Learning Route “Making Rangelands Secure”
From 6th to 19th of February 2012
The learning route is one of the key activities of the learning initiative on ‘making rangelands secure.’ It will take place over 10-12 days, from end of January 2011 (dates to be confirmed) and involve a physical journey from Nairobi to Arusha visiting four host case studies. The learning route will provide opportunities for community-practitioner and practitioner-practitioner training in order to increase awareness of better ways to secure rights to resources and land for local rangeland users.
A LEARNING INITIATIVE TO SECURE RIGHTS TO RESOURCES AND LAND IN THE RANGELANDS FOR LOCAL USERS
Secure access to land and resources has become a critical issue for the millions of rangeland users that depend upon rangelands for their food and livelihood security. Most experience high levels of insecurity due to a number of factors including the lack of recognition given to their rights, the ease with which their land is appropriated for other uses, as well as changes occurring within local communities as many have become more individualised and commercialised.
How best to secure access and rights to resources including land is a matter of much discussion and debate from within the African Union to local communities seeking to protect a permanent water point. Opinions and conclusions differ. However a lasting solution is likely to include not only identifying the right tenure arrangement, but also establishing and supporting effective governance systems capable of defending the rights to land and resources for rangeland users.
A number of ILC and WISP members have been involved in piloting and developing policy for securing rights to resources in rangelands as well as participatory approaches to registration of land rights and land-use and management planning in rangelands. In order to inform, develop and improve these programmes and share lessons learnt with similar processes, a year-long learning initiative has been developed targeted at those working towards identifying better ways of securing rights to resources and land for local rangeland users. The initiative primarily focuses on Africa, but also supports cross-learning with Asia andLatin America.
In October2010 agroup of ILC members and partners met inAddis Ababa,Ethiopiato develop the areas that the learning initiative could focus on. Consultations following on from this meeting further refined the key objectives. A background paper has since been developed exploring these areas in more depth. A major part of this initiative will be a ‘learning route’ – a planned physical journey for the core group of participants to explore the learning goals by visiting relevant experiences in which local actors have tackled similar problems in innovative ways.
THE LEARNING GOALS OF THE INTIATIVE
Primary goal of the learning initiative:
To improve understanding on how rangelands can be better protected for local rangeland users, including pastoralists; and how such security can better 
contribute to development processes under the influence of increasing and new challenges.
Secondary learning goals of the Learning Initiative are:
To extract lessons on how rangelands can be better protected for local rangeland users, including pastoralists; and how such security can contribute to development processes under the influence of new challenges.
To identify key elements of different tenure types and governance systems that have had a positive impact on securing tenure for rangeland users and their development processes; and how best these can be adapted to and incorporated into local and national contexts.
To distinguish how current or improved legislation and mechanisms for securing rights to resources for rangeland users can be implemented to ensure local rangeland users benefit.
To explore the challenges faced by rangeland users in securing rights to resources and identify how we can better work together to overcome these.
To build the capacity of ILC and WISP members and partners to play a greater role in processes, mechanisms and activities for securing rangelands for rangeland users. In particular, to engage with governments and representatives of rangeland users in the implementation of appropriate policies, legislation and programmes for securing rangeland resource rights.
EXPECTED RESULTS
It is expected that the individuals and organisations participating in the Learning Initiative will:
Distinguish enabling (and disenabling) policies and practices for securing rights to resources including land in rangelands.
Identify opportunities at different levels and through different channels for engaging with decision makers concerned with the future development of the rangelands and local rangeland users, and how best to influence positive change.
Establish stronger dialogue, linkages, partnerships and relations between those who are working towards better securing the rangelands for local rangeland users in order to support positive change.
Be in a position to improve their own actions and investment in securing rights for local rangeland users.
Learning Route “Making Rangelands Secure”
From 6th to 19th of February 2012
The learning route is one of the key activities of the learning initiative on ‘making rangelands secure.’ It will take place over 10-12 days, from end of January 2011 (dates to be confirmed) and involve a physical journey from Nairobi to Arusha visiting four host case studies. The learning route will provide opportunities for community-practitioner and practitioner-practitioner training in order to increase awareness of better ways to secure rights to resources and land for local rangeland users.
