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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 […]
04/08/2017
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Pastoralist commons management in Karamoja, Uganda
The article “Changes in pastoralist commons management and their implications in Karamoja (Uganda)” by Zuzana Filipová and Nadia Johanisova, published in the Journal of Political Ecology 24: 881–900 (2017), analyses the shift from traditional to current pastoral practices and diversification of livelihoods of the Jie group of the Karimojong in Kotido District, Uganda. Focusing on […]
04/08/2017
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Camel health, zoonoses & food safety in Kenya
The paper “Camel health management and pastoralists’ knowledge and information on zoonoses and food safety risks in Isiolo County, Kenya” by Peter Obimbo Lamuka et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2017 7:20, looks into Somali, Garra and Boran pastoralists’ management of camel health and implications for zoonoses and food safety in Isiolo […]
03/08/2017
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Borana pastoralists adopt camels to adapt to climate change
Borana pastoralists in southern Ethiopia used to keep primarily cattle but have recently diversified into keeping camels after experiencing recurrent severe droughts. The study “Camel management as an adaptive strategy to climate change by pastoralists in southern Ethiopia” by Galma Wako et al (2017, 12pp) published in Ecological Processes 6:26 (DOI 10.1186/s13717-017-0093-5) looks into evidence […]
03/08/2017
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Trade-offs between pastoralism & wildlife conservation in Kenya
Some pastoralists in the East African rangelands diversify into wildlife conservation and tourism in order to supplement livestock-based livelihoods and to spread risk. Tourism can be an alternative source of income during drought, but may reduce access to grazing resources, and wildlife may destroy crops and injure, kill or transmit disease to livestock or people. […]
03/08/2017
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Poverty, health & pastoral ecosystem interactions in Kenya
Pastoralists are over-represented among the poor. Poverty has been mainly attributed to lack of access, e.g. to goods, education or enabling institutions, but recent insights suggest that ecosystems may influence poverty and the self-reinforcing mechanisms that constitute poverty traps. One example could be zoonoses. The article “Poor livestock keepers: ecosystem–poverty–health interactions” by Delia Grace et […]