To sustainably manage and benefit from natural resources, communities in northern Tanzania need the ability to access, control, and manage the environments that support their livelihoods. External and internal pressures on land contribute to a breakdown of local livelihoods, cultural practices, and exacerbate conflicts. Securing rights to land and resources is the critical step in managing these pressures, enabling communities to make decisions about which processes and forces will benefit them and which will be a detriment to their lifestyle. Through conflict meditation and acquiring collective land titles CVLs and CCROs), local communities are able to secure rights to own communal land and resources they live and depend on.