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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 […]
15/03/2022
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Pastoral land alienation in Southern Ethiopia
Because of misconceptions about pastoral production in Ethiopia, policymakers regard pastoral lands as underused and needing ‘development’. Policies have favoured externally imposed development schemes that often expropriate pastoralists in favour of large-scale commercial activities. Resource alienation and curtailment of mobility have made the pastoral systems less resilient. The paper “Putting pastoralists on the policy agenda: […]
14/03/2022
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Challenges of community-based NRM in rangelands
The paper “The challenges of community-based natural resource management in pastoral rangelands” (2021) by Lance Robinson et al, published in Society & Natural Resources 34(9): 1213–1231, compares five case studies – two from Kenya, two from Ethiopia and one from Tunisia – to identify contextual aspects that affect the implementation of community-based natural resource management […]
12/03/2022
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Developing legal & policy frameworks for pastoral mobility
Mobility is a vital strategy used by pastoralists to capitalise on the scarce availability of resources in variable environments, making pastoralism economically feasible and environmentally sustainable. Through mobility, pastoralists can produce animal-source foods in the rangelands and also provide various environmental benefits. Most policies have not kept up with new scholarship that acknowledges the importance […]
12/03/2022
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Peaceful co-management of resources by farmers & herders in Darfur
The learning brief “Role of local governance and community-based institutions for the peaceful co-management of natural resources” (2021, 12pp) by Saverio Krätli is the final one in a series issued by the Taadoud II: Transition to Development project led by the Catholic Relief Services in Darfur, Sudan. It looks as local governance and its role […]
12/03/2022
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Forest management in pastoral drylands of Ethiopia
As part of a Netherlands-funded project on dry forest management and restoration in Ethiopia, CELEP member organisation PENHA (Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa) and Tropenbos International held a national workshop in April 2021 to review knowledge on this topic. The outcome is the report “Dryland restoration and dry forest management in […]