CELEP webinar on “Pastoralism and conflict”

On 12 November 2020, a webinar on “Pastoralism and conflict: rethinking the phenomenon” was organised by the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) and the Karamoja Development Forum (KDF) as part of their engagement in CELEP. The webinar offered an opportunity to learn about recent findings on pastoralism and conflict, using an alternative lens through which the dynamics of pastoralism and the root causes of conflict in pastoral areas might be better understood.

Camilla Toulmin from IIED presented findings of a recent study on farmer–herder conflicts in the Sahel and Horn of Africa. Kennedy Mkutu from the United States International University in Kenya spoke about the impact of mega-projects on pastoralists in Eastern Africa and how this relates to conflict. Simon Longoli of KDF focused on current drivers of conflict in Karamoja and how these are rooted in land-use changes in Uganda.

The webinar was moderated by Saverio Krätli, editor of the journal Nomadic Peoples. A report on the webinar can be found here.

You can listen to the webinar through the audio link below.

Posted on 5 December 2020 in CELEP Documents, News, Pastoralism & Peacebuilding, Pastoralism, Policy & Power