Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 2)
Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge & early warning in northern Kenya
The article “Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge and early warning: a review of drought management in the drylands, with insights from northern Kenya” by Samuel Derbyshire and colleagues, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (June 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/past.2024.13006), explores the recent history of early warning systems in Kenya. It identifies key features of the political, technical and […]
Are pastoralists’ herds a climate threat?
An FAO report suggests that pastoralism is part of the global problem of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some researchers see the situation differently. The debate could affect pastoralist cultures worldwide. In his blog “Are world’s 200 million pastoral herders a climate threat?” published in The Christian Science Monitor (24 April 2024), Michael Benanav argues that […]
Kenyan pastoralists’ high-reliability networks critical for resilience
As part of an action-research project ‘Resilience from Below’ funded by the Australian Centre for International and Agricultural Research and the Tufts University Feinstein International Center’s research on early warning and humanitarian response, the Centre for Research and Development in the Drylands (CRDD) is looking into how pastoralist communities in Kenya organise themselves in daily […]
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 […]
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 […]