Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 16)
IYRP promoted at pastoralism conference in Burkina Faso
At the Conference on Pastoralism and Rangelands Restoration on 19-20 June 2019 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tezera Getahun from Pastoralist Forum Ethiopia (PFE) – a member of the IYRP Support Group and member of the CELEP Core Group – presented the call for a United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). He explained […]
Challenges in studying pastoralist conflict in southern Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Government continuously calls for policy-relevant research, but the attempts to fill the evidence gap cannot ignore the political economy and power dynamics in the country. The article “Fundamental challenges in academic–government partnership in conflict research in the pastoral lowlands of Ethiopia” (2019) by Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta et al., published in the IDS Bulletin […]
Karamojong: “Pastoralism is our future”
The Karamoja Development Forum (KDF), a CELEP partner organisation based in Uganda, has issued a statement to the Ugandan Government in defence of the pastoralists’ rights to mobility. The statement “For Karamojong: Pastoralism is our future, not our past” was published in the newspaper New Vision on 27 May 2019. It was in response to […]
CELEP members co-organise “72 hours of milk”
CELEP members Veterinarians Without Borders (VSF) Belgium and Oxfam organised the “72 hours of milk” event held in Brussels on 8–12 April 2019. A short film “Let’s not export our problems!” explained how European milk (and milk byproduct) exports are inhibiting the local milk sector in West Africa. CELEP sponsored Dr Margareta Lelea from the […]
Analysing mobile pastoralists’ activism, e.g. from Kenya
The article “The new politics of pastoralism: identity, justice and global activism” (2014) by Caroline Upton, published in Geoforum 54: 207–216 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.11.011), addresses the politics and practices of natural resource rights with a view to environmental justice. Struggles over identity politics at different geographical scales have become important mediators of claims for justice with respect […]