World Water Week 2022

Chemonics staff and other international experts will convene online and in Sweden from August 23-September 1, 2022 to discuss global water issues.
Resource - Event

Final Report: Colombia Artisanal Gold Mining – Environmental Impact Reduction Activity

This final report summarizes the approaches, achievements, and lessons learned from USAID’s Colombia Artisanal Gold Mining – Environmental Impact Reduction Activity (Oro Legal).
Resource - Project Report

The First Seven: Women Leadership in Tajikistan’s New Generation of Appraisers

With the support of the Feed the Future Tajikistan Land Market Development Activity, the first women were hired for the Tajikistan’s Association of Independent Appraisers.
Resource - Project Success Story

After Six Years, Justice and a Future for “Shohob-1”

With the help of the Land Market Development Activity, farmer Safar Tagoev was able to reclaim his farmland after it was seized by district authorities in Tajikistan.
Resource - Project Success Story

A Farmer’s Confidence in His Future: Fostering Secure Tenure for Land Users in Tajikistan

Through the support of the Feed the Future Tajikistan Land Market Development Activity, farmers like Abdujabbor Zogakov are able to secure land tenure, spurring greater investment in farmland and increasing productivity in Tajikistan’s agricultural sector.
Resource - Project Success Story

Final Report: Feed the Future Tajikistan Land Market Development Activity

This final report summarizes the achievements and of the Feed the Future (FTF) Land Market Development Activity (LMDA), which increased Tajikistan’s agricultural competitiveness.
Resource - Project Report

Community Engagement in Biodiversity Conservation: Lessons from the Field-Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

This paper examines how conservation practitioners can learn from the effort to question the utility of community engagement, adapt lessons to bridge conservation and development more effectively, and apply the limited funds available to conservation to accomplish more on the ground.
Resource - Paper

Evidence on Biodiversity Conservation Impacts: Assessing Theories, Approaches, and Outcomes from Community Engagement and Tenure

This paper uses systematic synthesis methods to assess the state of the peer-reviewed evidence base on community engagement interventions linked to terrestrial conservation projects. Specifically, it examines the relationships between different engagement approaches and land tenure/governance structures.
Resource - Paper

Key Considerations for Land Tenure Policies that Affect Youth

This primer takes an overview of the land tenure challenges that youth face, and what the key considerations for land tenure programming targeting youth.
Resource - Technical Brief

Final Report: Peru Forestry Project

The USAID Environmental Management and Forest Governance Support Activity, also known as Peru Bosques, promoted a new inclusive, legal, profitable, and sustainable forest-based economy.
Resource - Project Report

Is Land Tenure “Secure Enough” in Rural Rwanda?

This paper discusses the consequences of well-meaning agricultural policies on land tenure security in Rwanda, with potential implications for future economic development and social stability.
Resource - Paper

Final Report: Southern African Regional Environmental Program

USAID’s Southern African Regional Environmental Program worked with partners and stakeholders related to the Okavango River Basin, to forge relationships that allowed a large portion of the people of the basin to have better lives, now and in the future.
Resource - Project Report