Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 1)
Pastoral grazing in Tanzania’s Village Forest Reserves
The relations between pastoralism and forestry have long been antagonistic in the eyes of foresters and environmental planners. The paper “Pastoral grazing in Tanzania’s Village Forest Reserves: unearthing extra-ecological motives for (in-)compatibility” by Benezet Rwelengera and Jumanne Abdallah (published 2024 in the Journal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania 44(2): 53–75) examines what shapes the […]
Contested conservation frontiers involving pastoralists in northern Kenya
The 2024 article “Contested conservation frontiers: resource wars, power play, and violence in Samburu and Isiolo Counties” by Clifford Okwany & Evelyne Owino, published in the Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies 8(1): 30–60 (https://doi.org/10.61199/jass.144600) examines informal arrangements between the Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT), pastoralist communities and state actors in Isiolo and Samburu Counties related […]
IYRP Policy brief on pastoralists’ land rights
Consistently with the CELEP’s understanding of pastoralism, this IYRP policy brief on Securing Land Rights for Pastoralism calls for seven priority actions to meet the challenges facing pastoralists’ use of rangelands — a global perspective also highly relevant to pastoralists in East Africa: Guarantee in the law pastoralists’ right of access to land for their […]
Ngorongoro Maasai community meets with President of Tanzania
On 1 December 2924, 150 Maasai delegates from Ngorongoro, Loliondo and Sale met with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan at the State House in Arusha. Over the last two years, different actors have been urging the Government of Tanzania to create space for dialogue between the Government and Maasai communities living in Ngorongoro and Loliondo […]
Community conservancies impact herders’ adaptation to climate change
The establishment of numerous community-based conservancies in northern Kenya has brought about radical changes in the use of, access to and ownership of land. Research outlined in the policy brief “The impact of community-based conservation on pastoralists’ climate change adaptation” (2023, 4pp) by Jackson Wachira et al, revealed that community-based conservation aggravated pastoralists’ vulnerability to […]