Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 2)
Pastoral land tenure & conservation in Tanzania
Natural resources of the rangelands of northern Tanzania are subject to three competing claims: conservation of wildlife and nature, development to generate revenue for the State, and use for local livelihoods. The report “Pastoral land tenure and community conservation: a case study from north-east Tanzania” (1999, 103pp) by Jim Igoe & Dan Brockington, was published […]
MISA objects to UNESCO World Heritage Site & Geopark in Ngorongoro
In July 2024, two experts visited the Ngorongoro-Lengai Geopark in northern Tanzania to assess it and to make a recommendation on its validation. In August, the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – having learned of this mission through social media – sent a letter to the experts to complain about the lack of the Maasai […]
Pastoralists’ relationship with the environment – Kenyan perspective
Every year, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch within the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organises an international expert group meeting (EGM) on a theme recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The theme of the EGM […]
Wild watermelon for pastoral livestock in northern Sudan
The research paper “The Kordofan melon and pastoralist water strategy in Sudan: potential for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods” by Hussein M. Sulieman and Maryam Niamir-Fuller, published in the Rangelands journal of the Society for Range Management, highlights the importance of cultivation of wild varieties of watermelon as an ingenious and indigenous technology for […]
MISA workshop on conservation & land grabbing from pastoralists
Immediately before the international Tropentag conference in Vienna, Australia, on 11 September 2024, a workshop was held on “Nature conservation, land grabbing and Indigenous Peoples’ rights: Maasai in Northern Tanzania are defending their own vision for conservation and sustainable livelihoods”. Co-organisers were the Institute of Development Research at BOKU University, the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance […]