1. Making good land policies work for the
poor: Lessons learnt and the way
forward in recognizing and formalizing
customary land tenure and
management systems
Learning initiative of ILC members and
partners

3. Main objective
To contribute towards recognizing and
formalizing customary land tenure and
management systems through participatory
approaches that include all customary user
groups, in particular women, and also including
livestock keepers, hunter-gatherers, land-poor,
and other groups vulnerable to marginalization

4. Specific objectives
1. To identify best practices in methods for recognizing
and formalizing customary land tenure and
management systems that have been tested in
different contexts, particularly among the ILC
membership
2. To facilitate cross-learning and improved practice of
key stakeholders in 4-6 relevant initiatives working on
this question
3. To document best practices in formats that promote
and facilitate their replication and uptake

5. Some activities
1. Production of
documentation
2. Learning Routes
“Making
Rangelands Secure”
3. Policy forum
4. Exchanges between
East and West
Africa

6. Learning Route
Making Rangelands Secure

8. Participants

9. Host cases
• Naibunga Conservancy
• The Resource Advocacy Programme (RAP)
• Olkiramatian Group Ranch
• Ujamaa Community Resource Trust