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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 […]
11/08/2024
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How climate information services can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa
The policy brief “How climate information services (CIS) can help pastoralists in the Horn of Africa” (2024, 11pp) by Claire Bedelian, published by SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), explores the challenges pastoralists face when using climate information services (CIS). Despite the growing availability of CIS, their use remains limited among […]
12/07/2024
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High resource-use efficiency of traditional pastoralism in Sudan
22/06/2024
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Green transition & pastoralists in Eastern Africa
The Directorate-General for External Policies (DG EXPO) of the European Parliament published a commissioned report “Opportunities and challenges of the green transition for pastoralism and indigenous people in Africa” (2024) that focuses primarily on the situation of pastoralists in Eastern Africa. The publication includes the study report (42pp) by Jonathan Davies and the proceedings of […]
07/06/2024
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Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge & early warning in northern Kenya
The article “Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge and early warning: a review of drought management in the drylands, with insights from northern Kenya” by Samuel Derbyshire and colleagues, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (June 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/past.2024.13006), explores the recent history of early warning systems in Kenya. It identifies key features of the political, technical and […]
29/05/2024
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