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Within the framework of the project, the most important dry-laid peatlands in Central Russia are identified and rewetted using various methods. In addition, Russian partners will be trained so that they can independently implement the method of ecological rewetting in the future. Possibilities of sustainable use of rewetted marshland ("Paludiculture") are being tested and piloted where possible. The project thus makes an important contribution to the reduced risk of fire, protection of the climate and restoration of a unique biodiversity.

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Poverty and conflict reducing land policy and land division are increasingly accounted for in development strategies and activities of the partner countries in Africa, Asia, Southeastern Europe and Latin America as well as in international cooperation.

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The aim of this grant, which complemented the Rural Markets Promotion Programme (PROMER), was to strengthen land and natural resource tenure security through the piloting of business partnerships between smallholder farmers, rural communities and outside investors. It examined the tools available for establishing and securing land rights in the context of such partnerships and for negotiating and documenting sustainable partnership arrangements, including the award of legal personality to the community groups involved. The project worked with communities that had already been delimited and which wanted to work with investors. In areas where investors interest was high but local rights had not been delimited, the Community Land Initiative and similar projects were used to delimit local rights ahead of a new pilot exercise.