Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 24)
Pastoralism & culture in Karamoja, Uganda
The blog article “Pastoralism and culture in Karamoja Region” was written by Loupa Pius of the Dodoth Agropastoralist Development Organization (DADO), a partner organisation of CELEP. This appeared in the ELLA Community blog series. ELLA started as a network for Evidence and Lessons from Latin America but now includes also partners from Africa and Asia. […]
Pastoralism in Kenya’s land-use policy
The draft National Land Use Policy of Kenya (2016, 59pp) gives some attention to pastoralism, including transboundary issues. The overall goal of the policy is to provide a legal, administrative, institutional and technological framework for optimal and sustainable utilisation and productivity of land-related resources. To protect the natural resource and environment in the pastoral arid […]
Pastoralist commons management in Karamoja, Uganda
The article “Changes in pastoralist commons management and their implications in Karamoja (Uganda)” by Zuzana Filipová and Nadia Johanisova, published in the Journal of Political Ecology 24: 881–900 (2017), analyses the shift from traditional to current pastoral practices and diversification of livelihoods of the Jie group of the Karimojong in Kotido District, Uganda. Focusing on […]
Nomadic custodians: securing land-use rights
As part of the Global Call to Action in Indigenous and Community Land Rights, the International Land Coalition (ILC) brought out the 16-pp colourful brochure “Nomadic custodians: a case for securing pastoralist land rights” (2016, 16pp). This focuses on the need to secure land rights for the world’s pastoralists, who use land under community-based governance […]
Review of “The future of pastoralism”
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) devoted an entire issue of its Scientific and Technical Review (Vol. 35, Issue 2, 2016, 720pp) to the topic of pastoralism – its history, pastoral systems in different parts of the world, recent developments in policy and practice, and opportunities for the future. The editors – Jakob Zinsstag […]