Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 2)
Tanzanian Government denies Ngorongoro Maasai the right to vote
The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) is deeply concerned with recent reports indicating that the Tanzanian Government has decided to exclude people from Ngorongoro from participating in the ongoing voter registration process in Tanzania. The exclusion impacts over 100,000 people residing in 25 villages across 11 Wards within the Ngorongoro Division of Ngorongoro District, and […]
Green transition & pastoralists in Eastern Africa
The Directorate-General for External Policies (DG EXPO) of the European Parliament published a commissioned report “Opportunities and challenges of the green transition for pastoralism and indigenous people in Africa” (2024) that focuses primarily on the situation of pastoralists in Eastern Africa. The publication includes the study report (42pp) by Jonathan Davies and the proceedings of […]
Explaining the basics of pastoralism in Africa
In April 2024, Tufts University’s Feinstein International Center and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) brought out a series of publications that will be very useful for explaining the basics of pastoralism to others. The publications were designed for staff of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners with […]
World Heritage Day: MISA calls on UNESCO to protect Maasai rights
On World Heritage Day, 18 April 2024, a group of organisations from Tanzania, the USA and Europe, including MISA (Maasai International Solidarity Alliance) to which CELEP belongs, called on UNESCO to end its complicity in human rights violations. UNESCO must remove sites from its list where human rights violations occur and listen to the local […]
Managing Africa’s transboundary climate risks, with pastoralism cases
Transboundary climate risks can set back economic development gains, jeopardise trade and food security and impact infrastructure investments. The policy brief “How can Africa manage the transboundary climate risks it faces?” by Sarah Optiz-Stapleton et al (2023, 11pp), published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), highlights five significant transboundary climate […]