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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 […]
03/03/2013
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Drought contingency planning with pastoral communities
Many people in the drylands are witnessing climate change and its consequences on their lives and the environment. Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) share common goals of reducing vulnerability of communities and achieving sustainable development. CMDRR is an essential part of adaptation; it is the first line of defence […]
03/03/2013
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Indigenous rangeland monitoring in the Horn of Africa
The briefing note “Indigenous rangelands monitoring: harnessing pastoralist knowledge in the Horn of Africa”, issued by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism) in 2011, tries to bridge the gap between rangeland science and pastoralist rangeland management. The challenge is partly one of different knowledge systems and a failure of scientists and practitioners to communicate effectively […]
03/03/2013
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Climate change adaptation in Africa’s livestock sector
The briefing note “Supporting adaptation to climate change in Africa’s livestock sector”, issued by WISP (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism) in 2010, argues that Africa’s livestock sector contributes negligibly to global output of greenhouse gases and that the most extensive livestock systems can even contribute environmental benefits such as maintaining rangeland biodiversity and ecosystem health. […]
03/03/2013
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Pastoralism: a surer investment than irrigated farming
The study “Counting the costs: replacing pastoralism with irrigated agriculture in the Awash valley, north-eastern Ethiopia” (March 2013) analyses the opportunity costs of irrigation projects in a pastoralist area. Regional planners need to know not only that a development scheme is economically viable, but also that it produces economic benefits that will exceed those that […]
03/03/2013
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Action research for Disaster Risk Reduction in Ethiopia & Kenya
In the project “Improved Community Response to Drought” (ICRD) funded by ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office), the Vétérinaires Sans Frontières consortium (VSF-Belgium, Germany and Switzerland) is engaged in action research in the Greater Horn of Africa. It is working in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia with Dessanach, Hamer, Somali and Karamoja pastoralists in Pastoral […]