Securing and enhancing indigenous land tenure in Guyana

Project Overview

The project’s main objective is to title and demarcate around 2 million hectares of Indigenous lands, whilst contributing to the establishment of a robust policy framework that advances Indigenous land and resource rights in Guyana. 

The project will directly benefit 27 communities in Guyana, of which 21 are governed by the South Rupununi District Council (SRDC). The project will be designed following a bottom-up approach, as representatives of many communities will help develop it through different workshops.  

Through its land titling efforts, the project will enhance livelihoods for Guyana’s Indigenous communities and promote better stewardship of the country’s forest and water resources.  

To achieve its main goal the project will implement an array of activities focused on: 

1. Providing support to establish legitimate tenure rights in areas where traditional communal rights are not formally recognised.

2. Providing support for community mapping, demarcation, and registration efforts.

3. Strengthening the capacity of national organisations to provide land tenure related services and reach disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

4. Testing practical solutions to overcome implementation challenges.

5. Assisting governments and communities to overcome administrative obstacles to land rights recognition and titling.

6. Building capacity of government agencies responsible for titling and protecting Indigenous and community rights.