2016 A Summary of the national dialogue on customary communal tenure of rotational and fallow taungya

From 13-14 February 2015, the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry, the Transnational Group and the Land Core Group organized a National Dialogue on Customary Tenure of Rotational and Fallow Taungya. The meeting brought together a myriad of stakeholders including government officials, legal experts, academics and local civil society organizations to discuss the recognition of customary communal tenure land management arrangements, with a particular emphasis on how customary tenure might be recognized in the forthcoming National Land Use Policy and National Land Law. This policy brief aims to advocate for the recognition of customary communal tenure of rotational and fallow taungya in the upcoming National Land Use Policy and National Land Law. The brief draws most directly, but not exclusively, from discussions and scholarship presented at the recent national dialogue.