Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 27)
“The Karamoja Pastoralist” magazine by Karamoja Development Forum
“The Karamoja Pastoralist” magazine is a biannual publication supported by the Karamoja Development Forum (KDF). In this first publication, numerous subjects are being addressed, ranging from the establishment of a Pastoralist Information Centre to a field visit of Members of European Parliament to Karamoja, and articles on cross-border pastoralism, conflict and resilience.
Maasai community video for advocacy
Maasai community members in Loliondo, Tanzania, have been trained to make their own videos to help them resist land-grabs by foreign investors. In 1992, a luxury hunting company from the United Arab Emirates occupied 1500 km2 of village land in Loliondo to set up a private game reserve beside the Serengeti National Park. Since then, […]
Tanzania’s Village Land Act 15 years on
In Rural 21 (3/2016), Godfrey Massay of the Tanzania Natural Resource Forum reviews “Tanzania’s Village Land Act 15 years on”. A wave of land reforms became operational in Tanzania in 2001. The goals were ambitious – encouraging land registration and titling, and empowering women and other vulnerable groups – but the results are disillusioning. Implementation […]
The path to greener pastures
CELEP partner Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International has brought out a technical brief The path to greener pastures: pastoralism – the backbone of the world’s drylands (2016, 20pp) that looks at the factors impeding development in pastoralist regions and suggests ways to improve pastoralist livelihoods. It is organised around the “community capitals” framework, which combines two […]
CELEP Update June 2016
The CELEP Update for June 2016 reports on past, ongoing and planned activities of the CELEP Focal Point at VSF-Belgium. It brings information about the pilot project being developed with the International Land Coalition on participatory rangeland management, the travel of journalists to Tanzania to investigate impacts of investments of the New Alliance, the resolution […]