LEARNING GOALS
The primary learning goal of the learning route is to improve understanding on how rangelands can be better protected for local rangeland users, including pastoralists; and how such security can better contribute to development processes under the influence of increasing and new challenges.
The specific learning goals are:
To extract lessons on how rangelands can be better protected for local rangeland users, including pastoralists; and how such security can better contribute to development processes under the influence of increasing and new challenges.
To identify key elements of different tenure types and governance systems that have had a positive impact on securing tenure for rangeland users and their development processes; and how best these can be adapted to and incorporated into local/national contexts.
To distinguish how current or improved legislation and mechanisms for securing rights to resources for rangeland users can be implemented to ensure local rangeland users benefit.
To explore the challenges faced by rangeland users in securing rights to resources and collectively analyse how we can better work together to overcome these.
To build the capacity of ILC and WISP members and partners to play a greater role in processes, mechanisms and activities for securing rangelands for rangeland users. In particular, to engage with governments and representatives of rangeland users in the implementation of appropriate policies and programmes for securing rangeland resource rights.
The participants of the learning route will visit four case study communities and/or organisations who will have prepared a set of issues and experiences to share with the participants, through different means. The hosts will be associations, groups, NGOs, CSOs or communities. In addition, other local actors will participate such as practitioners and field technicians, local authorities, association leaders, commercial or tourism operators and conservationists who have collaborated in the implementation of the initiatives and experiences. The purpose is for the participants to achieve a comprehensive view of the case study, identify the factors that have facilitated the processes of innovation, and examine in depth the results obtained.
CASE STUDIES, HOSTS AND KEY ELEMENTS
CASE STUDY1. NAIBUNGA CONSERVANCY, LAIKIPIA, KENYA
The learning route will first visit Laikipia. Here there are many different types of tenure regimes including large commercial ranchers, group ranches and
smallholder farms. These are organised in different layers of association for example often a set of group ranches form a conservancy in order to share access to resources and facilitate movement of wildlife (and livestock) across the ranches. This allows them to benefit from conservation-based income generation opportunities such as tourism.
Migration of livestock has been challenging since the establishment of the ranching system and individual commercial farms. Today, accepted migration routes have been established between many of the ranches/farms to facilitate movement in particular in times of drought. Recent trends in land use include the purchase of plots of land for grazing around Nanyuki Town where pastoralists from the area move to in dry periods.
Naibunga Conservancy situated in the heart of Laikipia (approximately 3.5 hours drive from Nanyuki Town) will host the participants. Here, nine group ranches have joined together physically (removing fences between them) and institutionally under the umbrella of Naibunga Conservancy (established in 2002). The Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and the Laikipia Wildlife Forum (LWF) supported the setting up of the Conservancy. In some of the group ranches the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) have supported land use planning where communities have defined areas to be used for conservation, grazing, and fodder production. During the last drought some sold hay to neighbouring districts in Samburu areas.
Other interesting aspects include:
Water resources and management carried out at local level through Water Resource User Associations (WRUA).
Livestock production has changed in relation to external and internal forces.
Some handicraft production using natural resources, which require better tenure protection.
There has been a development of ‘alternative livelihoods’ based on dryland products including honey with assistance from Desert Edge Company and World Vision.
There is an interesting institutional set up with different layers of actors.
Several lodges of varying sizes – some private very luxurious some basic/community exist in the area.
It is anticipated that 3 nights will be spent within the Conservancy, staying at Olgoboli Community Lodge (run by Maasai women) on Il Matiok Group Ranch.
CASE STUDY 2. RESOURCE ADVOCACY PROJECT, GARBA TULA, KENYA
The Garba Tula district, covering a vast area extending over 10,000 km sq in Northern Kenya, features several challenges and opportunities that are typical of African dryland environments including land and resource tenure security It is home to some 40,000 predominantly Boran pastoralists.
