1.
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Fiona Flintan, International Livestock Research Institute
(ILRI), including Coordinator of ILC’s Rangelands
Initiative global component

2.
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Improving Governance of Pastoral Lands.
Technical Guide No. 6

3.
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VGGTs and pastoralism
 Paragraph 1.2.4 VGGTS seek “to strengthen capacities and operations,” including of
pastoralists and all other parties concerned with tenure to promote cooperation.
 Paragraph 4.8 on “Rights and responsibilities related to tenure,” emphasise that states
should respect and protect the civil and political rights of defenders of human rights,
including pastoralists and should observe their human rights obligations when dealing
with individuals and associations acting in defence of land, fisheries and forests.
 Paragraph 22.2 on “Transboundary matters,” call on parties and States to contribute
to understanding of transboundary tenure issues such as rangelands and seasonal
migration routes of pastoralists which lie across international boundaries.

4.
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Priority challenges of pastoral tenure

5.
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Priority challenges of pastoral land tenure

6.
Good Practices: Policy, legislation and integrated
land use planning – East Africa
COUNTY SPATIAL
PLANNING - KENYA
JOINT VILLAGE LAND USE
PLANNING , TANZANIA
NATIONAL POLICY
FRAMEWORK & WOREDA
LAND USE PLANNING -
ETHIIOPIA
COMMUNITY LAND BILL,
KENYA
MINSTRY OF FEDERAL AND
PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT
AFFAIRS; PASTORALISM POLICY,
ETHIOPIA ; PILOTING OF
COMMUNAL LAND TENURE
PARTICIPATORY RANGELAND
MANAGEMENT

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Good practices - global

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At the same time pastoralists themselves are
taking steps to secure lands:
• Enclosures/exclosures
• Agreements with other land uses e.g. local
conventions
• Engagement in multi-stakeholder platforms
• Securing access in one part of the landscape
to gain access to a another/larger part of it
• Playing the “conservation” or “indigenous”
card
• Investing in the land e.g. building shelter, or
planting grass seeds

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However pastoral lands are still
highly insecure and vulnerable:
requires more investment in and
commitment to the implementation
of the VGGT Technical Guide No. 6
on Improving Pastoral Land
Governance.

10.
Thank you!
7th Capitalization Meeting
EU Land Governance Programme
FAO
Rome, Italy
26 – 29 June, 2018