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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

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Protecting Community Lands and Natural Resources

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  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

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