To address the underlying causes of the challenges in the district, since 2008, IUCN has been implementing the ‘Improving Natural Resource Governance for Rural Poverty Reduction’. This initiative was inspired by meetings of community elders in 2007 and 2008 and is being spearheaded by a community task force, which amongst other tasks set up the locally-developed Wildlife Resource Advocacy Programme (WRAP), now called RAP (Resource Advocacy Programme). The initiative is based on multi-stakeholder dialogue, strengthening of local traditional institutions and capacity building of local government for community based natural resource management (CBNRM) among the pastoralist community. Invariably, a pastoral policy framework faces the challenge of providing a sound basis for guaranteeing access to resources, services and facilities; ensuring their sustainable management; in facilitating investment and generation of economic opportunities. This project is helping demonstrate that a framework that promotes transparent, participatory and consultative approaches to policy formulation and implementation can produce strengthened land rights, greater sustainability of land management, and investments that mutually benefit the environment and the communities.
In addition local communities are developing new institutions and governance systems to replace the weakened and lost customary institutions that had broken down under influences of colonial and post-colonial policies and actions. These include environmental management committees, who are also using government structures to access financial resources and legitimise their actions
Other interesting aspects include:
The development of a rangeland management plan in order to enable mobility of herds and trade.
Development of tourism and conservation-related initiatives as part of livelihood diversification. The communities of Garba Tula have rejected the ‘conservancy’ model found and instead are using a community-based approach to securing access to resources and their conservation.
The role of donors and their support (or lack of support) in influencing community processes and access to resources.
The processes underway to strengthen and rebuild weak and lost customary institutions, governance systems including by-laws.
Potential influence of Kenya’s new Constitution and land-related policies.
The securing of land and resources by women to develop a community-lodge.
The participants will stay at the women’s community lodge – Malka Binsana Adi Cultural Village) near to Garba Tula for 3 nights.
CASE STUDY 3. OLKIRAMATIAN GROUP RANCH, KAJIADO, KENYA
Group ranches established by the colonial government have experienced much division and individualisation in the southern rangelands of Kenya. This has
caused numerous problems for pastoralists and other rangeland users including agricultural and settlement encroachment, loss of key grazing areas, blockage of migration routes and negative social aspects due to the privatisation of communal resources. Despite this some local communities are trying to reconsolidate individual holdings and reinstate communal systems and practices. One such community is Olikramatian community who will host the participants in order that their experiences can be shared.
Olikiramatian is an area that used to be a group ranch but has undergone individualistion of landholdings. Currently the community is in conflict with a local tourism concession that has persuaded the local government to auction off the village land. A Maasai NGO, MPIDO, has been assisting the community to understand their land rights and to make attempts to secure them. The community has carried out a land use planning process and zoned their lands in order to reflect requirements for grazing, agriculture and conservation/tourism.
Other interesting aspects include:
How the institutional framework for resource management has been developed including how it sits and is linked to larger institutional/political frameworks and organistions.
The ways that communities are developing livelihoods diversification. Households are provided with an individual plot in a wetland area on which they grow crops, fruit and vegetables in order to supplement their pastoral livelihoods.
The community live close to Magadi Soda Company, which extracts soda from Magadi Lake and employs some local community members.
The community have developed an area for conservation of wildlife and will be developing related tourism activities. Local women have established a new resource/tourist centre. What benefits are the community getting from conservation, and what costs?
The position of women in these developments.
Linked to Southern Rift Valley Landowners Association (SORALO). Internet: http://www.soralo.org
The participants will stay in Olkiramatian for 3 nights, in a tented camp.
CASE STUDY 4. Ujaama Community Resource Team (UCRT) and Terrat Community
Tanzania has one of the most progressive sets of policies and legislation for securing rights to common property – namely the National Land Policy 1995 and the 1999 Land Act and Village Land Act. Though these laws still retain ultimate ownership (or ‘radical title’) in the Head of State, they place responsibility
and authority over village lands (held by the more than 10,000 registered villages) under elected Village Councils and constituent Village Assemblies. The acts clearly state that customary rights have equal force as formally granted title or land allocations.
Provisions for the government to appropriate village land rights require safeguards related to consultation and advance payment of compensation. Importantly, the acts recognise both individual and communal (common property) landholdings, and enable villages to carry out land use planning to zone individual (e.g. farms, settlements) and communal (forests, livestock pasture) uses.
UCRT started in 1998 under what was known as TAZAMA Trust, before its official registration in 2002. UCRT aims to strengthen the capacity of local ethnic minorities in northern Tanzania, principally pastoralists and hunter-gatherers such as the Maasai, Barabaig, Akie, Sonjo and Hadzabe, to better control, manage and benefit from their lands and natural resources. The livelihoods of these communities are threatened by exploitation of local resources by outsiders, political marginalization, and limited capacities and access to information. The UCRT’s ultimate goal is to improve local community and household welfare through improved land and natural resource management.
