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
public participation
Latest News
WOLTS Mongolia success stories - new blog and a national workshop
11 October 2022
Mokoro are delighted to publish a new blog from WOLTS Mongolia team member, B. Munkhtuvshin. “Protesting herders to get government support to stop harmful mining operations” is the story of recent demonstrations by nomadic pastoralists opposed to investments in the mining sector that have infringed on their community’s land rights.
Residents of Kazakh capital score rare win against urban development
14 March 2022
A small but determined group of activists made Nur-Sultan keep its promise.
Residents of Nur-Sultan who rallied to defend a patch of designated parkland from high-rise developments have scored a victory, setting a rare example of successful urban activism in Kazakhstan’s tightly controlled civic space.
Blogs
From improving informal settlements to climate finance and women-led cities: Key takeaways from the World Urban Forum 12
26 November 2024
The key takeaways from the World Urban Forum 12, which took place in Egypt between 4-8 November 2024.
Exercising the governance muscle - why inclusive land governance matters
22 August 2024
Inclusive land governance at the local level allows for the community’s broader governance ‘muscle’ to be exercised in a constructive and practical way. This can reduce conflict and spark transformative social change.
"It will be fun to develop land-use planning, if we do it together"
08 March 2022
“It will be fun to develop land-use planning, if we do it together.” This was a comment from one of the local land managers during 30 online workshops run by PCC to introduce new Gender Guidelines for local land management in Mongolia.
Library
Improving tenure security for pastoralists in East Africa
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2020
Ethiopia
Tanzania
PIM support to work from ILRI and partners contributed to adoption of a woreda (district) participatory land use planning approach in Ethiopia and to expansion of the joint village land use planning approach in Tanzania, resulting in more secure tenure rights for pastoralists in rangeland areas.
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The use of appropriate procedures for informing the public and in obtaining early and continuing participation in planning and decision making.
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