Pastoralism, Policy & Power (page 19)
Crossing boundaries: policies & laws for mobile pastoralism
Initiated by the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and authored by Jonathan Davies et al of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the 90-page publication “Crossing boundaries: legal and policy arrangements for cross-border pastoralism” (2018) brings a review of various legal and policy instruments […]
CELEP at EC InfoPoint: linking research & policy
“Linking research to policies and practices: experiences in pastoralism in Eastern Africa” was the topic of the lunchtime conference organised by CELEP at the European Commission (EC) External Cooperation InfoPoint in Brussels, Belgium, on 29 November 2018. Pastoralism is an important and valuable livelihood for millions of people in the Eastern African drylands. It contributes […]
Peacebuilding in Kenya-Somalia borderlands
In the article “The changing nature of local peacebuilding in Kenya’s north-eastern borderlands” (2018), published in Accord Insight 4: 26–33, Aden Abdi and Jeremy Lind examine the northeastern Kenyan borderlands with Somalia, tracing the evolution of conflict and peacebuilding from the post-independence period to today. Through a historical analysis of relations between the margins and the centre, they […]
Pastoral land policies in Ethiopia, Kenya & Uganda
The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) produced a review report on “Policies and proclamations relevant to pastoral areas land management for Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” (2017, 52pp) as an output from the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The report is based on a desk study […]
Securing communal land rights in Karamoja
The report “Policy and legal framework for securing communal land rights in Karamoja: challenges, opportunities and entry points for interventions” (2018, 28pp) presents the findings of a land governance study commissioned by the BRACED (Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters) project in the Karamoja region of Uganda. The aim of the study was to […]