Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 61)
Drought contingency planning with pastoral communities
Many people in the drylands are witnessing climate change and its consequences on their lives and the environment. Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) share common goals of reducing vulnerability of communities and achieving sustainable development. CMDRR is an essential part of adaptation; it is the first line of defence […]
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 […]
Action research for Disaster Risk Reduction in Ethiopia & Kenya
In the project “Improved Community Response to Drought” (ICRD) funded by ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office), the Vétérinaires Sans Frontières consortium (VSF-Belgium, Germany and Switzerland) is engaged in action research in the Greater Horn of Africa. It is working in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia with Dessanach, Hamer, Somali and Karamoja pastoralists in Pastoral […]
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 […]
Capitalising on pastoralism to feed people
CELEP has co-issued a policy brief “Capitalising on pastoralism to feed people” together with the League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) network, the Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN), the Endogenous Livestock Development (ELD) network and the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP). […]