Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 56)
Indigenous peacekeeping by pastoralists in the two Sudans
The Bahr Alarab River forms the political boundary between Sudan and South Sudan and the natural boundary between the Messeriya and Rezaighat Baggara Arab pastoralists to the north and the Dinka Malual and Nuer to the south. The river system provided the basis for a symbiotic and peaceful co-existence between these diverse ethnic pastoral groups […]
Assessing participatory initiatives with pastoral communities in Ethiopia
The IIED Climate Change Working Paper 6 “The role of community-based natural resource management in climate change adaptation in Ethiopia“ assesses the role of participatory community-based natural resource management initiatives taken by Save the Children (SC) with pastoral communities in the lowlands of Borana and Guji zones in Ethiopia in contributing to climate change adaptation. […]
Pastoral innovation systems in Ethiopia and Kenya
The paper “Pastoral innovation systems: perspectives from Ethiopia and Kenya” reports on a “University of the Bush“ seminar held in the Borana area in March 2009, where over 50 pastoralists from southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya from several thnic groups gathered to debate key pastoral development issues. The week-long event was hosted by the Oromia […]
Pastoralist innovation to secure livelihoods in the Horn
Pastoralist areas of the Horn of Africa are experiencing rapid change. Innovations by pastoralists themselves provide new ideas and practical experience to learn from. Alongside formal scientific and technological advancements, pastoralists are developing and testing new knowledge and practices to manage longstanding challenges and more recent pressures as well as take advantage of emerging opportunities […]
Safeguarding pastoral community land rights in East Africa
Land is a major source of discontent in East Africa. Pastoralist groups such as the Maasai of Loliondo, Tanzania, have cried foul over the government’s treatment of their land rights. The Kenyan Constitution recognises rights of local communities and requires that benefits accruing from resources on their land are shared with them. Tanzania and Uganda […]