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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 […]
24/06/2017
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Herders & wildlife conservation in Laikipia, Kenya
Pastoral systems have long overlapped with wildlife in African rangelands. With growing recognition of the importance of wildlife outside of protected areas, conservation efforts focus increasingly on combining wildlife and livestock keeping, often involving pastoralists. The article “Herders and herdsmen: the remaking of pastoral livelihoods in Laikipia, Kenya” (2017, 11pp, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy […]
30/05/2017
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Strengthening community land regulations in Kenya
Land-Sector Non-State Actors (LSNSA) have been engaged in developing and implementing the Community Land Act in Kenya. Since its enactment in August 2016, LSNSA members have reviewed and simplified the contents of the law to create awareness and for roundtable and workshop discussions so as to promote understanding of the law and generate proposals to […]
23/05/2017
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Role and value of pastoralism
A 4-page position paper of the Coalition of European Lobbies on Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) on Recognising the role and value of pastoralism and pastoralists has been updated and published as CELEP Policy Brief 1. We, the Coalition of European Lobbies on Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), regard pastoralism as a rational and viable economic land-use […]
01/05/2017
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Changes in the drylands of Eastern Africa
The Institute for Development Studies (IDS) coordinated research into “Changes in the drylands of Eastern Africa: implications for resilience-strengthening efforts” (2016) commissioned by the DFID East Africa Research Hub to collect and analyse detailed evidence of long-term changes in the drylands and implications for strengthening resilience of pastoral systems. The research covered Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, […]
30/04/2017
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Long-term future of people in Ngorongoro District, Tanzania
The paper “Move child, move!: towards middle and high income for the people of the Ngorongoro District” (2016, 18pp) explores the long-term economic options in the district in the light of Tanzania’s development goal to achieve middle-income status in 20 years and high-income status in 80 years. The Ngorongoro District is part of the Serengeti ecosystem. […]