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New film highlights women’s role in protecting the world’s rangelands and pastoral communities
1 March 2022
Rangelands cover 54 per cent of the earth’s terrestrial surface and provide valuable ecosystem services such as water retention and carbon sequestration. They also support the livelihoods of millions of pastoralists who turn rangeland resources into food and livestock products. However, in the face…
Mining fractures land and community in Mongolia
11 February 2022
With over 1000 licenses issued across the country, a diverse range of mineral extraction operations are transforming Mongolia’s rural cultural landscape. The Gobi region is crowded with both mega mines and smaller-scale operations. The Gobi also has excellent conditions for renewable energy and is…
2021 - The Year that WOLTS!
16 December 2021
After adapting to challenges of COVID-19, 2021 turned into a very busy and exciting year for the global WOLTS team. This year has been the culmination of five years of field activities in Mongolia and Tanzania, with a strong focus on disseminating what we have learned. Our key findings can be found…
Projects
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation and conservation in the Yaeda-Mangola area in Northern Tanzania
Duration: September 2016 - June 2019
Value: £503,713.00
Donors: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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, which forms an important wildlife and m
Support to the agriculture sector transformation process and to decentralised land governance
Duration: January 2016 - January 2022
Value: $17,700,000.00
Donors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The program aims at strengthening food security of smallholder farmers and pastoralists' communities with improved access to agriculture services and to land. The program has two components (i) institutional support to the agriculture sector including county capacity building to pursue county and cr
Agropastoral Development and Local Initiatives Promotion Programme for the South-East (PRODESUD)
Duration: April 2003 - June 2010
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The programme intended to initiate a process of community-led sustainable development for 11,000 households in the Governorates of Tataouine and Kébili. To this end, it created instruments to promote participatory and sustainable management of pastures and water resources; to improve livestock husba
Badia Rangelands Development Project
Duration: December 1998 - December 2010
Value: $525,000.00
Donors: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
The goal of the project was to restore the production of rangelands to its optimal potential; to seek a balance in development to address most existing constraints related to social aspects and necessary infrastructure; to give attention to the security of land tenure and the social fabric; and to o
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
Duration: July 2020 - March 2025
Value: €5,600,000.00
Donors: German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
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 no agricultural land is registered
Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?
29 March 2022
In Ethiopia, pastoralist communities and other communal land users face significant threats due to government policies which favour large-scale land investments and erode communal land rights. Here, Daniel Behailu and Nathaniah Jacobs discuss the importance of developing laws that recognise and…
Secure Land Rights: The Key To Sustainable Food Systems
2 September 2021
Securing land rights is critical for realizing sustainable food systems that provide food security and overcome poverty. Security of property rights is central to preserving livelihoods, maintaining social stability, and increasing incentives for investment and for sustainable, productive land use…
