer representatives meeting to develop a common advocacy strategy on the above issues with the objective of strengthenin g their land rights and natural resource rights. These communities came together in January 2014 to form the Forest Indigenous Peoples Network (FIPN is currently hosted by CIPDP while it is in the process of registering as an NGO). The meeting recognized t hat its first task was to consult with forest communities through sensitization and consultation workshops which would involve both informing communities of the opportunities and challenges at the national and international levels, and understanding their opportunities and challenges in each of their contexts. The most important objective of the project is to ensure greater security for hunter-gatherer community forest land rights through influencing national law and policy frameworks. The project will al so support forest dwelling hunter-gatherers to arrive at a common strategy, as well as sensitizing communities on various laws and policies that will impact them. www.chepkitale.org
Southern Highlands and Ruaha-Katavi Protection Program (SHARPP)
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(Tanzania): With the decimation of elephants in Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, the Ruaha-Katavi landscape now harbors the largest population of elephants in eastern Africa. It is also one of the last strongholds for Africa's remaining lions. Ruaha and Katavi are two national parks separated by a large amount of healthy, but unprotected forest which is currently under threat. If this linkage between the parks is broken, the future for elephants, lions, and the livelihoods for remote rural Tanzanian communities is at risk. SHARP will use FY 2020 biodiversity funds to directly address these threats and help to protect the community lands that currently link the parks. The activity will continue working with local government authorities, community groups, and protected area managers to secure wildlife corridors on village land by providing technical assistance on sound village land-use planning sessions, and assisting local communities to form village game scout groups to patrol and prevent encroachment and poaching. It will also use FY 2020 funds to reduce human-wildlife conflict by providing training on alternative livelihoods approaches that improve economic well-being for the communities and help reduce pressure on both the ecosystem and wildlife. The activity will continue to monitor the status of key wildlife species to inform wildlife recovery and use of the secured corridors. These interventions help further Tanzania's journey to self-reliance by developing the country's own ability to monitor, preserve, and benefit from its natural resources...... .
F.a: Promotion of Women’s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Lalitpur
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Poor women from deprived communities are not in a position to access loan from banks or other financial institutions or financial service providers due to lack of physical collateral. The poor, indigenous women and girls are exploited from various forms of discrimination. Therefore there is a comprehensive need to build the capacity of deprived poor women to increase their access to financial capital with low interest rate. The local government bodies have not fully owned and realised the importance of wome n’s participation in planning process and providing justifiable share of resources to the women in their location. Strengthening cooperatives and their linkages with local bodies, including Ward Citizen Forum and Citizen Awareness Centre (CAC) are requir ed to increase women’s access to resources and services. Most of the women still lack legal ownership of their land. Cooperatives still lack adequate knowledge and skills to develop strong linkages with market actors for enterprise development. Lack of v ocational skill training and micro entrepreneurship skills among women and out of school youth girls, denial of women to property rights, gender based discrimination and women’s right violation justify the need to implement this project in Lalitpur distr ict of Nepal. The overall objective of the project is to improve women’s economic and socio-cultural status. The specific objective is to develop and strengthen women-led local institutions for promoting economic, social and cultural rights of poor and m arginalised women communities in Lalitpur. Activities: • Establish and strengthen two women cooperatives • Establish a cooperative federation or a network of women cooperative • Conduct cooperative education camps• Establish and strengthen District and Village Land Rights Forum and conduct joint land ownership campaign • Evidence-based advocacy to improve women’s access to land• Income generation through enterprise development• Technical/vocational education to the most marginalised out of s chool youth girls • Provide business and career counselling services to girls/women • Strengthen Local Government’s capacity to promote socio-cultural rights of women• Strengthen Citizen Awareness Centre and Ward Citizen Forum • Develop and broad cast Public Service AnnouncementRights-holders /beneficiaries: 5 000 women and girls mainly from the poor indigenous and Dalits communitiesImplementing partner: The Lutheran World Federation Nepal (LWF Nepal).
F.a: Indigenous Rights and Forest regeneration and protection in Chhattisgarh
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The project aims at capacitating and supporting the indigenous community to secure their rights and entitlements on forest land. The emphasis will be on collective rights over commons and Habitat rights of particularly vulnerable tribal groups who increasi ngly facing threat of displacement due to expansion of industrial projects.The project also intend to address the adverse impact of climate change which forest dwellers and marginal tribal agriculturalist are facing. ASM is launching a campaign on forest r egeneration/plantation of useful and climate resistant trees and traditional agriculture.It will take up study and put advocacy efforts for state/governmental measures to promote climate change resistant plantation and traditional agriculture.The project a lso aims at activating such institutions which have potential to promote tribal cause and issues. The project will build awareness among community about these institutions and arrangements.