This paper intends to inform project management specialists and researchers about natural resource management (NRM) projects/programs performance management through a monitoring, evaluation and learning lens in Tanzania. The review collected information from sample natural resource management programs/projects in Tanzania through personal communication (primary information) and a deskwork review (secondary information).

By Godfrey Massay

Training volunteers to help their communities defend their land rights has proved an effective approach for promoting land justice in Tanzania. This report documents how Hakiardhi, a Dar-es-Salaam based research institute working on land governance issues, has established and trained a 600-strong network of male and female ‘Land Rights Monitors’ (LRMs) operating in 300 villages on various aspects of the land law, so they can help people and local governments to exercise and ensure respect for their legal rights in land disputes. While this approach can be used to tackle different types of land conflicts, this report focuses primarily on examples related to the impact of large-scale land-based investments.

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This country profile presents the Land Matrix data for United Republic of Tanzania, detailing largescale land acquisition (LSLA) transactions that:

• entail a transfer ofrights to use, control or own land through sale, lease or concession;
• have an intended size of 200 hectares (ha) or larger; • have been concluded since the year 2000; •
• are affected by a change of use (often from extensive or ecosystem service provision to commercial use);
• include deals for agricultural, forestry and other purposes. Mining operations are excluded.
  

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The Africa Conservation Centre in collaboration with Institutional Canopy of Conservation (I-CAN) project and South Rift Association of Land Owners (SORALO) organized the Regional Rangelands Congress in Nairobi from 28^th to 31^st November 2016. The theme of the event is titled “Rangelands health and Security In dynamic landscape”.

Participants including NGOs, international organizations (UN), Academia Universities, National government, Count Government, Community representatives and private sectors have attended this four-day event. TNRF was invited under IUCN project to share cross border experiences.

This congress presented on Pandora and livelihoods, resource governance and management, policy and practices and climate change. TNRF presented on pastoralist food as livelihoods security with cross border natural resource management: Perceptive of Northern Tanzania and Southern Kenya.