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What does Uganda’s National Land Policy mean for pastoralists?
This 10-page policy brief “Uganda’s National Land Policy: what it means for pastoral areas” provides an overview of the National Land Policy (NLP) that was gazetted in August 2013 by the Ugandan Government, and its implications for pastoral areas. It highlights relevant policy statements and strategies that are critical for pastoral land and resource needs and […]
Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the Horn
This is the fourth and final issue of the REGLAP annual journal Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the Horn of Africa on innovations in policy and practice from the ECHO Drought Risk Reduction Action Plan partners and beyond. It includes articles on: Kenya–Ethiopia crossborder mobility; natural resource governance in Garbatulla, Kenya; community conflict […]
Learning from Kenya & Tanzania for dryland management in Sudan
UNEP (United National Environment Programme) is working on land issues in Sudan to help the people and government of Darfur rebuild the social contract on natural resources and land. The report Natural resource management & land tenure in the rangelands: lessons learned from Kenya and Tanzania, with implications for Darfur (2014, 35pp) shows that exposing key […]
Land deals in Ethiopia endanger pastoral livelihoods
In its Land, Investment and Rights Series, IIED reports on Large-scale land deals in Ethiopia (2014, 56 pp). As the Ethiopian Government has leased at least 1 million ha of land for agricultural investments in 2005–12, Ethiopia is an important case study in the international debate on large-scale land deals. This report brings the findings of […]
Managing prosopis to improve pastoral livelihoods in the Horn
Regional Conference on managing Prosopis juliflora for better (agro-)pastoral Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa, 1–2 May 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Prosopis juliflora is an aggressive invasive species that threatens the environment and livelihoods in arid and semi-arid areas in the Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Eritrea and Somalia. As examples, in […]