Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 23)
Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the Horn
This is the fourth and final issue of the REGLAP annual journal Disaster risk reduction in the drylands of the Horn of Africa on innovations in policy and practice from the ECHO Drought Risk Reduction Action Plan partners and beyond. It includes articles on: Kenya–Ethiopia crossborder mobility; natural resource governance in Garbatulla, Kenya; community conflict […]
Pastoralist Knowledge Conference in Marsabit
Men and women pastoralists from different ethnic groups around Marsabit in northern Kenya came together with development workers from local and international NGOs, donors, scientists and government officials for a 4-day conference in January 2013 on pastoralist knowledge. They explored the challenges and opportunities facing pastoralists in the region, tackling topics such as conflict resolution, […]
Economics of resilience in northern Kenya
The 53-page Kenya country report on the “Economics of resilience” (2012) focuses on interventions in arid and semiarid areas in northern Kenya where pastoralism and agropastoralism are practised. It compares costs of key interventions in response to drought – humanitarian response, early response and building resilience – and calculates the value for money of different […]
Land grabbing for conservation?
The 4-page IIED Briefing Paper “Land grabbing: is conservation part of the problem or the solution?” presents the experience of international-development, wildlife and human-rights practitioners shared at a symposium on land grabbing and conservation in March 2013. Weak governance and poor land-use planning mean that commercial “land grabs” often damage biodiversity and dispossess people from […]
EU approach to resilience in Africa
In response to the massive food crises in Africa, the European Commission (EC) took two initiatives: Supporting Horn of African Resilience (SHARE) and l’Alliance Globale pour l’Initiative Résilience Sahel (AGIR). These set out a new approach to building up the resilience of vulnerable populations, especially those dependent on crop farming and pastoralism. The purpose of […]