UCRT has played a highly important role in assisting communities and government to implement village land use planning (VLUP). As part of this UCRT trains village institutions including Village Assembly and Village Council in good governance to support the VLUP process. This has not been without its challenges and these will be explored during the visit. UCRT has also been involved in facilitating agreements between (and in some cases challenges to) tour operators, conservation organisations, and local communities so that the latter can benefit from conservation and tourism opportunities and secure access to resources. UCRT not only works with pastoral communities, but also hunter-gatherers including the Hadzabe whom they have helped secure a special dispensation from the Tanzania government to protect their lands.
A visit will be made to Terrat Village, Simanjiro District with whom UCRT has been working on VLUP, conservation easements, and developing options for securing benefits from provision of environmental services.
Other interesting issues include:
Work of Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) to ensure that women also benefit from VLUP and other land-related processes.
Conflicts with processes that prioritise wildlife management including the establishment of Wildlife Management Areas.
Examples of lack of enforcement of VLUPs when more powerful interests are at play e.g. commercial investors.
Land conflicts including with investors and over boundaries.
Linkage with forest protection and community management.
MKURUBITA – national plan to formalise and legalise ownership of assets.
Tourism activities in the area and wildlife/conservation easements.
Good examples of civil society organisations positively influencing policy and implementation related to securing rights to land and resources, and networks such as the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) or PINGOs.
Good examples of land recovered from parastatal organisations including NAFCO in the region.
Media role in raising profile of pastoral issues including access/land rights.
Upcoming Constitutional reform and opportunities for pastoralists
The participants will stay at the MS-TCDC training centre in Arusha for 4 nights.
OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
Learning Route: “Making Rangelands Secure” 2012 including Learning Route from Nairobi – Arusha, 6th – 19th February 201
Dear Participants,
Welcome to the Learning Route on Making Rangelands Secure.
Below you will find some operational information, which we hope, will be helpful for your participation in the training. For further information, please feel free to contact us.
- Dates: The Learning Route begins its activities on the 6th of February 2012 at 14.00 at the Lenana Mount Hotel located in Nairobi, Kenya, Phone: +254(0)202717044. We recommend that you arrive on the 6th of February in Nairobi.
Moreover, the Route ends on the 19th February 2012 at 14:00 in Arusha (Tanzania).
For arrival and departure, the airport pick-ups and drop-offs have been arranged for all of you and we´ll be communicating the details of your transfer to and from the Hotel once your flight details have been confirmed. The Person who will be coming to pick you at the airport will use either placards or pager boards having your names for easy identification.
Those traveling from Arusha should take the morning Impala shuttle vehicles and alight at the Silver Springs Hotel at 14.00hrs. We have arranged for a car to come and pick you and take you to Lenana Mount Hotel. Moreover, those traveling back to Kenya will do so by the same vehicles we shall be using during the trip. For the Kenyans please use either a bus/matatu to Nairobi and then take a taxi to Lenana Mount Hotel.
- Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided for from the 5th to the 20th of February 2012 for those of you who are not able to arrive and travel back home on the suggested dates due to itinerary reasons.
- During the Learning Route we will be staying in the following places:
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Cities |
Dates February 2012 |
Hotel |
Phone and contact person |
| Nairobi | 6 | Lenana Mt. Hotel | Lilian+254 720 975465 |
| Laikipia | 7 – 9 | Olgoboli Lodge | Beatrice+254 723298329 |
| Garba Tula | 10 -12 | Malka Binsana Adi Cultural Village | Marka +254 722 851953 |
| Okirimatian | 13 – 15 | Tented Camp(Bunduz Limited) | Muktar+254 721 215426 |
| Arusha | 15 – 18 | MS-TCDC | Emmanuel+255 27 254 1044 |
| 19 | Departure |
- Identity Document: You are requested to carry your passport, plus two (2) photocopies of your passport that will be delivered to the Coordinator Team of the Learning Route. It is important to check with the relevant authorities (courts or police) that you do not have legal restrictions to leave the country.
