Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 32)
Indigenous rangeland monitoring in the Horn of Africa
The briefing note “Indigenous rangelands monitoring: harnessing pastoralist knowledge in the Horn of Africa”, issued by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism) in 2011, tries to bridge the gap between rangeland science and pastoralist rangeland management. The challenge is partly one of different knowledge systems and a failure of scientists and practitioners to communicate effectively […]
Climate change adaptation in Africa’s livestock sector
The briefing note “Supporting adaptation to climate change in Africa’s livestock sector”, issued by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism) in 2010, argues that Africa’s livestock sector contributes negligibly to global output of greenhouse gases and that the most extensive livestock systems can even contribute environmental benefits such as maintaining rangeland biodiversity and ecosystem health. […]
Lake Turkana: East Africa’s “Aral Sea” in the making?
International Rivers has published a study on “The downstream impacts of Ethiopia’s Gibe 3 dam” (2013), now under construction on the Omo River in Southern Ethiopia. It argues that, if the Government of Ethiopia finishes the dam and presses ahead with large-scale irrigation schemes, the hydrological, ecological and socio-economic impacts will generate a region-wide crisis […]
Unfolding pastoralism in Uganda
The Uganda Land Alliance has brought out a special issue of its newsletter (December 20121) entitled “Unfolding Pastoralism”. It includes articles on community-based animal healthcare services, laws related to pastoralism in Uganda, community consultations on the Uganda rangelands policy, securing land rights of the Karamajong and the empowerment of women in pastoralist communities. One article […]
Changes in property rights among the Afar in Ethiopia
In three districts in Afar of northeastern Ethiopia, traditional land-use arrangements among pastoralists, changes in pastoral customary rights and resource-based conflicts among various pastoral groups were studied. The results showed that the state is the biggest actor behind changes in property rights, especially in better-endowed areas. The state-driven changes have led to increasing conflicts between […]