Location
Other organizations funding or implementing with land governance projects which are included in Land Portal's Projects Database. A detailed list of these organizations will be provided here soon. They range from bilateral or multilateral donor agencies, national or international NGOs, research organizations etc.
Members:
Resources
Displaying 1451 - 1455 of 2117Natural resources and conflicts in developing countries
General
The project reviews conflicts over natural resources in developing countries and brings new perspectives to the public debate. The main medium is a special issue of the journal Peruste published by the think tank Vasemmistofoorumi and distributed to thousa nds of readers. Also the communication of the issue and the related public event are concrete results of the project. The conflicts in developing countries particularly in Africa are often discussed separately from environmental and natural resource issues . One often focuses only on the acute armed conflicts. This project discusses conflicts around the governance of natural resources in developing countries.The vast majority of the world's poorest people live in countries rich in natural resources.Environme ntal destruction land ownership issues and the privileges to use natural resources are often in the background of conflicts and political disputes. Also the effects of climate change such as desertification and changes in the water cycle hinder the exploit ation of natural resources particularly in arid regions and increase the risk of conflict.The disadvantages of the use of natural resources appear mostly at the local level among the poorest part of the population (for example as environmental pollution or increasing shortages of natural resources) whereas the benefits flow often out of their reach. Questions around privileges to use natural resources cause conflicts in the developing countries. Also the privatization of natural resources (such as water) ha s accelerated conflicts.The project will try to bring democratic ways of managing natural resources into discussion. Essential questions are: who benefits from the exploitation of natural resources and who will bear the disadvantages? Who should have the d iscretion about the use of natural resources? Who owns the natural resources and in which way?There is relatively much discussion about the democratic management of natural resources but this discussion has mostly taken place in the academic context. The b ackgrounds of conflicts are however of more general interest which means there would be demand for popularisation.
F.a: Training of the next generation of renewable energy policymakers in Myanmar?s Shan State
General
To build the capacity of the next generation of policy makers in Shan State in Myanmar, a holistic training program of several weeks is required. A major capacity gap is the ability to include energy development aspects (e.g. land lost due dam projects, de centralized alternatives) into the Land Law consultation process of 2020. In addition, the next generation of practitioners for advancing decentralized renewable energy (DRE) is also direly required to set forth a bottom up, scalable movement toward equita ble rural development. In this project, Kyun Ta Htaung Myae Foundation (KTHM) will implement a capacity building program to train the next generation of energy policy makers and practitioners in Nam San, Kunhing and Mong Nai townships the marginalized e thnic sub-region of the Salween River Basin. The program includes the following activities: 1) Training to develop specialized skillsets for policy development and DRE assessment for 20 young ethnic leaders and further 80 community-level technical lead ers (by the 20 trained young leaders), 2) Field-based, participatory research by the trained young leaders to map (a) land use issues as they relate to energy development, (b) DRE national resource, energy demand, and socio-environmental aspects, and (c) productive end use of energy focusing in rural agriculture end uses. 3) Development and presentation of field research outputs by the 20 young leaders to move forward DRE planning and implementation in the Salween River Basin for local inclusive energy planning 4) Policy recommendations and advocacy for the Land Use Law reacted and local level energy plan that outlines a project pipeline for short-term and medium-term DRE projects. Direct Beneficiaries will 100 young leaders of ethnic communities, a nd indirect beneficiaries include more than 1200 community members. Other stakeholders include national and international cooperation organizations, energy experts and micro hydro SMEs as well as government authorities from township level to state level. K THM works to create more space for women in its project planning and activities, it is hoped that 40% of the trained young leaders would be women. The implementing organisation is membership-based Kyun Ta Htaung Myae Foundation, located in Taunggyi. In i ts work, KTHM focuses on sustainable natural resource governance (including land rights, water governance and decentralized renewable energy), democratic processes, justice and peace issues.
Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development
General
DFID-funded Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) is a catalytic facility designed to accelerate DFID’s infrastructure and cities initiatives across the world to contribute to poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth. ICED will establish a facility to provide support to DFID country offices to develop new, and improve existing, infrastructure enabling environment and city economic development programming.
Objectives
1. Improve the enabling environment for sustainable, inclusive growth-enhancing infrastructure service delivery; and, 2. Harness the benefits of cities for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. An enabling environment for infrastructure service delivery at national level • Sound legal and regulatory framework • Investment planned on the basis of economic returns and environmental forecasting • Well-managed procurement, construction and maintenance An enabling environment for urban infrastructure service delivery Urban infrastructure that is well-planned, delivered and financed. Increases cities’ connectivity and productivity. Promotes low carbon, climate resilient development. Cities that drive economic development, e.g.: • Well-functioning urban land markets • Effective city-level governance • An enabling environment for urban businesses • Security for urban dwellers
Moving Towards Community Led Land and Agrarian Reform
General
There is no community level mechanism or model for poor and vulnerable people to access land in Nepal. This project will develop and pilot a Community Led Land and Agrarian Reform model for accessing land by land poor and other vulnerable people in Nepal's hill areas. More than 2,500 families in 5 Village Development Committees (VDCs) of 3 districts will be well aware of joint land ownership policy including land rights issues. Among them, at least 500 will have received joint land ownership. At least 50 land poor families will have gained access. A report on status of previous land lease programme will be used to contribute and influence land lease policy of Nepal.
Sloping Land Management (SLM)
General
SDC has worked with the Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection since 2004 to empower farmer groups to apply new agroforestry practices on steeply sloped land. These entail participatory land use planning, reforestation and conservation farming. The concept is humanitarian in nature and designed to address the issue of food security amongst rural populations. This phase of the programme will focus on spreading these practices further and introducing methodologies which reduce the risks of disasters that threaten rural areas.