LAND US

USE PLANNING
G AND LAND TENURE
UR IN
TANZANIA
LEVELS OF LAND USE PLANNING
National level;

Zonal and regional level;

District level;

Village
age level;
eve ;
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Con se rv ation July 2 00 8
INITIATIVES FOR VILLAGE LAND USE
PLANNING GUIDELINES
 The Model Village Layout Planning Handbook (1975)
MLHSD Residential part of the village.
 The
Th Land
L d Use
U Planning
Pl i Handbook
H db k (1983)
( ) ODA,
ODA Tabora
T b
Rural Integrated Development Project for agricultural
development.
development
 The Village Land Use Planning and Implementation
Guidelines ffor Tanzania (1993)
993 NLUPC‐MLHSD. Multi‐
sectoral approach but overemphasises on plan making
by experts rather than guiding villagers participation
in decision‐making.
decision making
PARTICIPATORY VLUP GUIDELINES 1
 The increasing demand to regulate the use of land
resources, and the growing awareness that land‐use
management problems are better addressed through a
participatory and integrated approach, initiated Dodoma
Land Use Management Project (DLUMP), in 1992.
(MLHSD DLDO,
(MLHSD, DLDO SNV‐Netherlands)
SNV N h l d )
 This project aimed at developing a methodology for
participatory village land use planning and management
which should better address to the needs of the rural
population than the conventional top‐down oriented
approaches (Mzula and Ilolo villages 1992 – 1997)
approaches.
PARTICIPATORY VLUP GUIDELINES 2
 Development of Guidelines for participatory Village
Land Use Planning and Management based on
experiences from various land use related projects
operating in different parts of the country (HIAP‐
Handeni,, HIMA‐Iringa,
g , Agro‐forestry
g y p
programmes‐
g
Songea and Mbinga, LAMP‐Babati, TFAP North Pare
Mwanga, MDP‐Monduli, TIP‐Lushoto, Arumeru &
M
Mwanga, SSIPDO M
SSIPDO‐Mpwapwa, SECAP L h t FRMP
SECAP‐Lushoto,
and NRBZ around Selous
PARTICIPATORY VLUP GUIDELINES 3
 Developed Guidelines presented to National Workshop
on the Institutionalisation of Participatory Village Land
Use Management in Tanzania (Dodoma, October 1997)
 Multi‐sectoral task force, with its secretariat at the
National Land Use Planning Commission, was formed to
i
incorporate
t the
th workshop
k h recommendations
d ti i the
in th
guidelines and lay down strategies for nation‐wide
dissemination and application.
pp
 Guidelines completed, printed, and launched for
Dissemination and application in December 1998
DISSEMINATION AND APPLICATION OF
PARTICIPATORY VLUP GUIDELINES
 Translated and printed into Kiswahili version
 Prepared and published Villagers PLUM guidebook (1st
Edition
Edi i 2000)) Kiongozi
Ki i cha
h Mwanakijiji
M kijiji
 Prepared and published Villagers PLUM guidebook
(2nd Edition 2006) Kiongozi cha Mwanakijiji
 Prepared and published Villagers PLUM guidebook
(3rd Edition 2010) Kiongozi cha Mwanakijiji
 More than 600 Village Land Use Plans have been
prepared based on PLUM guidelines.
REVISION OF VLUP GUIDELINES 1
 Enactment of the Land Act Cap 113 (1999) and the Village
Land Act Cap 114 (1999) and Regulations. Basis of Land
Administration and Management
g

 Enactment of the Environmental Management Act Cap 191

(2004) and the Land Use Planning Act Cap 116 (2007).
(2007) Basis
for harmonized effective planning and management of
land and its natural resources.

 Addressing experience accrued from different actors at

various levels on opportunities
pp and constraints of using
g the
1998 PLUM guidelines.
REVISION OF VLUP GUIDELINES 2
 PLUM guidelines though comprehensive, are simplified to
be more user friendly
b f dl to stakeholders,
k h ld especially
ll at grass
root levels.

 Meant for (DLUPA) through District PLUM teams to

establish and institutionalise participatory land use
planning, administration and management in villages.

