Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 14)
Pastoralist innovation in the face of COVID-19
The article “COVID-19 and pastoralism: reflections from three continents” (2020, 25pp) by Giulia Simula et al from the PASTRES Programme of the Institute of Development Studies in the UK, was published in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Looking at five cases of pastoralism in Africa, Asia and Europe, it examines how measures to control the […]
COVID-19 and pastoralists in Eastern Africa
Several papers, statements and blogs are appearing about the effects of the coronavirus and especially of the associated lockdown measures of governments in Eastern Africa on the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists – but also lessons for dealing with coronavirus uncertainties that can be learnt from pastoralists. Some of these publications can be found below. […]
CELEP invited to speak about Covid-19 to European Parliament’s Development Committee
On 3 December 2020, upon invitation of the European Parliament (EP), the European Focal Point of CELEP, Koen Van Troos, took part in a parliamentary session organised by the EP Development Committee. Koen explained how the current crisis related to the outbreak of COVID-19 is affecting pastoralists in Eastern Africa. In May 2020, CELEP had […]
Changing land-tenure regimes in Darfur, Sudan
The briefing paper “Changing land tenure regimes” (2020, 14pp) by Helen Young et al. of the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, highlights the evolving and overlapping tenure regimes of pastoralist and crop-farming livelihood systems in Darfur, Sudan. It shows how pastoralism and crop farming in the area represent an integrated approach to managing natural resources, […]
Participatory mapping with pastoralists reveals their mental maps
Understanding users’ perception of natural resources is important in planning their sustainable use and management. Pastoralist communities manage their vast grazing territories and exploit resource variability through strategic mobility. To improve understanding of the local knowledge on which this is based and to document this knowledge in a way that can be communicated with “outsiders”, […]