With funding from European Union through IFAD and ILC, Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) is currently implementing Participatory Rangelands Management Project for sustainable rangelands resource management for improved food and livelihoods security among pastoral communities in Kiteto District. The project is implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Kiteto District Council, Simanjiro District Council, Longido District Council, Manyara, and Arusha Regional Secretariats, and KINNAPA. The project seeks to build the capacity of the local community to manage their grazing resources, improve livestock infrastructure and empower women's engagements in economic activities.

By Margareth Mollel, Communication Department

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an act that violates human rights and affects peace and security. It acts as a barrier to fair and environmental access, use, control, and benefits from natural resources. This year marks the 30^th anniversary of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls. The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day emphasizing on prevention and eradication of violence against women and girls. This year’s global theme for the campaign is “Orange the world: End violence against women now!”

Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) ensures natural resource governance for improved rural livelihood. Among other things, the organization is working with the government, private sector, and local communities to address challenges that face both men and women, has successfully provided social, and environmental support to benefit diverse groups of people. To ensure mutual understandings in the communities, TNRF has been implementing projects with different focuses ranging from land rights, climate change adaptation to women empowerment. Some of the initiatives undertaken are described below showing how natural resources help reduce the risk of gender-based violence.

The United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) Summit, the Conference of Parties (COP26) was held from 31^st October to 13^th November 2021 by world leaders in Glasgow, Scotland. The meeting brought together leaders from all countries in the world to act together and agree on how to step up global action to solve the climate crisis.

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COP26 President Alok Sharma on the conference’s last day.    Photo credit: Yves Herman/Reuters

The main objective of COP26 was to secure global net-zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach, adapt to protect communities and natural habitats, mobilize finance required to secure global net-zero, and work together to deliver finalization of the Paris rulebook (the rules needed to implement the Paris agreement.

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The holistic approach to rangeland management is a key to improving grazing resources for pastoral communities in the rangelands of Tanzania. Most of the rangeland challenges are related to are invasive species dominating some of the secured grazing lands and tsetse flies in most of the potential rangeland. Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) project coordinated by TNRF in Tanzania supported the pastoral communities to identify and implement strategic interventions to improve the productivity of rangelands.