Pastoralism & Climate Change (page 11)
Impact of renewable energy projects on Kenyan pastoralists
The report “The impact of renewable energy projects on indigenous communities in Kenya” (2019, 44pp) by Ilse Renkens was published by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in Denmark. It investigates the impact of two renewable energy projects on pastoralists in Kenya: the Lake Turkana Wind Power project and the Olkaria Geothermal Power […]
Camels raise Karamoja pastoralist households’ resilience to drought
In pastoral systems in arid and semi-arid parts of Eastern Africa, including Uganda, camels are increasingly being integrated into herds as a strategy to adapt to increasing drought. The study “The role of camel production on household resilience to droughts in pastoral and agro-pastoral households in Uganda” by Robert Asiimwe et al., published in Pastoralism: […]
Potential for carbon sequestration in Eastern African grasslands
The review article “Potential for soil organic carbon sequestration in grasslands in East African countries” by Bezaye Tessema et al (CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land & Ecosystems) published in 2020 in Grassland Science, summarises quantitative studies on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in grasslands in six Eastern African countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania […]
Weather and climate forecasting by Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia
In many pastoral communities in Africa, traditional weather and climate forecasting is the most accessible and affordable source of such information. In the study “Indigenous weather and climate forecasting knowledge among Afar pastoralists of northeastern Ethiopia: role in adaptation to weather and climate variability” (by Mulubrhan Balehegn et al, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and […]
Kenyan pastoralists adapt to climate variability
A study on “Impact of climate variability on pastoral households and adaption strategies in Garissa County, Northern Kenya” by Michael Okoti et al, published in 2014 in the Journal of Human Ecology 45 (3): 243–249, has been summarised in accessible form in the e-newsletter The Conversation (1 May 2019) under the title “How Kenya’s pastoralists […]