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Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

In this updated issue page we provide fresh insights into the challenges and risks facing diverse pastoralist communities across the globe from the Sahel to Siberia. Learn about rangelands and drylands worldwide and how they are impacted by anthropogenic climate change, the current international policies, the risks posed by the growing market in carbon offsets and how related conservation initiatives can impact on rangelands and savannas which are often mischaracterized as deforested and degraded lands.

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Renforcer la Gouvernance Pastorale en Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale: Leçons de la mission transnationale et inter-projets d'échange de connaissances
4 February 2025

Du 9 au 16 décembre 2024, s’est déroulée au Cameroun une mission transnationale d'échange de connaissances sur les questions foncières et agropastorales. Une mission qui a réuni des experts, praticiens, acteurs de la société civile et autorités politico administratives.

Lessons from Africa Climate Summit: We need to listen more to pastoralists and farmers
23 September 2023
Sometimes at high-level international events, like the Africa Climate Summit held in early September 2023, we do not have the opportunity to, or forget to, include the voices of people who are going through the very issues discussed.
Confident Gender and Land Champions
Confident Gender and Land Champions - New WOLTS Paper Published
23 May 2023
Latest paper from the WOLTS team offers new evidence of a sustainable approach to securing land rights for women and communities 

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Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
September 2016 to June 2019

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Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6910000
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German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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 or legally recognized. This can threaten farmers' rights to use the land they cultivate and thus their entire livelihood.

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Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

503713
Donors:
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

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

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
July 2020 to December 2025

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6910000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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 or legally recognized. This can threaten farmers' rights to use the land they cultivate and thus their entire livelihood.

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

6910000
Donors:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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

Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
January 2023 to May 2026

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6910000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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 or legally recognized. This can threaten farmers' rights to use the land they cultivate and thus their entire livelihood.

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

5000000
Donors:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in

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WOLTS
January 2015 to December 2024
Donors:

WOLTS (Women’s Land Tenure Security) is a long-term multi-country, multi-organisational land governance initiative. The project has delivered stronger evidence on threats to women’s land rights through its action-research. It has also contributed to strengthening community, civil society and

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
September 2016 to June 2019

Pound sterling

Pound sterling
ISO 4217 code
GBP
Currency Symbol
£
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6910000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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 or legally recognized. This can threaten farmers' rights to use the land they cultivate and thus their entire livelihood.

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

503713
Donors:
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

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

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
July 2020 to December 2025

Euro

Euro
ISO 4217 code
EUR
Currency Symbol
€
Womens group in a workshop
Responsible Land Policy in Cameroon
5000000
Project duration:
to
Euro
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Context

Reliable access to land plays a central role in food security and poverty reduction as well as for the sustainable use of natural resources. In contrast, poorly defined land use rights encourage conflicts between different population and land user groups and prevent investment in the conservation and restoration of biodiverse landscapes.

Village in Burkina Faso
Responsible Land Policy in Burkina Faso
6910000
Project duration:
to
Euro
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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 or legally recognized. This can threaten farmers' rights to use the land they cultivate and thus their entire livelihood.

vsf
Investing in land tenure and management to assure sustainable tourism revenues, natural resource utilisation a
503713
Project duration:
to
Pound sterling
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

General

6910000
Donors:
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

General

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

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Farmers at the CuveWaters Green Village in Epyeshona, Northern Namibia, photo by ISOE Wikom, sourced from flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED license
Population Growth: The Implications for Land Tenure and Food Security in Communal Areas
11 April 2024
Photo: Farmers at the CuveWaters Green Village in Epyeshona, Northern Namibia, photo by ISOE Wikom, sourced from flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED license   Blog written by Celina Awala* and originally published on 31st March 2024 by The Namibian. Namibia’s 2023 preliminary…
Women and Pastoral Livelihoods: Innovating for a Sustainable Future
Women and Pastoral Livelihoods: Innovating for a Sustainable Future
15 May 2025
 Thu, May 15 2025, 12:30 - 2pm, GMT+1 Millions of pastoralists in drylands depend on livestock for their survival. Yet conflict, climate change, and poor access to animal health services (AHS) threaten their way of life. Women play a crucial but often overlooked role in livestock management,…