Pastoralism & Extractives (page 2)
Pastoralism & large-scale green energy projects
Pastoralism-and-large-scale-REnewable-energy-and-green-hydrogen-projects A study commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Brot für die Welt, Germany, looks at how large-scale solar- and wind-power and green-hydrogen projects affects pastoralists. It seeks to highlight this growing challenge so that: i) policymakers and civil society can shape the expansion of producing renewables in the drylands so that it does […]
Sugar estates destroy Bodi pastoralism in Ethiopia
The article “Sugar industrialization and distress selling of livestock among the Bodi pastoralists in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley” by Fana Gebresenbet, published in Pastoralism 11:22 (2021), shows that the Bodi, a small agropastoral community in southern Ethiopia, are experiencing collective impoverishment and are selling their livestock out of distress. This is due to the rapid […]
Land investment reconfiguring Eastern Africa’s pastoral drylands
The rush for land and resources in sub-Saharan Africa is often happening alongside regional projects to upgrade and expand infrastructure. The urgency to unlock untapped economic potential has generated heated debate around the social and environmental impacts, as well as consequences for livelihoods, rights and benefit sharing. More than ever before, the gaze of global […]
Impact of resettling Maasai from Olkaria on herd productivity
Projects such as dams, conservancies, and geothermal energy production necessitate the relocation of project-affected persons. Resettlement often causes loss of livelihoods. In 2014, Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) displaced 155 Maasai pastoralist households to create space for expansion of the existing geothermal electricity generation plants at Olkaria. The pastoralists were moved to an area […]
Kenya: Wind-power project changes value of pastoral land
Lake Turkana Wind Power in northern Kenya is the largest wind farm in Africa and the biggest private investment in Kenyan history. While the Kenyan Government strongly supports this project, at local level it has been accompanied by accusations of land grabbing, corporate negligence and infringement of customary land rights. The article “The changing value […]