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Climate-change policy narratives vs pastoralists in Ethiopia & Kenya
Drawing on case studies in Ethiopia and Kenya, the paper “Climate change policy narratives and pastoralist predicaments in the Horn of Africa: insights from Ethiopia and Kenya” (2021, 4pp), presented by Tom Campbell at the Joint International Grassland & Rangeland Congress 2021, examines the discourses and narratives found in contemporary climate-change and national development policy, […]
CELEP Uganda: Pastoralists use & protect rangeland ecosystems
At the International Grassland & Rangeland Congress (25–29 Oct 2021), the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub hosted a concurrent session on “Securing land tenure for pastoralists as an incentive for engaging actively in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”. This highlighted the crucial role of pastoralists in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–30). Rangelands cover over half […]
Land degradation neutrality: participatory range assessment
In rangelands, land degradation has an immediate and local impact by disrupting ecosystems from functioning, threatening livelihoods, negatively affecting social cohesion and threatening productivity. Land degradation in rangelands is poorly understood because of a lack of robust data and misconceptions of management objectives. Day-to-day land management by pastoralist communities is intricately linked to local knowledge […]
Impacts of Covid-19 on pastoralists’ food security in East & West Africa
The focus of attention regarding the impacts of Covid-19 has been on direct health outcomes and the macroeconomic impacts of control measures. In “Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on food security among East and West African pastoralists” (2021, 32pp, published in Advances in Food Security and Sustainability), Evan Griffith et al review the available evidence […]
Pastoralism: making variability work
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published “Pastoralism: making variability work” (2021, Animal Production & Health Paper 185, 58pp) written by Saverio Krätli and Ilse Koehler-Rollefsen with comments and guidance from FAO staff and pastoralist specialists worldwide. Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with […]