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The United Nations Climate Change (UNFCCC) Summit, the Conference of Parties (COP26) was held from 31^st October to 13^th November 2021 by world leaders in Glasgow, Scotland. The meeting brought together leaders from all countries in the world to act together and agree on how to step up global action to solve the climate crisis.

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COP26 President Alok Sharma on the conference’s last day.    Photo credit: Yves Herman/Reuters

The main objective of COP26 was to secure global net-zero by mid-century and keep 1.5 degrees within reach, adapt to protect communities and natural habitats, mobilize finance required to secure global net-zero, and work together to deliver finalization of the Paris rulebook (the rules needed to implement the Paris agreement.

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Participatory Rangelands Management (PRM) is a European Union (EU) funded project through International Land Coalition (ILC) in six clusters of rangelands in Tanzania which includes OLENGAPA, ALLOLE, KIMBO and NAPALAI in Kiteto District, Manyara region and two clusters in Chalinze District, Coast region. This is across border four years project in Tanzania and Kenya and will be implemented through a collaboration of partners which include: Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF), Resource Conflict Institute (RECONCILE), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Veterinaries San Frontiers (VSF), SOS SAHEL and Coalition of European Lobby on Pastoralism in East Africa (CELEP). TNRF is the implementer of the project in Tanzania while RECONCILE pilots the project in Baringo County, Kenya. Both implementing institutions will be technically guided by International Livestock Research Institute Research (ILRI). In Tanzania, PRM is implemented in collaboration with Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries

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Today, TNRF is participating in the International Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) in London. UK government is hosting an international conference on illegal wildlife trade (IWT) in London on 11 to 12 October 2018.

The illegal wildlife trade is an urgent global issue, which not only threatens some of the world’s most iconic species with extinction, but also damages sustainable economic growth and the livelihoods of vulnerable people in rural communities. It’s worth up to £17 billion per year and is the fourth most lucrative transnational crime after drugs, weapons and human trafficking. The criminals who run this trade do more than damage wildlife – they use networks of corrupt officials and agencies to undermine sustainable development and the rule of law, damaging the livelihood and growth of local communities.

Thus the 2018 conference aims at strengthening international partnership across borders and beyond government and focus on three themes;

Tackling IWT as a serious organized crime

• Increase collaboration across continents to tackle IWT-associated illicit financial flows and corruption
• Strengthen networks of IWT law enforcement experts, helping frontline countries to coordinate across the trade routes
• Improve understanding of the linkages to wider security challenges
  

In October 2010 the African Union, Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, published “Policy Framework for Pastoralism in Africa: Securing, Protecting and Improving the Lives, Livelihood and Rights of Pastoralist Communities.”  This is the first continent-wide policy initiative aimed at securing, protecting and improving the lives, livelihoods and rights of African pastoralists.