Stakeholders meeting between Government of Tanzania (Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Lands) CSO's (IOPA, Oxfam, NGONET,ICS)
OMASI & IOPA General Director Martin Saning'o Kariongi during the Introduction session held in IOPA Offices - Arusha.
Associate Country Director from Oxfam - Justin Morgan (left) and Coordinator of NGONET from Ngorongoro District Mr. Samweli Nangiria was one of the participants in the Meeting.
Research and Development General Manager - OMASI Mr. Lazaro Ole Mongoi (left) and Leo M. Mavika from Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government Sector Coordination Department, listens to ORMAME General Director Mosses Ndiyaine (not in the photo) during the Stakeholders Meeting.
Roine Megirori a Programme Officer from Ilaramatak Lorkonerei Institute - IOPA heading a Livelihood Programme under IOPA.
The General Director of Orkonerei Mass Media - ORMAME, presenting a lesson learnt during their visits to see the communities and Organization working to secure rights to resources and land for rangeland users in Kenya and Tanzania.
ORMAME Programme Director Lukas Kariongi, followup the session.
Mr. Deusdedit M. Kalenzi - Director of Research and Documentation from National Land Use Planning Commission - DSM follow up the session during the stakeholders meeting.
Mr Samwel Leshongo from Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development DSM is among the people from the government attending the stakeholders meeting.
An Amalgamation of International Organizational supported and Invited 22 Participants from 13 Countries went to a Learning route to see the communities and organization working to secure rights to resources and land for rangeland users in Tanzania and Kenya.
Places visited are Laikipia District, Magadi and Gabra region of Kenya; and in Tanzania participants visited Terrat village.
The ultimate goal of the visit is for COS's and Government participants in respective countries is to learn from each other and from cases and provide workable solutions for security of rangeland users mainly pastoralists.
During their stays they observe that; Migratory Pastoralism is an adaptive production strategy assuring the economic survival of hundreds of millions of people, as well as a way of life contributing to the sustainable management of natural resources and the conservation of nature.
Participants of Tanzania also learnt that countries governments have "nationalised" and confiscated rangelands, forests and other natural resources on which pastoralists depend, removing them from community care, control and property and alienating nomadic pastoralists from their natural rights. In the meantime, current neoliberal economic and social policies globally impose the privatization of natural resources - including life itself.
Regarding to that participants from Tanzania agreed that CSO's and the government needs to formulate a National project as matter of priority that facilitates and make rangeland secure for pastoralists use throughout the country. And these is the result of stakeholders meeting with Governments officials from Prime ministers office (Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry of Lands) CSO's (IOPA, Oxfam, NGONET,ICS) with the objectives of
1. PROVIDE the necessary policy support to achieve the economic and social development in harmony with nature.
2. DEVELOP strategies and mechanisms to support pastoralists to reduce the impact of droughts and climatic change.
3. PROVIDE adequate and appropriate veterinary services, assuring that relevant animal diseases are promptly addressed for prophylaxis and treatments, as well as in action - research.
4. ADOPT measures to reverse negative environmental impacts of development schemes, and seek prior and informed consent before all private and public initiatives that may affect the integrity of pastoralists people's customary territories, resource management systems and nature.
5. Develop mechanism for broader rangeland use for pastoralism by supporting initiatives for access, control and ownership of lands for pastoralists.
6. SUPPORT the strengthening of the organizations of pastoralists at national, regional and international levels, including through the promotion of programs to disseminate relevant knowledge on rights and policy among pastoral and other mobile communities.
7. RECOGNIZE the crucial role of indigenous knowledge and the capacity of pastoralists and all other nomadic and transhumant communities to conserve biodiversity in full compatibility with pastoral livelihoods; EMPOWER mobile communities in the management of existing protected areas and, RECOGNIZE their customary territories as community conserved areas (CCAs) when so demanded by the concerned mobile peoples and communities;
8. PROMOTE conditions and mechanisms for lasting peace and conflict resolution at all levels;
9. PROMOTE control of markets with policy, incentives, infrastructure development, capacity building and access to information, in order to achieve fair trade conditions.
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