Build productive synergies between communities and the environment. STRATEGY ACTION

p reserve and expand local languages of ecology in communities and enable participation in global climate change debates.

› Commission research that maps the nexus of human development and the environment.

› Through responsive grant-making, support projects and programmes that:

• show productive synergies that harness indigenous knowledge for the interconnectedness of environment and communities;

• make use of natural resources in sustainable ways;

• protect and restore natural spaces;

• reduce single-use consumption and carbon use; and

• create work and a sense of aspiration.

Support initiatives that encourage local food production and markets.

› Address the impact of climate change and environmental degradation on food insecurity by improving the ability of communities to leverage and own food systems and agricultural value chains.

› Support and connect local initiatives that strengthen community food production and markets.

› Build a coalition between the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform & Rural Development, trade unions, the private sector and civil society to support our objectives.

Reduce the impact of environmental degradation 16 and waste on vulnerable communities.

› Improve local government systems for managing waste, land and spatial inequality.

› Support and stimulate the informal waste economy.

Outcome

› People are able to engage with issues of environmental degradation and climate change through the lens of how these factors impact their own communities.

› DGMT supports at least four communities with vibrant agricultural value chains that are effectively reducing food insecurity.

› DGMT establishes a network of local food production initiatives, linked to local and wider markets.

› DGMT has at least four partnerships with municipalities implementing improved environmental management strategies.

› The informal waste economy has an increased market share.