- Visas: For those participants who aren’t Kenyan/Tanzanian citizens, we advise you obtain your visas for both Kenya and Tanzania (as appropriate) prior to arrival in Nairobi. It may be possible for some nationalities to obtain a visa forKenya on arrival and forTanzania at the Namanga border crossing, which is why we strongly suggest you verify if this is your case.
- Health: We strongly recommend that you carry a kit with medicines of daily use in which you can include B vitamin to help prevent mosquito biting. The Route team will have an emergency kit as well and each participant will have travel insurance for the Learning Route’s length. Although there aren’t any other mandatory immunizations required besides the yellow fever vaccination, it is recommended that people visiting Kenya/Tanzania get immunized against typhoid and cholera, and take Malaria pills.
Please let us know if you have any health, nutritional and/or other condition to keep in mind. Also, we recommend you bring sunscreen and mosquito repellant jelly. - Luggage: For your comfort, your luggage should not exceed fifteen (15) kilos. We recommend you carry a small backpack with the minimum necessary items during the fieldwork.
- Clothing: Your clothes should be comfortable and we recommend you bring light clothing, sunglasses and a hat for most of the Learning Route. Also, please bring a sweater and/or a jacket and impermeable clothes in case it rains or it gets cold, and a good pair of walking shoes, as some of the terrain may be rough/muddy.
- Contacts: Please feel free to contact us should you require any further assistance:
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Name |
Phone |
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| Grace Owino | +254 721 523 445 | grace@reconcile-ea.org |
| Diana Puyo | +254 705 585 561 | dpuyo@procasur.org |
| Fiona Flintan | +254-705 137 531 (Kenya)+251-921777402 | fionaflintan@yahoo.co.uk |
Yours Sincerely,
The Learning Route team
Learning Route “Making rangelands secure”
Kenya – Tanzania, February 2012
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DATE |
TITLE |
PLACE |
ACTIVITIES |
| Monday 06th of February | Participants Reception | Nairobi | All the morning: participants´ arrival |
| Induction workshop | 15.00 – 15.45: Welcoming remarks:- Minister of Northern Kenya- IFAD Country representative
- RECONCILE 15.45 – 17h15: Experience Fair 17.15 – 17.30: Break |
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| Panel 1: Rangelands and land tenure in Kenya and Tanzania | 17.30 – 19.30 Panel and discussion about key themes of learning route19.30 Dinner | ||
| Tuesday 07th of February | Induction Workshop | Nairobi | 07:00 – 08:00: Breakfast08:30 – 12:30: Travel to Nanyuki12:30 – 13:30: Lunch in Nanyuki |
| Presentation: Land tenure in Northern rangelands | Nanyuki | 13:30 – 14:30: Land tenure issues in the northern rangelands (John Letai)14:30 – 18:00: Travel to Olgoboli Community Lodge, Naibunga Conservancy | |
| Innovation Plans workshop | Olgoboli | 19:00 – 20:00: Introduction to Innovation Plans20:00: Dinner | |
| Wednesday 08th of February | Case 1: Naibunga Conservancy | Olgoboli | 07:00 – 08:00: Breakfast08:00 – 09:00: Travel to Naibunga Conservancy HQ09:00 – 11:00: Presentation to Naibunga Conservancy
11:00 – 16:00: Field visits 16:00 – 17:00: Travel back to Olgoboli Community Lodge 17:00 – 19:00: Presentation by Olgoboli Community Lodge 20.00 Dinner |
| Thursday 09th of February | Case 1: Naibunga Conservancy | Koija | 07:00 – 08:00: Breakfast08:00 – 10:00: Travel to Koija Group Ranch10:00 – 11:00: Presentation of the Koija Group Ranch
11:00 – 16:00: Field visits 16:00 – 18:00: Travel to Olgoboli Community Lodge 18:00 – 20:00 Individual/group work preparing case analysis 20.00: Dinner |
