[…] to unprecedented biodiversity loss — impact virtually everything that USAID does and threaten the development progress we have supported over more than 60 years. On January 22-26, 2024, USAID is hosting our Environment & Sustainability Conference, a week-long, interactive capacity building experience for USAID staff from across the Agency and from USAID Missions around […]
[…] to improve land and resource governance programming. ILRG II is a five-year contract that was awarded in September 2023. This third quarterly report covers April to June 2024. During this quarter, ILRG II implemented the fourth and final phase of the mid-term evaluation of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance for Rights and Development (IPARD) program […]
PRADD II staff and partners discussing lessons learned from diamonds for the gold sector Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) employs 100 million people worldwide and accounts for around 20% of both gold and diamond production. In West Africa, ASM employs millions, but minerals are often sold through transnational criminal network. “Each year we lose […]
[…] Forest Management Activity (the Project) team is pleased to present the Fiscal Year 4, Quarter 2 Progress Report, which summarizes progress from January 1 through March 31, 2024. This quarter, the Project built on momentum across all five Objectives in seven target provinces to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of Vietnam’s natural forests, […]
[…] to improve land and resource governance programming. ILRG II is a five-year contract that was awarded in September 2023. This second quarterly report covers January to March 2024. During this quarter, ILRG II began in-country implementation work on the mid-term evaluation of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance for Rights and Development (IPARD) program in Panama […]
The World Bank Land Conference has become one of the largest international events on land governance. It brings together over 1,500 participants from across the globe – including representatives from government, academia, civil society, and the private sector – to discuss new research, innovations, practices, and policies to strengthen land and resource governance. […]
After a four-year hiatus, the World Bank resumed its annual Land Conference in Washington, DC. Attendees from around the world convened in mid-May to connect and learn about innovations in the international land sector. USAID was busy throughout the week: USAID’s Chief Climate Officer Gillian Caldwell spoke on a panel on forest tenure and […]
Mapping Approaches for Securing Tenure (MAST) is a collection of participatory mapping approaches used by USAID and its partners to help communities manage, document, and secure their land and resource rights. MAST blends participatory mapping approaches with flexible technology tools to help local communities who lack access to government services to document, manage, and […]
USAID is leading the way forward in improving land and resource governance and strengthening property rights around the world. We are testing and learning from innovative and cost-effective methods to improve secure land tenure and property rights, analyzing and disseminating evidence, engaging with the private sector, civil society, and other donors, and applying lessons […]
[…] rights to be comfortable investing and to be profitable.1 “Unfinished business: Kenya’s efforts to address displacement and and land issues in Coast Region,” July, 2014, NRC/IDMC/KNCHR, http://www.internal-displacement.org/assets/publications/2014/201407-af-kenya-unfinished-business-en. pdf 2 Kenya County Fact Sheets, World Bank, 2011, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTAFRICA/Resources/257994-1335471959878/Kenya_County_Fact_Sheets_Dec2011.pdf. 3 http://www.kwalecountygov.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=featured&Itemid=935https://agriknowledge.org/downloads/08612n57q.The Moringa Partnership (hereafter Moringa) is a private impact investment firm focused on supporting sustainable agroforestry. […]
