1. Making Rangelands More Secure in Cameroon
Blasius Azuhnwi, El Hadj Jaji Manu Gidado, Michael Fon Nsoh Michael, Musa Ndamba and Fiona Flintan
Presented by: El Hadj Jaji Manu Gidado

2. INTRODUCTION
The study was supported by the ILC Rangelands Initiative, led by MBOSCUDA and other ILC members in order to identify good practice in making rangelands more secure
This will feed into the design of a land governance project focusing on pastoral areas.
It also provides information for those working in Cameroon as well as in other countries on different experiences in making rangelands secure. This can be used for awareness-raising and influencing of different actors.
A publication has been produced documenting the lessons learned.

3. THEMATIC AREAS OF THE STUDY
Governance and decision making processes
Resolution of conflicts between different land users
Land use planning and management in rangelands
Promoting participation, supporting empowerment and collective action
Titling, delimiting and protecting transhumance corridors and grazing zones

4. Case study approach was adopted
10 Case studies nation wide on different thematic areas
Areas of case study

5. LESSONS LEARNT Education, capacity building, awareness raising
are important in securing land rights
Activities here should target pastoralists, general public and
administrative officials

6. LESSONS LEARNT Developing and seeking legal recourse
After communities become aware of their rights,
use of paralegals as community advisers in primary
intervention e.g. case of land grabbing

7. LESSONS LEARNT Organisation, mobilisation & networking are important
Developing ‘group power’ builds confidence, fosters a sense of
common identity and helps create common voice
Locally generated conflict resolution
mechanisms
Pastoralists remain the best managers of rangeland resources
as seen in the cases of dialogue platforms and alliance
farming

8. LESSONS LEARNT Mapping is a powerful tool for
legitimising land use and for guiding
planning and development
Use of several tools (GPS, GIS, Google Earth maps)
Makes palpable and real what is held in peoples minds
Flexibility is needed to incorporate multiple use and resource sharing
More participatory management
approaches needed in protected areas to
create win-win for pastoralists and
conservation

9. RECOMMENDATIONS For policy makers
Policy and legislation must provide an enabling environment for community-led rangeland governance
Recognition and where appropriate, formalisation of customary systems of rangeland management
Enactment and promulgation of pastoral code

10. RECOMMENDATIONS For policy makers
Effective decentralisation to enable lower levels of government implement rangeland related policy and legislation
De-gazetting and down-sizing of protected areas
Developing and institutionalising land use planning at different levels

11. RECOMMENDATIONS For Donor, Development NGOs, Pastoralists
Open space for and build up the capacity of pastoralists to engage in dialogue and decision making rather than continuing to ‘represent them’

12. RECOMMENDATIONS For Donor, Development NGOs, Pastoralists
Address institutional weaknesses in pastoralists’ organisations
Review project funding cycles
Promote development holistic approach with governance and technical related solutions
Develop innovative learning activities e.g. learning routes

13. for your kind attention El Hadj Jaji Manu GIDADO
Thank you
for your kind attention
El Hadj Jaji Manu GIDADO
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries
National President, MBOSCUDA
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