The platform that counts 76 members in 26 countries will bring together the region\u2019s actors on land governance, including rural communities and women, to explore opportunities, and design new ways of addressing land-based communal violence, famine and climate change. <\/p>\n
Protecting women\u2019s land rights is a top priority for Africa and the world. \u201cWe work for half of the world\u2019s population, which are women; where land rights are respected, women\u2019s income goes up 3.8 times higher, and everybody benefits including households,\u201d Mike Taylor, ILC Director said from Rome. <\/p>\n
The Forum will provide an opportunity to assess the strength of partnerships in the face of emerging needs in people-centred land governance. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2021 Forum will strengthen existing partnerships on land rights. We will introduce our national platforms, drivers of the SDGs at the country level, through a multistakeholder approach,\u201d Audace Kubwimana, ILC Africa Regional Coordinator said. <\/p>\n
The African Union declared the Year 2021 as \u201cThe AU Year of the Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want\u201d. Land is part of Africa\u2019s cultural heritage. Africa\u2019s art and cultural heritage will help forge regional cooperation and foster innovative and bold solutions to regain the drawbacks from COVID-19. <\/p>\n
\u201cDemographic changes and conflict on the continent are making us re-think how land can be better used, leveraging our cultural identity, to advance the progress of Member States,\u201d said Dr. Janet Edeme, Head of the African Union Commission\u2019s Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Development. <\/p>\n
\u201cFor us land is more than an economic resource; it is part of our history. The African Union Commission hopes that our collaboration with International Land Coalition in Africa will help realise the Africa We Want.\u201d<\/p>\n
Regional Economic Communities play their role in advancing the AU\u2019s mandate on land governance. The Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) has been walking the road with ILC to guarantee people-centred land governance, but more remains to be done. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe IGAD region is the most conflict-prone region of Africa, with high levels of land degradation and climate change. We want to use the two most important resources we have which is land, on the one hand, and people, on the other, to improve the standard of living of the people in the IGAD region,\u201d Esther Obaikol, Land Governance Expert at IGAD said. <\/p>\n
Indigenous Peoples have been experiencing intensive land grabbing over the past few years. According to activist Amina Amharech, policies based on colonial laws do not respect the rights of indigenous peoples. <\/p>\n
Today just 1% of land is occupied by Indigenous Peoples in the world. Farming activities for Indigenous Peoples do not go beyond 2 hectares. They cannot realise the SDGs with this. I am hoping that the Forum will also address this.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the murder of Joannah Stutchbury, the plight of environmental and land defenders became a burning issue. <\/p>\n
\u201cThrough Natural Justice, ILC Africa has set up the African Environmental Defenders Fund, a platform that enables defenders to highlight their plight and receive support. The same applies to communities as they strive to defend themselves. It is the only such resource on the continent today,\u201d said Samuel Nguiffo, representing ILC Africa members. <\/p>\n
ILC Africa\u2019s broader work extends to participatory rangelands management, youth access to land, family farming, data development in the land sector, ecosystems, food systems, to name but a few. <\/p>\n
ILC Africa also said that this year\u2019s Forum will be a pre-event of the 2021 Conference on Land Policy in Africa. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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