TANZANIA NATURAL RESOURCE FORUM (TNRF) AND TANZANIA LAND ALLIENCE (TALA) PILOTING THE USE OF INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT GUIDES IN KILWA DISTRICT TO INFORM POLICY DIALOGUE

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Tanzania Natural Resource Forum (TNRF) is a member of the National Engagement Strategy (NES) and the NES Land Based Investment Working Group coordinator. TNRF has been monitoring land-based investments in different parts of Tanzania for almost five years (since 2016) with the facilitation of the Tanzania Land Alliance (TALA). This monitoring aimed at collecting evidence for the purpose of mobilizing, influencing, and organizing stakeholders to improve land-based investment practices in Tanzania.

In December 2021 and mid-February 2022 TNRF in collaboration with TALA  and NES _ LBIWG  members (MVIWATA – Mtandao waVikundi vyaWakulima Tanzania, HAKIARDHI, OXFAM, PAICODEO - Parakuyo Pastoralist Indigenous Community Development, ACTION AID, LEAT - Lawyer's Environmental Action Team, CARE INTERNATIONAL, LANDESA, ANSAF -  Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum, UCRT - Ujamaa Community Resource Team, MMC – Mtandao wa Mazingira Chamwino, TAGRODE - Tanzania Grass Root Oriented Development, Tanzania Committee on Family Farming (TCFF), Morogoro Ardhi Institute, Morogoro Paralegal Center, National Land Use Planning Commission, Help Foundation and Legal and Human Rights Center) piloted the use of investment guides to Kilwa district officials, village councils and villagers through village assemblies at Migeregere, Liwiti, Nainokwe, and Mavuji villages. The investment guides involved “Socially Responsible Land Investment in Tanzania” prepared by Landesa and TNRF, and “Preparing in advance for potential investors” Swahili translated Guide 1 prepared by Namati and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI). The third guide was the “Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forestry on the context of National food security” by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The focus was on the following themes;

• Community preparation before investment.
• Community engagement and assessment during investment negotiations.
• Developing an equitable and inclusive contract.
• Implementing and monitoring investments.