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Displaying 2841 - 2850 of 6947Sustainably managed landscapes in Atewa and Juabeso-Bia in Ghana to enhance IPGs and livelihoods
General
GLA Country Context Analysis: The Green Livelihoods Programme (GLA) programme in Ghana works in the Juabeso-Bia landscape in the Western Region and Atewa forest landscape in the country’s Eastern Region. Both landscapes are situated in the tropical evergreen forest zone and are rich in biodiversity, as illustrated by areas that have been designated as Global Significant Biodiversity Areas (GSBA). Both landscapes support the provision of the four International Public Goods (IPGs): water, food security, biodiversity and climate resilience. Juabesa-Bia landscape contains the only biosphere in Ghana and is extensively covered by cocoa plantations. Atewa contains the headwater for some of the important water systems in Ghana notably the Densuriver, on which a major part of the population in Accra depends. However, the landscapes are under serious threats from mining; illegal logging and expansion of farming. The threats are affecting its ability to support the provision of IPGs in the long term and the status of the GSBAs areas. Both landscapes are representative for larger parts of Ghana and face problems that are wide spread in the country. The GLA Ghana programme will be headed by Tropenbos International Ghana, A Rocha Ghana and Friends of the Earth Ghana. Other CSOs will be involved in the implementation of the programme.
Objectives
GLA Country Theory of Change 2016-2020: The GLA programme encourages governments at different levels to enact, implement, enforce and monitor policies and regulations, private sector to apply best sustainable practices, and local communities to be responsible stewards of the natural resources. Local communities will be supported to adopt sustainable natural resources (NR) practices and use nature-based approaches such as agroforestry and agro-ecological farming practices. For these communities, especially women, the reform of the land and tree tenure system is important to make benefit sharing arrangements more equitable. An important instrument to ensure communities’ rights is the Community Resource Management Areas (CREMA) concept, of which the establishment, legalization and up scaling will be promoted. The same accounts for integrated land and water management with strong community participation, which will give local communities greater access to, and control over, their landscapes. As overall approach, the programme will support local communities to engage government and the private sector in the sustainable management of forested resources. District assemblies (DAs) will be encouraged to integrate biodiversity, climate resilience and responsible NR approaches into medium-term development Plans (MTDPs) and participatory land use planning. And efforts will be made to get the private sector to adopt and apply climate smart practices and agro-commodity production systems, landscape standards and sustainable sourcing practices. To achieve these outcomes the Theory of Change shows the following strategies / pathways: the formation of CSO networks and platforms; gender and social inclusiveness in landscape activities and partner organizations; capacity development of CSOs to generate and use evidence; capacity development of CSOs for advocacy and lobby actions; organizational strengthening of participating CSOs.
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See attached documents for a brief summary of the Annual plans of the implementing organisation
Land Tenure Security in Kibago and Kayogoro Burundi
General
The overall objective of the project is to sufficiently secure land rights of owners to allow their households to sustainably intensify agricultural production. The project is co-funded by USAID.
Objectives
Outcome 1: Targeted populations make effective use of local land conflicts resolution / mediation mechanisms related to land. Outcome 2: Targeted populations have accepted and put into practice the rules and requirements of formal land management (and how informal user rights of women can be protected) party) are aligned regarding land rights. Outcome 3: SFCs in Kayogoro and Kibago deliver land certification services to the population in both communes in an efficient, effective and non-discrimatory manner
Target Groups
Target are 25 collines in Kayogoro and Kibago (including USAID co-funding: 49 collines).
Empowering DRC’s women to break poverty cycles, achieve self-reliance, and realise their rights
General
This project seeks the social and economic empowerment of marginalised women in South Kivu Province, DRC. A total of 1,200 marginalised women (primary beneficiaries) are trained on rights, vocational and business skills; 60 male leaders and 60 women leaders are engaged as women’s rights advocates, mobilising 6,910 community members (secondary beneficiaries). Three CSOs are strengthened to lead a local advocacy alliance, opening a community dialogue, action, and accountability space on violence against women and girls and land rights.
COMMUNITY FARMING FOR GRASSLAND BIRDS
General
The goals of this project are to implement several of the highest priority actions identified in the Prairie to Pampas Grassland Bird Conservation Business Plan. We propose to 1) to engage local land owners and managers with life-cycle data of individual Bobolinks breeding on their property; this interaction will result in changes in land management that rebalance farming and grassland bird needs; 2) to assess the annual life-cycle of individual Bobolinks by collecting data both while on the breeding grounds and through tracking devices for the entire annual cycle; and 3) to use a community-based approach integrating the Audubon volunteers and undergraduate students in collecting and disseminating these data; 4) establish a network of partners in South America with which to share information gained from this work.