Call for National Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration Framework in Tanzania

TLDR

• Presenting the findings, HakiRasilimali Programme Manager Lucy Shao called on mining companies and government authorities to design livelihood restoration programmes that reflect the actual circumstances, priorities and.
• The symposium concluded with a series of recommendations aimed at strengthening Tanzania’s approach to resettlement and livelihood restoration in mining areas.
• Reading the recommendations on behalf of mining stakeholders, Policy Forum Advocacy and Engagement Manager Elinami John called on the government to establish a National Resettlement and Livelihood Restoration Framework.
• Across several of Tanzania’s expanding mining regions, compensation payments that were intended to improve livelihoods are, in many cases, being exhausted within months.
• Participants heard findings from a study titled Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Graphite Mining on Land Access, Livelihoods and Resettlement, conducted in mining communities in Lindi Region.