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Tenure Facility projects supported in Guyana
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Projects supported by the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility to enhance land reform and strengthen tenure rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in Guyana.
Tenure Facility projects supported in Indonesia
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Projects supported by the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility to enhance land reform and strengthen tenure rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in Indonesia
Advocacy for Change
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For the period 2016 to 2020, Solidaridad and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will join forces for sustainable sector transformation for thirteen selected agricultural, mining and industrial sectors in twenty six countries and the emergence of sustainably managed landscapes in four countries. Sustainability is defined by its economic as well as its social and environmental dimensions. Inclusive and sustainable development is the primary concept: sectors that provide fair and profitable livelihoods and business opportunities to all, and guarantee decent and equitable living wages for men and women, in a way that does not deplete the landscapes where people thrive, now and for generations to come. Solidaridad has a strong track record in creating sustainable supply chains in developing countries. The focus has been mainly on stimulating good practices resulting in sustainable farming, mining and industrial practices. However, experience shows that more is needed. For a transition toward socially and environmentally sustainable sectors, cooperation between stakeholders at landscape level and an enabling policy environment are key additional ingredients.
Objectives
The overall objective of the landscape component in the proposal to the DSO is to strengthen the capacity of landscape stakeholders to effectively and inclusively resolve sustainability issues and competing claims in four landscapes of global importance by 2020. For each of the sustainable landscape programme countries we foresee three concrete outcomes: 1) the establishment, strengthening or improvement of a multi-stakeholder landscape governance structure; 2) the scaling of current or new solutions for landscape management; and 3) the implementation of enabling frameworks, policies and incentives for sustainable landscape management. The Enabling Policy Environment component aims to support democratic and inclusive, participatory processes to enable the participation and representation of vulnerable groups in policy- and decisionmaking. Solidaridad aims for inclusivity in both public and private sector policies, at local, national and international level. Through support to the capacity development of vulnerable groups, civil society and producers to participate in private and public sector policy making, we want to contribute to policy instruments and frameworks that enable inclusive and sustainable development. We envision four types of outcomes: 1) improved policies of private sector associations; 2) improved national policies and implementation mechanisms; 3) improved land tenure and land rights in commodity/producing areas; and 4) government incentives for inclusive and sustainable production.
Target Groups
vulnerable groups, civil society, producers, miners, public sector institutions, companies
LAND-at-scale Chad: Land reform based on rapid evolutions and present crisis – contribution Kadaster Internati
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Chad faces land related problems, due to the increasing pressure on land and insufficiently equipped governance mechanisms to provide tenure security. The participation of civil society is very limited. Ignoring or shortcutting land related challenges in Chad means that other development challenges will emerge even in a more violent way in the next decades. The project aims to contribute to a more transparent and inclusive land administration system in Chad, especially for tenure insecure groups (women and youth), which creates security for communities to invest in sustainable income generating activities. This will be realized through the following strategies:• Finalization of the Land Code: a review and rewrite of the content, combined with a multi-stakeholder validation workshop.• Support to socio-economic land reform, with special attention for inclusion of women and youth, strengthening civil society organizations, capacity building on agricultural practices and dispute resolution mechanisms. • Improving the land registration system in N’Djamena by developing a blueprint of the current situation and roadmap towards the preferred future situation, together with the relevant government authorities in Chad (contribution by Kadaster International)
LAND-at-scale Chad: Land reform based on rapid evolutions and present crisis – atelier
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Chad faces land related problems, due to the increasing pressure on land and insufficiently equipped governance mechanisms to provide tenure security. The participation of civil society is very limited. Ignoring or shortcutting land related challenges in Chad means that other development challenges will emerge even in a more violent way in the next decades.The project aims to contribute to a more transparent and inclusive land administration system in Chad, especially for tenure insecure groups (women and youth), which creates security for communities to invest in sustainable income generating activities.This will be realized through the following strategies:• Finalization of the Land Code: a review and rewrite of the content, combined with a multi-stakeholder validation workshop (implemented by Oxfam Intermon).• Support to socio-economic land reform, with special attention for inclusion of women and youth, strengthening civil society organizations, capacity building on agricultural practices and dispute resolution mechanisms. • Improving the land registration system in N’Djamena by developing a blueprint of the current situation and roadmap towards the preferred future situation, together with the relevant government authorities in Chad.
From blind trade to visible impact
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This project addresses risks in the soy supply chain from Argentina. The social and environmental risks primarily take place in the primary production process. This project focuses to avoid – and where needed restore – the impacts of soy on forests / ecosystems and people. However, the soy trade chain is a complex one due to a number of factors, among which:• Soy is produced in countries where sustainable land governance, including legal compliance to forest and labour legislation, is a challenge;• Suppliers of soy often do not sell their produce to the same customers each year;• Soy (meal) is mainly used for livestock feed, making it invisible for the end consumer, mostly requiring business to business solutions;• Soy is a low margin-high volume bulk commodity; gathered and transported in huge quantities. This makes separation of sustainable streams costly, and• The fear of additional costs in the sector is paramount, from farmers, to traders, to processors to retailers.This project will explore several temporary models / stepping stones to achieve field impact. These include "area mass balance" (supporting farmers to become certified in areas that link to the physical trade chain), and "direct trade" (companies directly supporting responsible production with credits and positive impact investments), as well as stepwise improvements and restoration of damage with farmers in risk zones.
