 In Kenya, the two sites of Kokuma Refugee Camp and Calabaye Integrated Settlement have hosted refugees from over 10 nationalities, mainly South Sudanese and Ethiopians, since 1992. The refugees and host communities live in rural areas, and they depend on natural resources for most of their daily activities, collecting fuelwood for cooking, growing crops, and keeping livestock. But these same natural resources are more and more under pressure, leading to landscape degradation and depletion of tree resources. This has led to conflicts with the predominantly pastoral Turkana communities. The Guidance for a Landscape Approach in Displacement Setting, or GLADS, is an initiative by C-Core eCRAF and partners to better understand and facilitate collaboration in refugee-hosting landscapes, including this area of Kokuma Refugee Camp. Really looking at wood fuel use in refugee settings, that was really the entry point for this study to say, how do we then come up with guidelines or guidance notes of integrated landscape approaches in refugee settings? So the guidance notes that we are developing is really a tool that can facilitate that kind of platform, that kind of engagement at that level to say, let's come together, plan together, even if we will implement in our own mandates, in our own sector, but we are developing the same vision and working towards the same vision at landscape level. A shared understanding of the Displacement Setting landscape is a first step in dealing with complexities and the multiple functions within the landscape. To understand new social relations between host communities and other stakeholders and their use of resources. With pressure on the surrounding natural resources, refugees are now often competing with host communities to access fuel wood or water. Another challenge we have is resources in terms of water. We are on a marginal land and yet we host so large population, competing with the host community who also number 240,000. So we have an umbrella called Kalebeyei, social economic development plan, a 15-year plan and it's not only an area of 3 by 5 square kilometers, it's targeting the whole sub-county, which is an area of 120 square kilometers. A second step is to start creating a common vision based on how stakeholders envision social, economic and social sustainability within the landscape. We basically provide them with the farm inputs, which includes the tools to be able to use for home garden and also seeds. But again, we also build their knowledge on how they can be able to produce more seeds from their household level. They are also coordination mechanisms that have been put in place, is KISDEP, which is Kalebeyei Integrated Social Economic Development Plan. This is a very vibrant coordination structure that does not only identify the sectors of humanity for the well-being of the refugees, but also maps, partners, their resources, their expertise and capabilities that they can be able to bring in to support refugees who have a better living in their own settings. Actions within refugee hosting landscapes means working across sectors, geographic and socio-economic boundaries and addressing longer-term need, involving both refugees and host communities. In this project, we are also looking at sustainability. Sustainability from the socio-economic and ecological perspectives. So we are looking at this refugee context landscape and looking at it in ways that we can improve the socio-ecological systems. We are also working with refugees and host communities because this landscape has multifunction. We want to have refugees that are able to build their capacities strongly and they can be able to sustain their ways of living. Sustainability is linked to resources that can be able to put long-term structures in place. And so with the funding increase in resource allocation, for example land, and then improvement of services delivery, we will be strengthening the sustainability aspect of the displaced setting. Development agencies and government agencies in the area are working with communities for better sustainability within the area. They are being involved in improved use of cooking energy and in tree planting to restore tree cover and to provide for firewood and fodder. One of the Interventions Counties doing is implementing the existing policies and where necessary formulation of new policies to address specific issues. Speaking on environmental perspective, we have Environmental Management and Coordination Act which was brought in place in 1999 and then edited and amended in 2015. That is one of the instruments the County Government is working is using to address a number of challenges facing our environment. Non-biodegradable materials are being recycled for new products and economic activities. Continuous learning on these initiatives will help to follow closely what works and what needs to be improved in this refugee hosting area. Ladies and gentlemen, we propose three key steps that would lead to effective and participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning platforms. One, we propose that we need to establish landscape monitoring tool and this landscape monitoring tool should have clear objectives, clear protocols and indicators that can be measured. Secondly, we believe that this need to conduct baseline, to establish the baseline conditions through conducting research on socio-economic and environmental factors within the refugee landscapes. And lastly, this need also to allocate resources, both human and financial resources because undertaking M&D is involving and needs different skills and money to undertake. And what we do was to access the new arrivals to go on for new arrivals kids who are not yet registered with UN so that they can get the services from UN. Eid Ruponik was a pilot project by Mirama in collaboration with ZIZ. So, we don't need to plant our veggies in the soil, we plant in a trough whereby we can feed them with nutrients. Empowering women, men, youth and vulnerable groups to participate helps to create more equitable outcomes. Gender is integrated in the response to increased environmental degradation and promotion of alternative energy sources in refugee hosting districts, Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobaye Integrated Settlement. Women are being empowered to participate in decision-making and training for their increased participation in planning for environmental protection, forest restoration, improved sustainable energy and alternative livelihoods. I'm a grad student. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Patakazi. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm a student. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. I'm from Mareza. Glad's Initiative Guides stakeholders in building context-relevant understanding, inclusive approaches, continuous learning, and outcomes toward sustainability and resilience in refugee hosting or displacement settings.