Participatory village land use planning manual

Instructions for utilising participatory and spatial tools for informed land use practices in the Global South

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• Participatory mapping and planning tools for VLUP -manual
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What: Participatory mapping and planning tools for VLUP -manual introduces and provides instructions for using 17 participatory and spatial tools developed and adopted by the Private Forestry Programme (PFP) to inform its village land use planning practices in Tanzania.

Why: This report was written to guide and inspire facilitators of the VLUP process and enable them to adopt a genuinely participatory approach. It can also be used to monitor the quality of VLUP work when the tools of this report have been agreed to be adopted. The tools introduced are all suggestions, so, when necessary, you can modify them to fit each unique village context and the resources and skills available to you.