A Champion for Indigenous and Community Land Rights
The Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) is one of Africa’s leading grassroots land rights organizations. Their mission is to help vulnerable indigenous communities own, manage, and benefit from their land and natural resources. They work with nearly 100 communities across over 2 million hectares in northern Tanzania, from the borders of the Serengeti to the southern Maasai Steppe.
They are an African leader in developing legal mechanisms that enable communities to secure their land rights, improve local management systems through land use plans, and leverage those rights to earn revenue from sustainable natural resource use.
In 2016, UCRT staff received the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa, and UCRT has also been a finalist for the UNDP Equator Prize. They work with international partners as diverse as Oxfam and The Nature Conservancy.