In some countries like in ...

In some countries like in Kenya, the Water and Forest Acts provide for community level institutions to be part of the management of manage common pool resources like water and forests. This does not grant them tenure but could provide opportunities to deepen the land tenure debate. Innovations like rewards and/or payments for ecosystem services could provide the opportunity for the formulation and adoption of bylaws to collectively secure tenure. The Sumberjaya conditional land tenure (adopted as part of an ICRAF IFAD-funded RUPES programme), as an example for reward for ecosystem services is a good example that you can learn from. There are a number of other attempts like in the Pro-Poor Rewards for Environmental Services in Africa Programme (PRESA). Wishing you the very best in your research. Thomas Yatich, Nairobi Kenya.