Participatory land use planning in Tanzanian drylands is an essential process in ensuring effective, sustainable and fair use of communal lands. And experts are agreeing that collecting best practices, enhancing information exchange and learning from the ground are focal strategies that will improve and strengthen natural resource use in Tanzanian drylands.
Over the last two days at a workshop in Arusha, officials from the Ministries of Land, fisheries and Livestock Development and the National Land Use Planning Commission joined with civil society organizations, land use planning experts and community representatives to discuss land use planning. The workshop focused on strategies that will strengthen lesson learning and policy dialogue to support the development of appropriate policy recommendations and guidelines for improved land use planning and rangeland management both at local and national levels.
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