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The project is to increase inclusive and gender-equitable secure access and sustainable use/management of land and other natural resources in order to facilitate productive investments as well as social and economic development. In-depth assessments carried out on territorial rights and conflict dynamics will help to provide a clear understanding of the context and facilitate the formulation of effective strategies towards sustainable natural resource management (access and use). The project will also enhance institutional and community capacities to engage in land management/governance (use, access, and ownership) and related strategic dialogue.

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Production of LIDAR and orthophotos for preparation of new maps for Montenegro for planning and development domestically and also for participation in the European Union program for data sharing and integration (INSPIRE Directive); establishment of a document management system.

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The Project aims at securing land and resource rights of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists and crop farmers, while improving land management by supporting village and district land use planning and rangeland management in Kiteto, Bahi, Chamwino and Kondoa Districts in Tanzania. More broadly, it aims at influencing policy formulation and implementation on these issues.

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Orthophotos for areas prone to flooding in Georgia

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The goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of rural poverty in the Upper Tana River catchment through increased sustainable food production and incomes for 205,000 poor rural households, as well as sustainable management of natural resources. On land and natural resource governance, the project will develop and implement community action plans for livelihood improvement and sustainable NRM, it will provide support to Water-Resource Users’ Associations (WRUAs) to help them fulfil their responsibilities to protect and manage water resources, resolve water use conflicts and improve the availability/quality of water. It will also support the establishment of Community Forest Associations and support them in entering into co-management arrangements with forestry authorities for various forest reserve areas and it will support the use of participatory planning and mapping processes and develop the GIS and mapping capacity of 6 Counties.

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The programme aims at building the support system to facilitate the implementation of the VGGT and that of the AU Land Policy G&F on the African continent respectively. Synergies to facilitate the implementation of both frameworks are actively promoted in liaison with a dedicated EU-Programme

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Capacity creation with actors for sound pasture management; effective coordination among actors for good pasture governance; community organisation to reduce open-access problems in pasture management; skill development of herders

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(The funding amount only reflects the support from Finland= all of Finland's funding, as, if widely understood, it could be included in the support of land tenure) The major focus – and added value - of the Lao PDR Forest Investment Plan (Lao FIP) is to promote participatory sustainable forest management (PSFM) of all types of forests, with a major emphasis on promoting the capacities of villagers and other grassroots managers. SUFORD-SU is the fourth in a series of projects promoting participatory sustainable forest management. The current project covers 13 provinces, 41 of the country’s 51 PFAs, comprising 2.3 million ha and more than 1000 villages. The current project is also piloting an approach to forest landscape management in four provinces, and piloting village forestry in at least 30 villages in this area. It is supporting work on payment for environmental services (PES) and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Forest and wildlife law enforcement activities continued to be supported, as well as work on key relevant policy, legislative, and regulatory issues. The project also disseminates information on project issues, and aims to raise awareness regarding climate change and REDD+. SUFORD-SU is not only developing its own monitoring and evaluation systems for the project, but working to develop and strengthen government monitoring, reporting, evaluation, and analysis capabilities. A PFA Monitoring System (PFAMS) will be built, to complement other ongoing work such as the National Forest Information System (NFIS) under development.

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Increased capacity among policymakers in Amazonia to mobilise large-scale public/private funding through innovative financing mechanisms that enable the conservation and sustainable use of forests as natural capital (III), adaptation to climate change (II) & climate friendly economic development (I).

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The purpose of the project is to enhance food and nutrition security and incomes among smallholder producer families of 10,355 households through diversified agricultural production and market linkages in the rain-fed Middleveld and Lowveld areas of the Lubombo and Shiselweni regions. On land and natural resource governance, the Chief's Letter of Consent will be used as means to transform communal grazing land in land for commercial agriculture and as a means to give specific groups of smallholders the usufruct of such land in return for guarantees on sustainable use. In parallel to the CDC-led appraisals, the Project will prepare GIS base maps recording land use and land resources from available remote sensing information and other existing secondary sources.

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The programme goal is to foster market-driven development of Kenya's informal dairy industry, working with poor smallholder dairy producers and traders to strengthen their capacity to respond to market opportunities. It builds understanding of the market and technical knowledge of production processes, and improves organizational and enterprise skills. Dairy production improves household nutrition and provides extra income. The programme will benefit 24,000 households in the areas of Bungoma, Trans Nzoia, Kakamega, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Nakuru, Nyamira, Kisii and Bomet. On land and natural resource governance, the programme provides support for community mobilization and capacity building for a participatory analysis and mapping with dairy groups and land access for the groups and their communities. These activities also include documenting and mapping of existing land ownership and using practices and records and sharing experiences with others.

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Communication and cooperation between actors for improving participation in governance and natural resources; Access to legal advise on land rights; knowledge and capacity of government agencies in land- and natural resource management