Member since: 2007
Working towards these commitments
Secure Tenure Rights
Diverse Tenure Systems
Equal land rights for women
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Mission
The mission of the institute is to promote policies, laws and institutions that empower resource dependent communities in East Africa to effectively participate in natural resource management for improved livelihoods.
Resource Conflict Institute (RECONCILE) is a regional policy research and advocacy NGO registered in Kenya and implementing programmes in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Institute conducts policy and legal research on environmental and natural resources, undertakes public interest environmental and natural resources education and litigation and advocates for policies, laws and practices that empower resource dependent communities to influence policy processes and institutions that have a bearing on their access to natural resources and management of natural resource conflicts. It envisions a society where communities in East Africa manage the environment, natural resources and natural resource conflicts for sustainable development.
Objectives
To promote the formulation of policies, laws and institutions that empower communities to manage natural resources and related conflicts ; To promote the implementation of policies and the enforcement of laws that enable resource dependent communities to manage natural resources and related conflicts.
Constituencies
Constituents include community based organisations.
