Making good land policies work for the poor: Lessons learnt and the way forward in recognizing and formalizing customary land tenure and management systems

Learning initiative of ILC members and partners

Main objective

To contribute towards recognizing and formalizing customary land tenure and

management systems through participatory approaches that include all customary user

groups, in particular women, and also including livestock keepers, hunter-gatherers, land-poor, and other groups vulnerable to marginalization

Specific objectives

1. To identify best practices in methods for recognizing and formalizing customary land tenure and management systems that have been tested in different contexts, particularly among the ILC membership

2. To facilitate cross-learning and improved practice of key stakeholders in 4-6 relevant initiatives working on this question

3. To document best practices in formats that promote and facilitate their replication and uptake

Some activities

1. Production of documentation

2. Learning Routes “Making Rangelands Secure”

3. Policy forum4. Exchanges between

East and West Africa

Learning Route

Making Rangelands Secure

Participants

Host cases

• Naibunga Conservancy• The Resource Advocacy Programme (RAP)• Olkiramatian Group Ranch• Ujamaa Community Resource Trust