Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 54)
Pastoralist Knowledge Conference in Marsabit
Men and women pastoralists from different ethnic groups around Marsabit in northern Kenya came together with development workers from local and international NGOs, donors, scientists and government officials for a 4-day conference in January 2013 on pastoralist knowledge. They explored the challenges and opportunities facing pastoralists in the region, tackling topics such as conflict resolution, […]
Land grabbing for conservation?
The 4-page IIED Briefing Paper “Land grabbing: is conservation part of the problem or the solution?” presents the experience of international-development, wildlife and human-rights practitioners shared at a symposium on land grabbing and conservation in March 2013. Weak governance and poor land-use planning mean that commercial “land grabs” often damage biodiversity and dispossess people from […]
Addressing fragility in Africa
The High-Level Panel on Fragile States in Africa was set up by the African Development Bank to review the likely sources of fragility in Africa in the coming years and to recommend how to handle them. The report (Feb 2014) “Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa: A Call to Action” points to several issues […]
Meat & greens: CELEP response to The Economist
In response to an article in The Economist of 18 January 2014, entitled “Meat and greens”, which depicted pastoralism as an inefficient production system and a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions (http://www.economist.com/news/international/21594348-lot-can-be-done-make-meat-eating-less-bad-planet-meat-and-greens), a spontaneously formed team within CELEP formulated the following letter to The Editor: SIR –Though your article on the subject of livestock […]
Managing the boom and bust in the drylands
For decades, the Sahel has been presented as suffering from irreversible degradation, leading to desert advancement and the impoverishment of the population. This 32-page issue paper Managing the boom and bust: supporting climate-resilient livelihoods in the Sahel published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in December 2013 presents an alternative profile and […]