UCRT's History & Context
Late 1990s-2004 |
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Facilitated land-use and natural resource management at local levels through the development of village land-use plans, associated village by-laws, and capacity building of local institutions.
2005-2010 |
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Expanded upon its land-use planning and by-laws support to also helping communities to secure their village lands and resources by obtaining Certificates of Village Land (CVL) that document and formalise the boundaries of village lands. Assisted communities to gain benefits from eco-tourism and started to strengthen community based leadership structures. In 2008, in recognition of contributions to conservation and development in Tanzania, the United Nations Development Programme selected UCRT to receive the prestigious Equator Prize.
2011-Present
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Strengthened tenure arrangements beyond CVLs through communal Certificates of Customary Right of Occupancy (CCROs) that institutionalise collective tenure arrangements for pastoralists and hunter-gatherers. Established Women’s Rights and Leadership Forums (WRLFs) to promote women’s rights to own, and make decisions over, land and property. In 2016, former UCRT Executive Director Edward Loure won the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa for UCRT’s historic work in establishing CCROs as an effective tool for strengthening land tenure security for both pastoralists and hunter-gatherer communities in Tanzania. The Goldman Prize is the world's largest award honouring grassroots environmental activists and this was the first time in its history that the prize was awarded to a Tanzanian.
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