 Guidance for villagers to use their land and other natural

resources for improved and sustainable production,
l di to socio‐economic
leading i i development
d l and
d better
b li i
living
conditions.
 Land management leading to
improved sustainable production
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REVISION OF VLUP GUIDELINES 3
 Focusing on an effective system (effective PRA and CAP) of
involving people in preparation and implementation of village
land use plans whereby villagers and their institutions
gradually build their capacity to manage village land.

 Integrating development efforts and investment of relevant

sectors (programmes) involved in rural development (e.g.
WMA PFM,
WMAs, PFM MACEMP,
MACEMP ASDP/DADPs)
ASDP/DADP ) for
f complementariness
l i
in integrated participatory land use planning and
management.

 Formalising agreements through minutes or other written

documents, leading to land use plans,
documents plans by
by‐laws
laws, certificates of
land occupancy, etc. attributing to improved land security and
more efficient use and development of land resources.
Enhacing villagers participation and
security of land tenure
 REVISED PVLUP GUIDELINES (Part a)
Introduction to guidelines and
 Local
L l level
l l institutional
i tituti l development
d l t
basic elements of District PLUM Team
participatory methodology The Village Assembly
 Village
g land use planning,
p g, The Village
g Council
administration and management and its The VLUM committee
role in rural development
 Land security enhancement
Basic principles: efficiency, equitability,
 Levels of land use planning and natural
sustainability, local decision
decision‐making.
making.
resource management
 Land‐use management according to the
 Village land‐use planning and bio‐physical and socio‐economic
management approaches environment
 Villagers participation  Harmonization of environmental
Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) management in village land use
Community Action Plan (CAP) planning and implementaion process
 Considering gender  Resources Mobilization and Funding
 A step‐by‐step planning and for Integrated Participatory Land Use
implementation Planning, Administration and
Management
 REVISED PVLUP GUIDELINES (Part b)
Application of participatory STEP 2: PARTICIPATORY
village
g land use pplanning,
g, RURAL APPRAISAL
administration and  To form PRA teams
management  To introduce and raise awareness of villagers
on land, natural resources and environment
STEP 1: PREPARATIONS AT policies
li i and d llegislations
i l i
 To introduce PLUM concept and activities
DISTRICT LEVEL to the villagers
 To effect the District Land Use Planning
 To form a villageg land‐use management
g
Authority
A h i
(VLUM) committee
 To establish a District PLUM team
 To assist villagers in analysing and
 To establish co‐operation within and evaluating land use and environment
between sectors in the district and with problems and opportunities
other institutions
 To assist villagers in the preparation of a
 To prepare an action plan for PLUM community action plan for land‐use
 To prepare and agree on a plan of operation management
with priority villages
 To start preparations for establishment of
District Land Registry
 REVISED PVLUP GUIDELINES (Part b)
STEP 3: PREPARATION OF VILLAGE
EXISTING LAND USE MAP
 Establish Village boundaries/map
 Prepare Certificate of Village Land (CVL)
 Detail picking of identified land
uses/resources (GPS/Sat images)
 Prepare a village existing land use map (GIS)
STEP 4: VILLAGE LAND‐USE
PLANNING
 Drafting a Village Land Use Plan and by‐
laws (VC/PLUM) – Minutes
 Presentation and approval of Village Land
Use Plan and by
by‐laws
laws (VA/VC/PLUM) –
Minutes
 Demarcation (sign boards) of planned land
uses (agriculture, forestry, settlement,
grazing water sources,
grazing, sources socio
socio‐economic
economic
services, wildlife etc.)
STEP 5: VILLAGE LAND
ADMINISTRATION
 To establish a village land registry
 To demarcate, survey and register land for
community facilities as well as village public
lands
 To demarcate, survey and register private lands
and prepare & issue CCROs
STEP 6: VILLAGE LAND USE
MANAGEMENT AND CONSOLIDATION
 To identify and formulate measures for
improved land management in planned land
uses
 To facilitate implementation of the selected
measures (e.g. class farms)
 To build the capacity of villagers for planning
and implementation of the selected measures
 Monitoring and evaluation (CAP)
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