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Displaying 2621 - 2630 of 6947LEGenD Responsible Land Investment support
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This activity (LEGenD Responsible Land Investment support ) is a component of Land Governance for Economic Development reported by FCDO, with a funding type of 111 - Not for profit organisation and a budget of £15,000.This project benefits Developing countries, unspecified.And works in the following sector(s): Agricultural land resources.
Civil Society Support Program 2
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The UK Department for International Development (DFID) leads UK support for efforts to end extreme poverty. DFID Ethiopia works to help Ethiopia transform itself into an industrialised, resilient, more inclusive country that is more able to self-finance its way out of poverty and harness the potential of its youth. DFID Ethiopia has contracted the delivery of the Civil Society Support Programme II (CSSP II) to a consortium involving British Council, SDDirect and Pact. The purpose of this programme is to increase trust between government and civil society to deliver enhanced state accountability and responsiveness, resulting in better quality public services. SDDirect leads on CSSPII's work on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), as well as developing the programme’s approach to safeguarding. GESI is central to CSSP2, building on the Hard to Reach focus of CSSP1, which was one of the key successes. As Ethiopia’s political reforms have evolved, the programme has been able to adopt a rights based approach. This includes an explicit focus on gender transformation, encompassing projects working on gender based violence, women’s political rights and women’s land rights. The focus on social inclusion is reflected in a range of projects working with social minorities and with youth, as well as an approach to mainstreaming cross-cutting issues such as disability and gender.
F.a: Promoting Indigenous Peoples´ Land Rights in Nepal
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Due to state policies in Nepal the IPs are losing ownership and control of lands that resulted displacement and threat to continue their existence and identity. Non recognition of customary lands , land acquisition, lack of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC), compensation to the affected, displacement, land dispossessions, full disclosure on projects, ignorance of religious, sacred site and pasture lands are some of the crucial issues pertaining to the land rights of IPs in Nepal. Often indigenous peop les and local communities have been confronting with the aforementioned issues in relation to lands caused by the development projects implemented by the government and private sectors. There are hundreds of hydropower development projects operated in the lands of IPs. The project is intended to enhance capacity of the IPs and local communities to defend their rights. Furthermore, this project also contributes in policy reformation with the engagement of the state and non-state actors, particularly private sectors. In the course of implementation of the project indigenous and local communities are supported in raising their human rights issues at the local level to international levels. For that LAHURNIP will organise capacity development activities and supp ort them to file cases to the courts, complaints to the international mechanisms such as the ILO, UN Special Rapporteurs, grievance mechanisms of the World Bank (Inspection Panel, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman-CAO) and Asian Development Banks to make th e State and private sectors accountable for protecting and respecting human rights of the indigenous and local communities. The project will also contribute to enhance partnership and coordination with the national and international human rights institute s working in the areas of human rights to support in defending the rights of indigenous and local communities. Apart from that the propose project also contribute to initiate facilitated dialogue with the projects and state to resolve dispute in amicable m anners. www.lahurnip.org
Conservation of the tiger in buffer zone of Melghat Tiger Reserve
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The purpose of this project is to conserve tigers in the buffer zone outside the protected area. The project objectives are as follows: (1) Monitor tigers in the project area by camera trap sampling, provide these results to the Forest Department, and support the Forest Department in line transect monitoring for prey species; (2) Strengthen wildlife protection, prevention of wildlife crime and improved law enforcement by building the capacity of Forest Department field staff with the assistance of expert trainers; (3) Reduce the pressures on forests for firewood and fodder, prevent and control forest fires, implement sustainable utilization practices and address community issues related to wildlife conservation, initiate a dialogue with the community to control livestock grazing on forest land and implement sustainable forest management practices, and mitigate human-wildlife conflict; and (4) Develop livelihood options for the local community, such as providing market links for bamboo products, and other non-timber forest products (NTFP) that utilize the forest in sustainable ways as opposed to overexploitation.