| Friday 10th of February | Case 1: Naibunga Conservancy | Olgoboli | 07:00 – 08.00: Breakfast08:00 – 10.00: Case analysis workshop10:00 – 13.00: Travel to Nanyuki
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch |
| Case 2: Garba Tula | Garba Tula | 14.00 – 16.00: Travel to Garba Tula and Community Lodge17:00 – 19.30: Innovation Plan workshop20.00: Dinner | |
| Saturday 11th of February | Case 2: Garba Tula | Garba Tula | 08.00 – 08.30: Breakfast08.30 – 09.00: Travel to Kina09.00 – 10:00: Presentation of the case study
10:00 – 11:00: Presentation of RAP 11.00 – 11.20: Tea break 11.20 – 13.00: Presentation by local authorities 13.00 – 14.00: Lunch 14.30 – 16.00: Field visit to livestock area and water points in Kina 16.00 – 17.00: Exchange among participants 17.00 – 17.30: Tea break 17.30 – 18.30: Presentation of the Malka Bisanadi cultural village 18.30 – 19.30: Exchange among participants 20.00 Dinner |
| Sunday 12th of February | Case 2: Garba Tula | Garba Tula | 08.00 – 08.30: Breakfast08.30 – 12.30: Field visits to livestock area in Garba Tula12.30 – 13.30: Lunch
14.00 – 16.30: Meeting with RAP and partners 16.30 – 16.45 Tea Break 16.45 – 17.45 Return to Malka Bisanadi Cultural Village 18.00 – 19.00: Group/individual work preparing case analysis 19.00 – 20.30: Case analysis workshop 20.30 Dinner 21.00 – 22.00: Cultural entertainment from the ecolodge |
| Monday 13th of February | Case 3: Olkiramatian | Olkiramatian | 07.00 – 08.00: Breakfast08.00 – 11.30: Travel to Nanyuki11.30 – 12.30: Lunch in Nanyuki
12.30 – 19.00: Travel to Olkiramatian 20.00 Dinner |
| Tuesday 14th of February | Case 3: Olkiramatian | Olkiramatian | 08.30 – 09.00: Breakfast09.00 – 11.00: Presentation of the Olkiramatian case11.00 – 11.15: Tea Break
11.15 – 12.00 Presentation of the Olkiramatian case 12.00 – 13.00: Exchange among participants 13.00 – 14.00: Lunch 14.30 – 17.30: Field visits to the irrigation area 17.30 – 18.00: Tea Break 18:00 – 20.00: Innovation Plan workshop 20:00: Dinner |
| Wednesday 15th of February | Case 3: Olkiramatian | Olkiramatian / Arusha | 06.30 – 08.30: Field visits to the conservation area08.30 – 09.00: Breakfast09.00 –12.00: Field Visit to the Livestock area
12.00 – 13.00: Lunch 13.00 – 13.30: Cultural exchange 13.30 -19.30: Travel to Arusha and lodge/hotel 20.00 – 21.00: Dinner 21.00 – 22.00: Case analysis workshop |
| Thursday 16th of February | Case 4: UCRT | Arusha | 07.30 – 08.00: Breakfast08.00 – 09.00: Introduction to land tenure in Tanzania09.30 – 13.00 Introduction to the case study – UCRT
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch 14.00 – 17.30: Workshops in groups 18.00 – 20.00 Innovation Plan Workshop 20.00 – 21.00: Dinner |
| Friday 17th of February | Case 4: UCRT | Arusha | 06.30 – 09.00 Travel to Terrat Community09.00 – 09.30 Breakfast09.30 – 11.30 Presentation of the Community members
11.30 – 12.30: Exchange amongst participants 12.30 – 13.30: Lunch 14.30 – 17.00: Field visits “Ewass” with UCRT 17.30 – 20.00: Return to Arusha 20.00 – 21.00: Dinner |
| Saturday 18th of February | Case 4: UCRT | Arusha | 08.00 – 08.30 Breakfast09.00 – 11.00 Meeting with UCRT and other key partners11.00 – 12.30: Exchange amongst participants
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch 14.00 – 15.00 Case analysis workshop 15.00 – 20.00 Innovations Fairs 20:00: Dinner |
| Sunday 19th of February | Closure workshop | Arusha | 07.00 – 08.00 Breakfast09.00 – 11.00 Expert panel discussion on key thematic areas11.30 – 13.00: Innovation Plans Fair
13.00– 14.00: Lunch 14.00 Departures |
SCOPING PAPER
We invite you to read the scoping paper for the Learning route “Making Rangelands Secure”.
