Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 7)
CELEP in Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
MISA is an international alliance standing in solidarity with the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo in northern Tanzania. It brings together faith-based organisations, human rights organisations, international aid and development organisations as well as researchers. The alliance includes the Africa Europe Faith Justice Network (AEFJN), Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology, Coalition of […]
Critical assessment of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs)
In the paper “What’s wrong with the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) model?”, the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – which includes CELEP – has made a critical assessment of so-called “community-based conservation” that is sold under the banner of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Tanzania. WMAs promised to vest village governments and local communities with […]
Participatory ward development planning in dryland Kenya
In the past, pastoralists’ limited participation in government planning processes led to misguided development interventions that undermined livelihoods and increase vulnerability. The brief “Participatory planning in Kenya’ drylands: the Ward Development Planning model” (2023, 12pp) by Claire Bedelian et al of the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme, describes a bottom-up […]
Exclusion of pastoralist women in East and Horn of Africa
Pastoralist societies in eastern Africa and the Horn are increasingly marginalised as a result of expansion of cultivation and nature conservation and an increase in human population. In these already marginalised societies, pastoralist women are further excluded, leading to high vulnerability, inequality and dependency. The women have little access to social services or productive assets, […]
Maasai delegation lobbying in Europe for their rights
In May-June 2023, a delegation of Maasai representatives is visiting several European countries, seeking international support to halt the ongoing forced evictions and human rights abuses against the Maasai pastoralists in Loliondo and Ngorongoro in northern Tanzania. See the press release in English, French and German. In Germany, the Maasai spoke with representatives from the […]