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Displaying 1566 - 1570 of 2116Mitigating Deforestation in Peru through Land Use Formalization
General
Half of Peru’s GHG emissions come from the land use sector. Most of these emissions are a result of deforestation processes related to smallholder agricultural producers in the Peruvian Amazon. A major driver of deforestation is the lack of land tenure rights for smallholders which reduces their commercial opportunities, makes access to financial resources difficult, and increases overall risk. To address this issue, the Government of Peru has developed an innovative land tenure mechanism to formalize smallholder farmers called the Agroforestry Concession (AfC). AfCs offer a renewable usufruct contract for 40 years to thousands of eligible farmers currently encroaching on public forest domain in the Peruvian Amazon. Upon award, farmers commit to avoid deforesting, conserve remnant forests, maintain or establish sustainably managed agroforestry systems, and implement soil and water conservation measures. Public financial incentives need to support the small-scale farmers that choose to enroll in the AfC system and comply with its environmental requirements, but they are currently not aligned towards this goal. A key challenge for AfC adoption is ensuring that tangible incentives are in place. Providing secure land tenure through AfC contracts alone will not be enough to ensure widespread adoption of the AfC system and compliance with its environmental terms. If current public agricultural programs were to support this new mechanism, it would offer increased opportunity to actively engage more smallholder producers than at present. More importantly, support through public funds will lower overall risk in zero-deforestation supply chains of small-scale producers and provide the foundation for green private investment.
Objectives
The project objective is to align agricultural public funds or programs with environmental and social safeguards to incentivize the adoption and compliance with the new AfC system, thus reducing deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and improving livelihoods of small-scale farmers. GGGI will work with the Government of Peru (GoP) to incorporate AfC possession as eligibility criteria for prioritized public incentive programs to promote the formalization of small-scale agricultural producers in the Amazon through the AfCs
Conference on Land Conflicts
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Land disputes have proven to be a key destabilizing factor in in Eastern DR Congo, and therefore of key importance for stability in the area. While many actors seem to be aware of the importance of the land as a cause of conflict, it remains a complex issue to deal with. Therefore, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in coopera-tion with most likely, UN-Habitat, GLTN and MONUSCO, will organize a conference where experts and actors will meet to take stock of the problems, evaluate current interven-tions and identify gaps and needs for comprehensively addressing land related issues . The WUR will be tasked to have a stagiare review the liter-ature on the latest developments on land conflicts and related measures.
Action for Access and Management Rights to Land and Natural Resources of Small Farmers in Northern Thailand
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Overall Objective: To contribute to the adoption of laws promoting equitable land distribution and natural resources management. Specific Objective: Increased capacity of small-scale farmers and their networks in northern Thailand to organize movements for and demand their rights to land and natural resources management.The action will support the strengthening of the civil society movement for land reform to be led by the Northern Land Reform Network (NLRN) and the Peoples Movement for a
OEG - KAVES (Kenya Agriculture Value Chains Program)
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(Kenya): .The Kenya Agricultural Value Chain Enterprises mechanism seeks to reduce poverty among smallholder farmers and improve the nutrition status of women and children in 22 Feed the Future focus counties. ..FY 2016 funding will: 1) strengthen and promote smallholder production systems; 2) increase yields and reduce costs of production through transfer of low-cost technologies and practices; 3) source financial and technical assistance to reduce the costs of aggregation and marketing of food security crops, dairy, and other horticulture; 4) improve post harvest handling systems to reduce physical wastage and quality-related price erosion; 5) add value through processing crops and milk into manufactured products; 6) attract new private sector investments that increase demand for smallholder-based production systems; 7) support decentralized public sector capacity in regulation of commercial agribusiness based on smallholder producers; and 8) improve the land rights for smallholder farmers......
Burkina Faso Country Program
General
Burkina Faso is a Least Developed Country. The country’s economic performance is adversely affected by recurrent political unrest, persistent decline in commodity prices and vulnerability to climate shocks. Burkina Faso’s economy is heavily dependent on natural resources and has experienced considerable loss in natural resources, from land degradation to a fall in water resources, soil erosion and deforestation.The country’s new development strategy – (Program for National Economic and Social Development – PNDES) – aims to reverse environmental degradation trends and ensure sustainable management of natural resources. In this regard, PNDES implementation guidelines include Improved environmental governance and the mainstreaming of green economy perspectives in development policies. The Government of Burkina Faso (GoBF) set a specific objective within PNDES articulated as follow: mitigation and adaptation capacities to the adverse effects of climate change are reinforced to ensure an effective transition to the green economy. Building on the outcomes of the meetings and GoBF priorities, GGGI focuses on three areas (to be adjusted when the Country Planning Framework is elaborated in 2018): i) sustainable landscape and scaling up of eco-villages development model, ii) green cities devvelopment and iii) inclusive green growth capacity development.
Objectives
The project aims to support Green Growth transition through the greening of the current flagship program (PNDES) taking account the national priorities and aligned to GGGI’s strategic outcomes.