Pastoralism & Extractives (page 4)
Unjust valuation of pastoralists’ land in Kenya
The Kenyan Government has passed laws that routinely undervalue pastoralists’ land and undermine pastoralism as a system of production and source of livelihood in the drylands. In his article “The unjust valuation of pastoralists’ land in Kenya”, published online in The Elephant on 2 October 2021, Jarso Mokku argues that the substantial contributions of pastoralists […]
Impact of renewable energy projects on Kenyan pastoralists
The report “The impact of renewable energy projects on indigenous communities in Kenya” (2019, 44pp) by Ilse Renkens was published by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in Denmark. It investigates the impact of two renewable energy projects on pastoralists in Kenya: the Lake Turkana Wind Power project and the Olkaria Geothermal Power […]
Socio-ecological impacts of large-scale interventions in Omo-Turkana Basin
In their paper “Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana Basin: a synthesis of current developments”, published in Ambio (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-139-3) in January 2019, Jennifer Hodbod, Edward Stevenson et al synthesise current available knowledge on the impacts of the Gibe III dam and associated large-scale commercial farming in the Omo-Turkana Basin in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The […]
Extractive industries and pastoralists’ rights in Kenya & Uganda
A report of the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities Extractive industries, land rights and indigenous populations’/communities’ rights: East, Central and Southern Africa (140pp) was published in 2017 by the CELEP partner IWGIA (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs) and was adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its 58th […]
NRM by pastoralists in northern Kenya
The Web article “Shalom empowers Turkana and Pokot communities on management and resolution of natural resource-based conflicts” introduces the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project being implemented in Turkana and West Pokot Counties in northern Kenya, an area long marked by inter-ethnic conflict caused mainly by competition over access to and control of water, pasture and land. With the […]