Tanzania
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11 June 2022
Lucas Yamat and Pablo Manzano
The future of Ngorongoro has been the subject of hot debate among various stakeholders following a proposal by the government of Tanzania to relocate pastoralists from the district in order to conserve this important World Heritage site.
The proposal is based on…
25 April 2022
Over the last 20 years in Tanzania, conflict has escalated between communities and foreign investors over land rights and land-based investments. Here, Masalu Luhula discusses how the use of simplified legal guides is helping to empower communities to engage in dialogue and negotiations with…
19 April 2022
Este es nuestro antiguo Boletín Perspectivas País, ahora rebautizado como Qué leer (What to Read) para hacer justicia a su contenido.
A raíz de la creciente atención que los medios de comunicación prestan a los efectos del cambio climático y a la subida del nivel del mar, las metrópolis africanas…
19 April 2022
This is our former Country Insights digest, now re-branded What to Read to make justice to its content.
In the wake of increasing media attention to climate change impacts and rising sea levels, African metropoles, such as Lagos, have slowly moved into focus. That said, urban African…
19 April 2022
Este é nosso antigo "Country Insights digest", agora rebatizado como O Que Ler para fazer jus ao seu conteúdo.
Com o aumento da atenção da mídia aos impactos da mudança climática e da elevação do nível do mar, as metrópoles africanas, como Lagos, foram lentamente se tornando um foco. Dito isto…
19 April 2022
Il s'agit de notre ancien condensé Country Insights, en français, aperçus des pays désormais rebaptisé "What to Read" (ce qu'il faut lire, en français) pour rendre justice à son contenu.
Dans le sillage de l'attention croissante portée par les médias aux impacts du changement climatique et à l'…
29 March 2022
In this new blog series Practitioners’ Perspectives: Responding to the Challenges of Land-Based Investment Governance, we invite rights defenders and practitioners to reflect on their strategies to push for more responsible and sustainable investments, on why and how they have developed them,…
14 March 2022
It’s that time of year again! March means International Women’s Day and the annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. It’s not surprising, after COP26 in Glasgow, that this year’s CSW66 links gender equality with climate change. The official theme is ‘achieving gender equality and…
14 March 2022
C'est à nouveau la période de l'année ! Mars est synonyme de journée internationale de la femme et de réunion annuelle de la Commission des Nations unies sur le statut de la femme. Il n'est pas surprenant, après la COP26 à Glasgow, que la CSW66 de cette année lie l'égalité des sexes au changement…
13 July 2021
There is an underlying tension in the land rights movement that is rarely addressed head on, which is the perception that securing women’s land rights threatens community land rights. Community land rights are typically held by indigenous people, small-scale and subsistence farmers, pastoralists,…
2 July 2021
This panel took a critical look at the land governance orthodoxy that has consolidated on the heels of the financial crisis and outcry over "global land grabs" at the end of the 2000s. The panel began with a presentation on the “theory of change” guiding land governance interventions, profiling how…
5 May 2021
Catherine Lunyungu intimately understands the consequences and the costs of climate change on once bountiful harvests. The 35-year-old farmer from Tanzania’s Iringa Region described losing most of her annual rice harvest to severe flooding over the 2019/2020 harvest season. On a 3-acre plot that…