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01/09/2023
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Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
19/03/2022
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UN declared IYRP in 2026 !
On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting organisations. CELEP – through its member organisation Agrecol Association […]
01/06/2021
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Pastoralism is the future – animated video
Man-made climate change is creating conditions on our planet that are increasingly characterised by variability and unpredictability. Pastoralists use variability to their advantage. Their production systems guide us to a sustainable future. Find out how they do it in this 2:23-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
29/04/2022
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Alternatives to evicting Maasai from Ngorongoro, Tanzania
The Tanzanian Government is trying to force thousands of Maasai people off the Ngorongoro conservation area through harassment and restrictions, such as banning crop cultivation and limiting access to rivers and rangelands for livestock. This crisis points to an increasing tension between nature conservation and local livelihoods in Africa. But Pablo Manzano and Lucas Yamat […]
29/04/2022
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Financing livestock trade in Kenya, Mali & Somalia
The scoping paper “Financing livestock trade: formal and informal finance in Kenya, Mali and Somalia” (2022, 60pp) by Rupsha Banerjee et al looks at the degree to which traders marketing livestock from the rangelands use formal financial services including savings, payments, credit and insurance, and examines the development of these services. The study found that: […]
29/04/2022
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Innovations for pastoralists & agropastoralists in African drylands
In the scoping paper “Innovations for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in fragile and conflict-affected areas” (2022, 36pp), Christabell Makokha et al identify 38 innovations for pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel. The study was carried out because it had been recognised that, in recurring and protracted humanitarian crises, there were few […]
24/04/2022
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Customary tenure & reciprocal grazing in Ethiopia
The article “Customary tenure and reciprocal grazing arrangements in eastern Ethiopia” by Fekadu Beyene (2020; Development and Change 41 (1): 107–129) examines how customary tenure provides a basis for reciprocal access arrangements and facilitates access to grazing resources in order to adapt to changing conditions. A literature review on range ecology and governance guided the […]
24/04/2022
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Kenya: Wind-power project changes value of pastoral land
Lake Turkana Wind Power in northern Kenya is the largest wind farm in Africa and the biggest private investment in Kenyan history. While the Kenyan Government strongly supports this project, at local level it has been accompanied by accusations of land grabbing, corporate negligence and infringement of customary land rights. The article “The changing value […]