1 / 7

Protecting Community Lands and Natural Resources

Protecting Community Lands and Natural Resources. Melissa Riess-James. Community Land Protection Program. Governance. Community Land Documentation : 6 Step Process. Visioning for the future / Elections Making maps and harmonizing b oundaries

signa
Download Presentation

Protecting Community Lands and Natural Resources

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Protecting Community Lands and Natural Resources Melissa Riess-James

  2. Community Land Protection Program

  3. Governance

  4. Community Land Documentation : 6 Step Process • Visioning for the future / Elections • Making maps and harmonizing boundaries • Drafting by-laws and natural resources management plan • Electing governing council and watchdog groups • Following national legal/administrative procedures and formally surveying the land • Preparing for an empowered, future:  rural planning, livelihood support, negotiation and land valuation trainings, financial management trainings, etc

  5. Mapping and Boundary Harmonization Conflict resolution: • Internal mapping process • Harmonizing boundaries with neighbors • Marking Boundaries • Map-making • Tree planting • MOU-signing ceremonies • GPS mapping/formal surveying • Conflict resolution: • - Internal

  6. Drafting By-laws • Participatory and inclusive local governance • Accountability • Establishing clear rules and norms

  7. Community Land Protection and DocumentationRachael Knight, Program Director communitylandprotection@namati.orgCasebaselandcaseprecedent@namati.org

More Related