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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 […]
31/01/2012
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New info source on rangelands tenure
The International Land Coalition (ILC) has opened a new page on rangelands tenure on its Land Portal. This page features news and articles about traditional and modern institutions of land tenure in the drylands, issues of common property resources, national land use policies and bills, and land transactions – focused on eastern Africa.
31/01/2012
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Changing gender roles in the East African drylands
The Oxfam-led Regional Learning and Advocacy Project (REGLAP) aims to promote resilience among vulnerable dryland communities in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya through policy change and practice. It recently brought out a study on gender roles in dryland communities in the Horn of Africa and implications for development programming.The changing nature of gender roles in the […]
31/01/2012
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Women pastoralists facing modern challenges
The booklet Women pastoralists – preserving traditional knowledge, facing modern challenges is devoted women pastoralists, their knowledge of and contributions to sustainable land management, and the coping mechanisms they have developed in their struggle to survive. It is a call to action to support them by increasing their access to productive assets and their participation in […]
29/12/2011
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Sugar versus agro-pastoralism in southern Ethiopia
The Oakland Institute, an independent think-tank in the United States, explains how land deals in the Lower Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia are affecting the lives of the indigenous Bodi, Suri, Mursi, Hamer, Dassenach and other agro-pastoralists. The September 2011 Land Deal Brief “Understanding land investment deals in Africa“ sees half a million lives threatened […]
29/12/2011
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In your hands: AU Pastoral Policy Framework
The very fact that the African Union (AU) has produced a framework document for pastoral policy in Africa is a big step forward and a great support to advocacy for pastoralism. The document underlines the rationale of mobile pastoral production systems and its positive response to new market opportunities, To draw attention to this important […]