Drops4Crops Burkina Faso
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The project purpose is to implement integrated water resource management measures and efficient water use in water-challenged North Burkina. In effect, this will boost water efficient off-season horticulture production for 1,596 smallholder vegetable producers (SVPs), among which 63% vulnerable smallholders and 49% women. We do this through investments in sustainable access to water and facilitating a critical service package for SVPs providing credit for investments in water-efficient tech, climate smart agri-training and secured land access. Access to a vegetable growth market is secured through organized value chains. In total, at least 19,172 rural poor benefit from this project directly.
RVO Insurance Conv. Basis - N&M
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The covenant focuses on the implementation of a responsible investment policy by Insurers, due to the international nature of this activity, and contains the agreements of the Parties with regard to investments. This involves preventing, limiting and, ifnecessary, repairing any negative impact on humans, animals and the environment as much as possible. The covenant contains agreements to clarify specific ESG themes and to support insurers in strengthening their policy and due diligence on these specificand other ESG themes. The themes primarily concern animal welfare, children's rights, land rights, climate change and controversial weapons and controversial arms trade (chapter 2 Covenant). Agreements have also been made regarding the investment policy of insurers; for example, an ESG due diligence procedure must be described, sector and/or theme-oriented policy must be drawn up and it must be made clear in which behaviors or sectors investments will not be made. Amnesty International (not part of the grant application) mainly contributes knowledge about human rights, but also children's rights, land rights and controversial arms trade. - Save the Children mainly contributes knowledge about children's rights, child labour, nutrition and also about health care. - Oxfam Novib mainly contributes knowledge about gender equality, land rights, access to medicines, climate change, fair taxation and the fight against corruption. - PAX mainly contributes knowledge about controversial weapons and the arms trade, protecting civilians and standing up for victims of human rights violations in conflict areas, and about natural resources in relation to conflict and human rights. - Nature and Environment contributes Nature and Environment contributes knowledge in particular about climate change, loss of biodiversity, the energy transition, the agricultural and food transition and the sustainable use of raw materials. - World Animal Protection mainly brings knowledge about animal welfare, but also about climate, biodiversity, the food transition and public health.
CO-505233
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Regional influencing climate action program The West Africa region has a high number of countries ranked among the most vulnerable to climate change in the world. In addition, this region has the largest number of countries where more than 30% of the population lives below the extreme poverty line (less than $1.90/day) and depends for its subsistence on activities that are highly sensitive toweather conditions: rain-fed agriculture, livestock breeding, fishing. These people are therefore particularly vulnerable to climatic shocks, which are increasingly recurrent and of unprecedented magnitude in the region. Climate action is not currently enough to achieve climate justice for those who rely on natural resources for their subsistence, those who have their food and nutrition security threatened by climate change. Their right to food, to land and forests are at risk as they are facing uncertainties in the middle of multiple climate shocks and stresses. Policies processes and implementation are not involving rural communities, women and youth organizations. The nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and adaptation plans are still to strengthen their human rights and gender equality aspects, while these frames need to improve nature-based solutions’ roles in their targets, to ensure the reduction of the emissions in the production sectors and the adaptation of communities’ livelihoods to CC effects. The climate action-influencing program in West African aims at achieving climate justice for women, youth and small-scale farmers so they realize their right to food and land rights, so that they can improve their resilience to climate change. Through alliances and supports to different stakeholders, our work on: 1) Climate and development policies (NDCs, NAPs, local development plans, etc.) to raise the adoption of agro ecology and agroforestry; 2) Climate governance spaces to hold governments accountable for their adaptation and mitigation commitments, especially regarding the communities, rural women and youth access to climate finance for their adaptation needs. The activities will take place in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria, implemented by Oxfam offices in partnership with local partners involved in climate and environmental action. This project is framed to strengthen others climate change program and influence activities running in countries, such as the Regreening Africa project (Mali), the AACJ project (Burkina and Nigeria) and the JESAC project (Burkina).
CO-Agro Ecology for Food Security & Inco
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Women smallholder Farmers in Zombo District face climate change challenges that have affected their food production and income capacities. These challenges range from prolonged dry spells affecting crop germination, too much and erratic rains which causeflooding and damage root tuber crops such as cassava, yam, and potatoes. Dry spells and waterlogging result in crop diseases which can affectother crops, especially since women producers lack the capacity to control such infestations. These, coupled with ineffective agronomic practices and accelerating climate change impacts and damages, affect the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and their households. The project aims at enhancing the food and income security of 200 women smallholder farmers using the CRAEM model. Oxfam has piloted this model with smallholder women and men food producers, and the model has proven to enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change impacts and improve productivity. The model emphasizes working with andstrengthening community leadership structures and emphasizes practices and technologies within the means of beneficiaries which can be scaled without further external support Land degradation, poor soil health, and high dependence on rain-fed agriculture has increased the vulnerability of rural households to food insecurity and poverty, eroding productive assets and weakening their coping strategies and resilience. Onset, duration, and intensity of rains vary considerably from year to year, and the increased frequency of erratic weather patterns, including drought and flooding, have negatively impacted the national economy and the livelihoods of the people. New measures are needed to help farmers and consumers cope with the changes in emerging and projected weather patterns. Oxfam would like to support 200 women smallholder farmers to practice climate-smart agriculture to maximise their productivity and increase nutrition and income using the Climate Resilient Agro Ecological Model (CRAEM)