Environmental policy and administrative management

Sukutan-Naibor CBO is a newly established organisation representing the 600 residents of Mathire 2/Sukotan in Laikipia District. The principal objective of the CBO is to improve livelihoods and sustainable natural resource management practises of its constituents and the primary means of doing this is to explore options for improving security of land tenure for the current inhabitants of Sukutan. The aim of this proposal is to contribute to this objective and strengthen the capacity of the CBO to enable them to deliver the required results. Sukutan-Naibor CBO have requested our neighbour, the Zeitz Foundation, to facilitate this project by providing capacity building support and facilitating links with the necessary external agencies. Activities proposed are designed to sustainably build the community s awareness, knowledge, confidence and capacity through outcome-orientated processes ( learning through doing ). These include: Providing awareness raising, training and legal advise to all CBO members on related land tenure issues, rights and responsibilities. Provide training to strengthen CBO s organisational, management and representational abilities. Developing networks with external agencies with requisite legal, technical and political knowledge. Construction of CBO office Participatory development of a comprehensive, land use and water management plan, by community. Scoping exercise to identify scenario s/options for obtaining land. Renovation of key water points. Establishment and training of four women s small business enterprise groups. Dissemination and sharing of project lessons and experiences Laikipia wide. The rationale for the project is that it will contribute to the prevention of land degradation, conserve endangered species of Grevy s Zebra, Patas Monkey and African Wild Dog, contribute to the Laikipia conservation strategy and help achieve the MDGs on extreme poverty and hunger, environmental sustainability and empowerment of women in Sukutan. It represents an important pilot and pioneering initiative for Laikipia as a whole in exploring replicable options/scenario s for sustainable land tenure regimes for what are currently abandoned small-scale agricultural areas throughout the district (approximately 20% of district). Potential beneficiaries therefore amount to hundreds of thousands in Laikipia.

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