We work to defend and promote environmental and territorial rights linked to land access. Indigenous people and local communities seek to have their territorial and other rights respected, protected, and guaranteed. Our defense of territorial rights includes our ancestral lands where communities have lived and the natural resources found on those lands; where our culture and way of life are intimately linked to our territory.
We support communities to protect grazing lands and migration corridors that are essential to pastoralist livelihoods and ecological balance. By defending these areas, we help secure food systems, livestock mobility, and pastoral ways of life amid increasing environmental pressure, changing weather patterns, and growing competition over land and resources.
We advocate for the enforcement of national and regional environmental laws and policies that protect land, water, and ecosystems. Our work includes monitoring compliance, supporting community-led accountability efforts, and amplifying community demands where environmental harm, extractive projects, or weak enforcement threaten rights and livelihoods.
We advocate for the recognition, protection, and upholding of collective land and territorial rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. This includes challenging land grabbing, unjust land allocations, and development projects that undermine customary land tenure, pastoral systems, and Indigenous governance structures.
We support Environmental Human Rights Defenders across the Greater Turkana Basin who speak out against land dispossession, environmental destruction, and rights violations. Our work prioritises the protection and visibility of community-based and women-led defenders, strengthening their capacity to document abuses, advocate safely, and engage in justice and accountability processes.
We advocate for the rights, safety, and livelihoods of artisanal and small-scale miners, many of whom depend on ASM as a key source of income. Our work promotes policies and governance frameworks that recognise ASM as a legitimate livelihood, protect miners from exploitation and harm, and ensure community participation in natural resource governance.
We strengthen community knowledge and awareness on land, environmental, and territorial rights. By equipping communities with legal, policy, and rights-based knowledge, we support informed participation in governance, planning, and decision-making processes that affect their lands and futures.
