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MCC’s compact with Niger is expected to increase rural incomes by increasing the production capacity and sustainability of natural resources, and by improving select links of key agricultural product value chains. The compact will invest in integrated water management; new infrastructure, including small- and large-scale irrigation systems, market platforms and improved roads; sustainable management of natural resources; and sustainable agricultural production. These activities will benefit rural producers whose livelihoods are derived from the agriculture and livestock sectors. Central to the compact is a land tenure security component to help farmers and pastoralists have reliable, inclusive and long-term access to land improved under the compact. A transparent, participatory and fair allocation strategy of lands improved under the compact is essential to reduce the risk of land conflict. Activities to reinforce local land governance include, (i) development of local land tenure profiles, including mapping of land rights, (ii) development by local stakeholders of criteria for land allocation, (iii) formalization of the allocated land rights by obtaining the appropriate land titling instruments, iv) building capacity of local land governance agencies, v) development of local land use plans, and vi) reinforcement of mechanisms to improve management and resolution of land conflicts.

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The aim of the programme is to improve food security, family nutrition and by developing about 12,000 hectares in irrigation schemes for 62,000 farmers households, in four states of Ethiopia: Tigray, Amhara, SNNP and Oromia. The irrigation schemes developed will provide a model to be scaled up and replicated across the country. To ensure sustainability and the full participation of local community members, farmers will own and manage the irrigation systems through their own Water Users' Associations (WUAs). Specific targets include households headed by women, unemployed young people and people without land. On land and natural resource governance, the programme aims to issue land title certificates to small scale farmers and to ensure equitable access to land for women in these schemes. It will also support the formation and empowerment of WUAs for effective operations and maintenance and to empower women by increasing their participation in decision making bodies of WUAs and enhancing their skills in irrigated farming among other things.

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The programme aim was to regenerate the livelihoods of the rural environment, rebuild social capital including the rehabilitation of human dignity and restore food security among 74,000 poor and vulnerable households in the provinces of Bujumbura Rural and Bururi in the west and Ruyigi in the east. It worked to restructure farm production through donation of cattle and through the building of plant nurseries. It will support various training projects focusing on community development, legal issues, HIV/Aids and literacy. Legal support has been offered to women and vulnerable groups who have been subjected to violence during the conflict. supported the rehabilitation of 480 hectares of reclaimed swamp and the recovery and development of 1850 ha of additional marsh. Land and natural resource governance related activities provided legal support and regeneration of livelihoods of poor rural women; support for local governance; legal assistance including training of members of the rural community about their rights and duties as citizens, and legal assistance and legal representation.

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The project aims to develop improved and more secure livelihoods for poor people living on newly accreted coastal islands known locally as chars in the areas of Lakshmipur, Noakhali and Chittagong. This will be achieved through the provision of support for rural livelihoods, legal title to land and climate-resilient infrastructure benefiting about 28,000 households. On land and natural resource governance, the project aims to improve land record systems and to provide land titles for 20.000 households.

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To enhance the capacity to secure land tenure and natural resource rights of local communities in Gaza, Manica and Cabo Delgado provinces under the Land Act and increase the sustainable management and utilisation of these resources for poverty reduction and economic growth.

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The project objective is to conserve forests as natural carbon stores and to establish carbon sinks through reforestation in the province of West Kalimantan. Working in collaboration with a forestry operation in the boundary zone of the national park, the project seeks to identify forest areas highly worthy of preservation and to designate these zones protected areas. Degraded forest areas between Betung Kerihun and Danau Sentarum National Parks that hitherto have been separated are to be rejoined through reforestation efforts at the community level. The project supports the capacities of governmental and non-governmental actors in their endeavours to develop and implement local REDD demonstration measures in Indonesia.

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As part of the development cooperation program "Sustainable Forest Management in the Congo Basin", the FC module contributes to the better protection and sustainable use of forest resources in the Congo Basin.

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This project supports the Government of Senegal in developing a land use development plan for the Great Coast of Senegal (Niayes region). The plan is expected to serve as a land use management and development plan for an area that is one of the most agriculturally productive and highly sensitive environmentally. The plan also aims to support decision-making by Senegalese authorities in the long-term economic development of the agriculture, agroforestry, and forestry sectors, while taking into account environmental and land issues.

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The aim of the project was to introduce a voluntary land-consolidation approach in line with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT). During the project FAO reviewed two versions of a draft Law on land consolidation prepared by StateGeoCadaster (SGC) and provided legal recommendations and advice how to review the drafts in line with best international practices and VGGT principles such as a key principle in land consolidation that participants should be at least as well off after the schemes as before. The legal advice provided was fully relying on the VGGT, and respecting the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The Project contributed to SDG 1.4, 2.3, 5.A and 8.3 and emphasized the role of efficient farm structure and the land markets in attaining aforementioned SDG goals and at country level contributed to VGGT implementation. In addition to legal advise, a Feasibilty Study on in two communities was conducted to assess the demand and feasibility of land consolidation among the landowners and other stakeholders. A Concept Note was prepared outlinining the proposed approach for the implementation of the next steps towards a National Land Consolidation Programme in Ukraine including land consolidation pilots before scaling up to a national programme when the agricultural land market is opened. Finally, a guest lecture at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine (NUBiP) about the VGGT, FAO land consolidation programme and the work conducted in Ukraine was delivered for master and PHD programmes’ students.

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The Mekong region Land Governance programme aims at supporting farming families, especially those belonging to ethnic minorities, in securing their equitable access to, and control over agricultural land, forests and fisheries. The programme aims at strengthening the effectiveness of reform actors through learning, alliance building and regional cooperation with a view to assisting in the emergence of more equitable and sustainable policies and practices in the region.

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The purpose of the project is to conserve natural resources in Peru's Manu Biosphere Reserve, home to a unique and rich biological diversity. To this end, it assists the local population in managing natural resources. Measures include: utilisation agreements, development and dissemination of environmentally sound resource utilisation methods, reduction of human-wildlife conflict (for instance by setting up a hotline, building fences and conducting an environmental education campaign on the ecological function of wildlife) and delivering training for improved management of the Biosphere Reserve with increased codetermination by the representatives of local and indigenous groups. By preventing deforestation and supporting the natural regeneration of degraded areas, the project also contributes to climate change mitigation.

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The project consists of three main activities: •Support from the Norwegian Mapping Authority: The Norwegian Mapping Authority provides project supervision and technical assistance to the system design, development of ICT strategy, technical requirements and specification for procurements, and quality control and assurance of deliveries and installations. •Preparation of an overall ICT strategy for real estate registration (CADASTRU): The ICT strategy will facilitate the design and development of the system requirements, technical specifications and tender documents for the System procurements. •Development and implementation of a new Real Estate Registration System: Real estate information is an important component of a National Spatial Data Infrastructure, which Moldova will establish in conformity with the EU Inspire program for sharing and exchange of geographic data nationally and across national borders. The new IT solution for real estate registration will facilitate integrated access to a wide range of geographic information from various sources using web service; it will also be centralized. Local registration offices and external users will access the Central Database via Internet.