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Scoping paper |
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Glossary of Terms |
CASE STUDIES
In order to have more detailed information about the host case studies, we invite you to download the systematization files:
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Naibunga Conservancy Trust Laikipia Kenya |
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Resource Advocacy Project Garba Tula Kenya |
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Olkiramatian Group Ranch Kajiado Kenya |
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UCRT AND Terrat Village Tanzania |
KEY READINGS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Please find below some key documents that we suggest you read according to your particular interests. We encourage you at the very least to read Making Rangelands Secure by Fiona Flintan, which has been prepared as a working document for the learning initiative.
General documents on Securing Rights to Rangelands
For further information related to land access and tenure in Rangelands -Kenya, we invite you to check the following documents:
Niamir-Fuller, M. (2005) Managing Mobility in African Rangelands.
Pinckney, T. and P. Kimuyu (1994) Land Titling: Good, Bad, or Unimportant? Unpublished.
General documents on Land access and Tenure in Rangelands – Kenya
For further information related to land access and tenure in Rangelands -Kenya, we invite you to check the following documents:
General document on Land Access and Tenure in Northern Rangelands-Kenya
For further information related to land access and tenure in Northern rangelands -Kenya, we invite you to check the following documents:
Documents on Naibunga Conservancy (Case Study 1)
For further information related to Naibunga case study (n. 1), we invite you to check the following documents:
Documents on Garba Tula (Case Study 2)
For further information related to Garba Tula case study (n. 2), we invite you to check the following documents:
General documents on Land Access and Tenure in Southern Rangelands, Kenya
For further information related to land access and tenure in Rangelands -Kenya, we invite you to check the following documents:
WRI/Landesa (2011) Focus on Land in Africa Brief: Kenya – Group Ranches. Washington: WRI.
Ledama Ole Kina (2011) The Third Phase of Land Grabbing in Kenya. The Star
Documents on Olkiramatian Group Ranch (Case Study 3)
For further information related to land access and tenure in Rangelands -Kenya, we invite you to check the following documents:
Documents on Land access and Tenure in Tanzania
For further information related to Land Access and Tenure in Tanzania, we invite you to check the following documents:
Ujaama Community Resource Team (UCRT) and Terrat Village (Case Study 4)
For further information related to the UCRT and Terrat Village case study (n. 4), we invite you to check the following documents:
Can conservation pay for rangeland users? Conservation, Tourism, Rangeland Users and Land in East Africa
Conservation, Tourism, Rangeland Users and Land in Kenya
For further information related to Conservation, Tourism, Rangeland Users and Land in Kenya, we invite you to check the following documents:
Conservation, Tourism, Rangeland Users and Land in Tanzania
For further information related to Conservation, Tourism, Rangeland Users and Land in Tanzania, we invite you to check the following documents:
PARTICIPANTS ON THE LEARNING ROUTE
The following are taking part in the learning route which will take place from 6th -19th February, from Nairobi to Arusha.
