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The aim of the project is to ensure more resilient livelihoods and to defend the basic human dignity of poor and socially disadvantaged people in the western uplands of Nepal, by strengthening the capacity of 115,000 households to mobilise their own resources thus gaining access to external resources and ensuring social justice. Land and natural resource governance activities promote the transfer of lands, on a leasehold basis, to women and landless peoples to enable them to undertake leasehold forestry, increase their production of fodder crops and undertake NTFP (Non-timber Forest Product) production. The project supports the provision of services to organise new leasehold forest user groups and initial training, exposure visits, monitoring workshops, work schedule planning and operational planning reviews.

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The project aims to strengthen access and security of tenure by promoting and mainstreaming the principles of the Voluntary Guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests (VGGTs)at the appropriate levels. This is a grant to IPAR. The project supports the dissemination of the VGGTs (national workshops, literacy activities, training), by building national policy dialogue platforms in the selected countries, and supporting the participation of CSOs and Farmers' Organizations in the functioning of the working groups and policy dialogue platforms. It aims at identifying the gaps in terms of the VGGTs-based measures, necessary for the strengthening of the land tenure situation of the smallholders in general, women and youth in particular.

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The aim of the national component is to ensure that successful small-scale actions (i) contribute to the improvement of biodiversity protection in selected ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHP) and their peripheral areas, and (ii) to improve the living conditions of the local population. In addition, (iii) coordination mechanisms and management capacities for Vietnamese AHPs should be strengthened at national level. The aim of the regional component is to (iv) strengthen the ACB as a regional institution for the sustainable protection of biodiversity in ASEAN member states.

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The project aims to (i) strengthen capacities of key stakeholders in establishing recognition of claims to land access and to (ii) establish legitimate and sustainable mechanisms of multi-stakeholder consultation for decision-making concerning the revision of legal frameworks, policy strategies and administrative regulations which influence the rights of access to and use of land and natural resources for rural actors in Cameroon

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The aim of the programme is to contribute to an increase in the income of 110,000 smallholder households in 13 regions through professional and vocational training, leading to higher productivity and improved marketing of agricultural products. The programme specifically aims to support vulnerable groups, with special attention to uneducated youth and young women who are heads of household. Land and natural resource governance related activities include 6 land registration committees (CRIF) constituted by 10 land offices, they include the support for the issuing of land certificates and plan to install at least 2000 ha of new irrigated areas and rehabilitate 4200 ha of existing or traditional boundaries in order to secure the control of water and/or expand the irrigated area.

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The project is seeking to protect this continuous expanse of forest and its endangered species. A further aim is to improve land use planning and put in place appropriate forestry and agroforestry practices to ensure sustainable use of natural resources in the areas bordering the forest. It is setting up an alliance of provinces and local authorities affected, designating critical habitats wherever possible across the entire forest area under the decentralised land-use planning process and then further developing them. In conjunction with local authorities, the project plans measures and ensures they are incorporated into their annual budgets. It is also establishing an ecologically sound agroforestry system in the buffer zone, driving forward largescale reforestation and working towards supplying local households with renewable, sustainably produced raw materials to generate energy.

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Establish information components of Land parcel identification system that corresponds to EU standards and legislation by creating digital orthophotos and digital geographical database of reference parcel covering the whole Turkey

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The goal of the programme was to reduce rural poverty by increasing incomes through better market access and improving the grassroots of 30,000 households to support their development in the province of Toamasina. On land and natural resource governance, the programme supported the improvement of local governance and decentralization through activities related to the local land planning and supported the establishment of offices dealing with land issues and the issuance of 1736 small-land producers certificates. Collective titles were allotted to villages to strengthen land tenure security of target groups in the context of increased land values following the improvements funded by the project.

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ILRG is a highly flexible field support Task Order under the Strengthening Tenure and Resource Rights (STARR) II IDIQ managed by the E3/Land and Urban Office. ILRG will provide technical assistance services to improve land and resource governance, strengthen property rights, and build resilient livelihoods as the foundation for strong economic growth, stability, self-reliance, and resilience. USAID Missions and Bureaus can request technical assistance through ILRG for a variety of services: assessments, policy support, institutional capacity building, facilitation and partnership building.

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The project objective is to orientate Philippine forestry policy towards climate protection goals by preventing deforestation (REDD) and in particular by developing a REDD strategy that considers the causes of deforestation and encompasses incentive systems for preventing deforestation and rehabilitating degraded forest areas and mangroves. Priority is given to efforts that promote good governance, participation of local and indigenous communities in forestry policy-making processes and clarification of land-use rights as well as conservation of biodiversity and poverty reduction.

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The goal of this project is to raise the incomes and improve the food security of 65,000 poor rural households in 30 communes within the Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder regions of Niger. The project stipulates that at least 30% of direct beneficiaries should be women and 30% young people involved in production or a related area, such as handicrafts, processing or marketing. The project reinforced 1800 ha of irrigated areas, the development of irrigation systems for an additional 5000 ha of land, and the rehabilitation of 3300 ha of watershed areas. To manage the above mentioned areas in a sustainable way, the project supports land commissions involved in the process of securing land plots and the establishment of 30 WUAs. Special attention is being given to women's and youth's equitable access to the developed resources.

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Since a geoid is the ratified framework on which mapping and measuring work in each country is based, creating a common geodetic reference frame for neighbouring Balkan countries will facilitate seamless combination of geographic data across borders. As we know, the effects of climate change and mitigation of the effects are not confined to national borders and increasing regional cooperation among the actors involved in managing these issues would only be beneficial. Background Through the Norwegian Mapping Authority, the Government of Norway has for many years assisted countries in the Western Balkan region in preparing geographic information and in establishing services ensuring access to the information. The partner institutions are (with some variation) functioning satisfactorily, but lack funds to prepare up-to-date geographic information, and access to this type of information for their respective land and sea territories is limited. Data to deal with the effects of climate change is a special challenge, and partner institutions are also challenged with meeting European standards on access to geographic information. Because of the socialist legacy, partner institutions still need to improve their register services for the emerging land markets in privatised properties. The overall goal of this regional project is improved governance on central, regional and local levels; sustainable land use; secure land markets; and safe navigation at sea. Activities •For Bosnia and Herzegovina, activities will focus on 1) Roll-out of a digital archive system, and 2) Improvments to the system for efficient use of GPS technology. •For Montenegro, activities will focus on 1) Establishment of an address register, 2) Improving production of topographic maps, and 3) Improving capacity for preparing sea maps of coastal areas •For Serbia, activities will focus on 1) Establishing a Condominium register, and 2) Improving solutions for data distribution and exchange •For Kosovo, activities will focus on 1) Establishing addresses in more municipalities, 2) Completing the cadastre map database, 3) Rolling out a property register to three municipalities in the north of Serbia, and 4) Upgrading of IT systems at KCA. •For Albania, activities will be focused on 1) Enhancing the capacity of ASIG to provide geographical information to users, 2) Ensuring efficient and professional production of sea maps, 3) Development of a first version og an integrated information system for coastal areas with testing in one area, and 4) Enhancing education in mapping and cadastre at University level. •For Macedonia, activities will be focused on 1) Establishing a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) for 1/3 of the country, and 2) Establishing capacity for storage and distribution of electronic terrain data. In common for all six partner countries, there is a focus on 1.Establishing a plan for improving the vertical component of their geodetic framework, through a regional working group and calculating the vertical reference frame for the region; and 2.Procurement of gravimetric instruments.