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Securing community land rights in northern Tanzania
Two pioneering grassroots organisations in northern Tanzania, the Pastoral Women’s Council (PWC) and the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), examine and present their experiences and insights from their long-term work to secure the land rights of hunter-gatherer and pastoral communities. In the publication “Securing community land rights: experiences and insights from working to secure hunter-gatherer […]
Pastoral livelihoods and wildlife revenues in East Africa
The East African drylands are home to both pastoralists and wildlife, attracting substantial conservation and tourism revenues, yet the pastoralists remain poor and the wildlife is declining. Donor interventions seek “win-win” solutions through conservation with development. The article “Pastoralist livelihoods and wildlife revenues in East Africa: a case for coexistence?” in a special issue of […]
Plotting progress: integrated planning in the EA drylands
A study commissioned by REGLAP (Regional Learning and Advocacy Programme for Vulnerable Dryland Communities) “Plotting progress: integrated planning in the drylands of Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda” (2013) reviews current and recent experience in planning processes in the drylands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The analysis focuses on key drivers (structural, institutional, and actors/stakeholders) of policy and decision-making […]
ThinkSpace: Resilience in the Horn of Africa
On 23 January 2013 in Nairobi, a ThinkSpace on “Resilience in the Horn of Africa” was organised by REGLAP (Regional Learning and Advocacy Programme for Vulnerable Dryland Communities) and IAWG (Inter-Agency Working Group on Disaster Preparedness for East and Central Africa). The aim was to review how different actors have progressed in developing a resilience […]
Is there a future for pastoralism in East Africa?
Based on its many years’ work with pastoralists in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Sudan, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) Germany brought out a position paper (2011) on pastoral animal husbandry in East Africa. It clearly sees a future for the pastoralist lifestyle and economic system. It recognises the myriad challenges faced by pastoralists but also the opportunities […]