| NAME |
CURRENT POSITION |
INSTITUTION / ORGANIZATION |
COUNTRY |
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Shanko Delelegn |
Director General |
Ensure Equitable and Accelerated Development in Emerging (Pastoral and Agro-pastoral) Regions, Ministry of Federal Affairs |
Ethiopia |
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Yohannes Redda |
Expert |
Rural Land Administration and Use Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture |
Ethiopia |
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Elshazali Osman |
Director of Natural Resource Administration |
Darfur Land Commission |
Sudan |
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Esa Mohmedzein |
Animal Health Programme Coordinator |
Nomads Development Council |
Sudan |
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Maria Mashingo |
Assistant Director Land for Livestock Development |
Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries |
Tanzania |
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Ngulupa Esupat |
Vice-Chairlady |
Longido District |
Tanzania |
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Abdurehman Tahir |
Deputy Ethiopia Operations |
HAVOYOCO and Somali regional government |
Ethiopia/ |
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Gala Eldin Ali |
Executive Committee Member |
Sudanese Environment Conservation Society |
Sudan |
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Samwel Olekao |
Programme Coordinator |
KINNAPA |
Tanzania |
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Naseku Kisambu |
Programme Officer Land Rights |
Tanzania Women’s Lawyers Association |
Tanzania |
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John Ntetiyian Kamanga |
Coordinator |
Kenya Rangelands Coalition |
Kenya |
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John Mwebe |
Programme Officer |
Uganda Land Alliance |
Uganda |
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Harold Liversage |
Land and Natural Resource Officer |
IFAD |
Kenya |
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Nasieku Lempoko |
Extension and training co-ordinator |
BIOTRADE |
Kenya |
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Tezera Getahun |
Executive Director |
Pastoralist Forum |
Ethiopia |
|
Murha Abakar Odum |
Council Member |
Pastoral Council |
Ethiopia |
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Omar Mohamed |
District Livestock Production Officer |
Wajir East |
Kenya |
|
Ken Otieno |
Programme Coordinator |
RECONCILE |
Kenya |
|
Denis Mahalo |
Senior Pasture Agronomist |
Ministry of Agriculture |
Uganda |
|
Aman Singh |
Coordinator |
KRAPAVIS |
India |
|
Neeta Pandya |
Chairperson |
MARAG |
India |
|
Altynai Davletalieva |
Director |
Rural Development Fund (RDF) |
Kyrgyz Republic |
|
Dorligsuren Sulamsuren |
Executive Director |
Mongolian Society for Rangeland Management (MSRM) |
Mongolia |
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Abdoul Karim Mamalo |
Technical Advisor |
Women Network for Peace (ex-Permanent Secretary for Rural Code) |
Niger |
|
Vivian A. Onyango |
Junior Programme Assistant |
The World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism – IUCN |
Kenya |
|
Isaac Lwambano |
Capacity Building Officer |
CARE Tanzania |
Tanzania |
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
We would like to thank our Advisory Committee, for their ongoing support and guidance to the learning initiative.
|
NAME |
CURRENT POSITION |
INSTITUTION / ORGANIZATION |
COUNTRY |
|
Michael Odhiambo |
Senior Associate for Programme Development and Research |
RECONCILE |
Kenya |
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Ced Hesse |
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) |
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Lalji Satya |
MARAG |
India |
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Hubert Ouedraogo |
Secretariat of the AUC- ECA- AFDB joint Land Policy Initiative; member of LandNet West Africa |
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Hassane Mahamat |
Coordinator |
PATTEC (Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign) Unit, Dept for Rural Economy, and Agriculture, African Union, and involved in AU Pastoral Framework |
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John Letai |
Independent Consultant |
Currently working for IDS/Future Agricultures |
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Tezera Getahun |
Pastoralist Forum |
Ethiopia |
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Michele Nori |
Programme Officer |
European Aid, European Commission |
Brussels, Belgium |
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Abdoul Karim Mamalo |
Specialist in rural development and land issues |
former Permanent Secretary of Rural Code |
Niger |
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Margaret Rugadya |
Ford Foundation |
Nairobi |
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Fred Nelson |
Maliasili Initiatives Ltd |
Tanzania/USA |
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Mustafa Babiker |
Independent Agricultural Economist |
Sudan |
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Taghi Farvar |
CENESTA/WAMIP/CEESP/CCAs |
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Antonio Rota |
Livestock Programme |
IFAD |
Italy |
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Chris Tanner |
FAO |
Mozambique |
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Alais Morindet |
Kimmage Manor/Independent Consultant |
Arusha, Tanzania |
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Simon Nangiro |
Uganda |
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Peter Little |
Department of Anthropology |
Emory University |
Atlanta |
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Jeremy Swift |
IDS |
University of Sussex |
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Peter Ballantyne |
ILRI |
Ethiopia |
ORGANISING TEAM OF THE LEARNING ROUTE
The organising team of the Learning Route is composed by:
| NAME |
CURRENT POSITION |
INSTITUTION / ORGANIZATION |
COUNTRY |
|
Fiona Flintan |
Technical Coordinator |
International Land Coalition – ILC |
UK |
|
Diana Puyo |
Methodological Coordinator |
PROCASUR |
Colombia |
|
Viviana Sacco |
Methodological Coordinator |
PROCASUR |
Italy |
|
Grace Owino |
Logistic Coordinator |
RECONCILE |
Kenya |
|
Pius Sawa |
Journalist |
WrenMedia |
Kenya |