Collaborative Action on Land Issues ( CALI ) Read document
CALI is a current joint initiative funded by the Belgian Survival Fund and managed by the ILC. CALI uses a multi-stakeholder approach to support pro-poor land policy formulation and implementation in Uganda and Niger . In Uganda , CALI works with the government and other stakeholders to develop national land policy, paying particular attention to issues important to pastoralists. In Niger , CALI works within the government's Code Rural to register land rights-the first implementation of Code Rural in Africa .
In Uganda , the CALI project is implemented by the Uganda Land Alliance and in Niger , by the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Horn of Africa Regional Pastoralist Gathering, Yabello, Ethiopia
July 2006 Read document
The ILC secretariat participated in this 2006 pastoralist gathering that brought over 400 people to Ethiopia to discuss issues of foremost importance to the pastoralist economy. Access to land and land tenure emerged as one of the key issues concerning pastoralists.
Workshop: Organization of Pastoralists to Defend their Land Rights
March 2008 Read document
ILC works with WISP by funding and documenting successful policies and strategies for protecting land rights. This ILC co-funded workshop resulted in a documentation of case studies that researched advocacy for sustainable rangeland management and extracted common successful strategies. A resource guide/toolkit is being developed as a result of this workshop.
ILC sponsored three member organizations to attend the 2007 UNPFII where land was a key theme. The three organizations sponsored by ILC were: L'Union pour L'émancipation de la Femme Autochtone, World Alliance for Mobile Indigenous Peoples, and Letloa Trust of the San people. In addition, ILC organised a side event to discuss indigenous peoples land issues in Africa .
ILC sponsored the Mursi trip to visit community-based conservation initiatives in Kenya . As a result of this trip, the Mursi organized themselves into a small community organization to advocate for their land rights, which were threatened by the encroachment of a national park. In addition, the Mursi drafted a community conservation proposal to create one or more community conservancies of their own.
Synthesis Report: Mobile Livelihoods, Patchy Resources and Shifting Rights Read document
This ILC reports is a result of ILC's 2006 discussion forum on pastoralism to which members of the forum were invited to submit case studies. ILC synthesized the submitted case studies and the key issues from the discussions that ensued and produced this final issues paper.
Browsing on Fences: Pastoral Land Rights, Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change
May 2008 Read document
This ILC/IIED joint report stems from the 2006 web-based discussion forum offered and moderated by ILC. The discussions and the paper focus on climate change and its affect on different global regions and the ramifications on pastoral livelihoods.
This ILC paper reviews three case studies representing ILC partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America . ILC used its Community Empowerment Facility (CEF) as an indicator of the relative importance of land issues on indigenous peoples' organizations. Based on the number of successful applications to the CEF, the mapping of territories, conflict resolution, and resource management are the highest priorities amongst indigenous peoples.
The CEF was one of ILC's primary means to strengthen the capacity of the poor to gain access to land and resources. It is a co-financing grant fund that assists in the capacity-building and institutional strengthening of CSOs.
Participatory Mapping Workshops and Reports Read document
ILC, in collaboration with the National Association of Communal Forest and Pasture (Albania), held a four-day international workshop on "Sharing Knowledge on Participatory Mapping for Forest and Pasture Areas" aiming to exchange knowledge among participants on the practices and methodologies used to map property in rural areas. ILC co-sponsored and co-organized the event, providing funding for ILC members and partners including, APFO Kosovo and Macedonia , FAO, Grupo Tierra, JKKP, and Humboldt University of Berlin.
Mapping can be a powerful tool for communities and civil-society organisations working in collaboration with communities to secure access to land and natural resources and to facilitate the management of these resources.
ILC supports organizations working to map their territories. ILC provided funding for a multilingual report, Mapping for Change: Practice, Technologies and Communication , (CD-ROM containing PDF versions of theme articles) based on a three day conference providing participants the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences using PGIS. http://www.iied.org/NR/agbioliv/pla_notes/pla_backissues/54.html
CBNRM and Pastoral Development in Botswana : Implications for San Land Rights Read document
The ILC Secretariat presented this paper at a workshop on Environment, Identity and Community Ba0sed Natural Resource Management at Oxford University African Studies Centre and African Environments Programme in December 2006.
The paper examines various trajectories in Botswana policies that have led to the exclusion of the San from national programs such as conservation and pastoral development. The paper also examines the Community Based Natural Resource Management Programme (CBNRM) as an opportunity for the San to gain access rights to natural resources.
