Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 26)
Political representation of Il Chamus agropastoralists in Kenya
In the article “A victory in theory, loss in practice: struggles for political representation in the Lake Baringo-Bogoria Basin, Kenya”, published in 2016 in the Journal of Eastern African Studies (10:1, 189–207), Peter Little addresses political rights and identity among Il Chamus agropastoralists of Baringo District of Kenya. He discusses an important 2006 judicial ruling […]
Resource governance in Tanzanian Wildlife Management Areas
The article “Austere conservation: understanding conflicts over resource governance in Tanzanian wildlife management areas” by Jevgeniy Bluwstein et al (published 2016 in Conservation and Society 14(3): 218–231) explores how the regime of rules over access to land, natural and financial resources reflects the degree of community ownership of a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Tanzania. […]
Formalising land rights to dispossess Tanzanian herders & farmers
Formalisation of land rights is proving to be a mechanism to justify dispossession of pastoralists’ and small-scale farmers’ land to support the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT). So argues the article “Dispossession through formalization: Tanzania and the G8 land agenda in Africa” published in the Asian Journal of African Studies (2016, Vol. 40: […]
PENHA conference on pastoralism past & future
Pastoralism: past perspectives and future policy (2015, 78pp) is a report on a one-day conference held in October 2015 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of PENHA (Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa). The conference was organised by PENHA and the Humanitarian Policy Group of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), […]
Changes in pastoral resources in eastern Sudan
The pastoral resources in eastern Sudan are changing under the combined impact of increasing anthropogenic activities such as clearance of natural vegetation and the effect of state policies that favour crop farming against pastoralism. The article “Monitoring changes in pastoral resources in eastern Sudan: a synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge” by Hussein Sulieman and […]