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Displaying 1591 - 1600 of 6947Protecting indigenous Peoples Rights Defenders and Promoting Land Rights in Selected Communities Affected by L
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Protecting indigenous Peoples Rights Defenders and Promoting Land Rights in Selected Communities Affected by Land Conflicts in Peru, Nepal and the Philippines -
Securing rights to land and natural resources for landless and land-poor communities in three regions of Thail
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Overall objective: The action works to ensure that People-centred land governance policies contribute to poverty reduction for landless and poor communities in the North, South and North East of Thailand and the attainment of SDGs 1, 2, 5 and 10.
Conservation of Tiger, Rhino, Elephants and Hoolock Gibbons in Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Landscape using PNRM Ap
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It is the necessary to ensure alternative mode of protection to habitats in Karbi Anglong Hills and the biological corridors to Kaziranga National Park as the indigenous Karbi tribe is not in favor of the creation of a Wildlife Sanctuary fearing loss of land rights and natural resources. Project will engage communities using traditional knowledge and appropriate technology to design sustainable and adaptive Participatory Natural Resources Management (PNRM) models for habitat conservation and reduce human disturbances. Beneficiaries will be trained for improved homestead agroforestry, sustainable harvest of Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP), value addition and marketing of products. Project objectives are: (1) Inventory and mapping of NTFP in the River Basin that are potential for sustainable management and creating a baseline; (2) Participatory perspective plan for Natural Resource Management; (3) Develop natural resource based sustainable livelihood and entrepreneurship models involving 100 households to initiate habitat protection and improved quality of life; (4) Document the process and system of best practices for communication with wider communities and stakeholders; and, (5) Create awareness among communities and stakeholders about ecosystems health, PNRM, livelihoods and entrepreneurships.
Strengthening Peacebuilding in Chiapas
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Indigenous and rural communities in Chiapas, Mexico, face increasing challenges due to violence resulting from conflict. The increasing complexity of conflict between and among communities arising from land disputes, power struggles, differences over faith issues, or other disagreements between groups undermines social and economic development. The IAF supports community-led solutions to promote peaceful solutions to conflict and chronic violence. Our grantee Comisin de Apoyo a la Unidad y Reconciliacin Comunitaria, A. C. (CORECO) supports the development of skills among Indigenous and rural communities to analyze conflict, engage groups to peacefully transform conflict, and resolve thorny issues that could easily escalate into violence. This grant brings faith-based strategies and diverse Indigenous networks to the IAF's approach to overcoming chronic violence.
Fortalecimiento de sujetos claves de cambio para la Construccin de Paz en Chiapas
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Indigenous and rural communities in Chiapas, Mexico, face increasing challenges due to violence resulting from conflict. The increasing complexity of conflict between and among communities arising from land disputes, power struggles, differences over faith issues, or other disagreements between groups undermines social and economic development. The IAF supports community-led solutions to promote peaceful solutions to conflict and chronic violence. Our grantee Comisin de Apoyo a la Unidad y Reconciliacin Comunitaria, A. C. (CORECO) supports the development of skills among Indigenous and rural communities to analyze conflict, engage groups to peacefully transform conflict, and resolve thorny issues that could easily escalate into violence. This grant brings faith-based strategies and diverse Indigenous networks to the IAF's approach to overcoming chronic violence.
Supporting Access to Justice, Fostering Peace and Equity (SAFE)
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(Uganda): .SAFE supports peaceful resolution of conflict arising from land disputes, oil exploration and ethnic diversity, and the residual effects of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) conflict in northern Uganda, as a basis for economic growth and service delivery. Working at the national and subnational level, SAFE promotes peaceful resolution of land disputes by promoting dialogue between the Government of Uganda's land management and administration institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs) and other stakeholders. It promotes post conflict reconciliation and psychosocial wellbeing among conflict- affected communities. The activity will also build the capacity of CSOs and private sector groups to enhance the development of agriculture and investment in Uganda...
Morocco II-Compact
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MCC's $450 million Morocco Employability and Land Compact supports two Moroccan Government priorities that will contribute to economic growth and investment in the country: employability and land productivity. Morocco's economic and political stability has contributed to continuous economic growth and significant poverty reduction over the past decade. Although poverty trends are improving, regional inequality remains considerable, with an urban/rural divide in access to public services and economic opportunities. Morocco has critically low rates of gender equality and one of the lowest female labor force participation rates in the world. By supporting policy and institutional changes that will improve Morocco's investment environment and by creating models for engagement with the private sector, the Employability and Land Compact address both the supply and demand sides of the labor market. The Government of Morocco is strongly committed to carrying out these policy and institutional reforms and will make a financial contribution of more than 15 percent toward the compact.
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Lesotho II Compact - Land Management For Investment Projects - Non-allocated Funds Activity: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete.
Land Management For Investment Projects
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Lesotho II Compact - Land Management For Investment Projects: Due Diligence funding is used to obtain sufficient information to evaluate, assess and appraise projects during program development, effectively oversee and monitor program implementation, conduct quality assurance, and then evaluate the results of the project once complete.
Irrigated Horticulture Support Activity
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Lesotho II Compact - Market Driven Irrigation Horticulture (MDIH) Project - Irrigated Horticulture Support Activity; This Activity focuses on helping smallholder farmers and landowners overcome the obstacles to sustaining their irrigation systems by providing relevant technical assistance and attracting experienced commercial farmers to help leverage smallholder efforts and sustain infrastructure investments. To maximize benefits, the Activity features interventions designed with SBC and gender and inclusion in mind, and MCC and the Government expect the interventions to directly contribute to the long-term sustainability and profitability of the Program�s investment in irrigation. The Activity is comprised of the following sub-activities, and will be managed or coordinated by a team of expert consultants who will provide support, training and coordination of all capacity building interventions: (A) Land Rights Formalization Sub-Activity This sub-activity works in tandem with the Rural Land Registration Reform Sub-Activity by focusing on ensuring holders of land rights are able to secure those rights through leases registered with the LAA, taking advantage of the strongest form of land holding in Lesotho. (B) Scheme Management and Capacity Building Sub-Activity Successful management, operation and maintenance of the Irrigation Schemes will require new institutions that are designed for the context of Lesotho as well as a cadre of smallholder farmers and other community members skilled and trained to support those institutions. The Scheme Management and Capacity Building Sub-Activity seeks to provide these two key ingredients through the following interventions: (C) Financial Assistance Program Sub-Activity This sub-activity is designed to address the immediate or short-term financial barriers that hinder small-holder farmers and small- to medium-sized commercial entities from participating in irrigated horticulture, such as the costs for mechanized equipment and the recurrent costs for inputs or maintenance and repair of equipment. To cover these costs and get small-holder farmers operating as soon as possible, this sub-activity provides grants to smallholder farmers to cover their capital requirements including costs of on-farm connections to the main irrigation systems and of mechanized machinery. Additionally, the sub-activity supports a cold chain innovation challenge that will award grants to small businesses that design energy efficient and affordable mobile products for precooling or the process of removing field heat from produce immediately after harvest to slowdown the deterioration and senescence processes thereby decreasing potential post-harvest loss. Given that post-harvest handling and cold chain management in particular are generally expensive and consume significant energy, the Parties expect that developing an affordable precooling system will work to reduce financial barriers of irrigated horticulture for smallholder farmers.