Pastoralism, Mobility & Land Tenure (page 16)
Wildlife conservation from within Kenyan pastoralist communities
Islands of protected areas cannot secure all the space needed to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem function at a global scale and in the face of climate change. Conserving biodiversity on a landscape scale depends on finding adequate space and a meaningful place in the lives of land users. In the article “Conservation from the inside-out: […]
Context analysis of pastoralism & agropastoralism in Ethiopia
As a contribution to further development of the Draft Policy and Strategy Framework of the Ethiopian Ministry of Federal and Pastoral Development Affairs (MoFPDA), Mercy Corps commissioned the SEGEL Research Training and Consulting PLC to analyse the context of pastoralism and agropastoralism in the country. The “Context analysis of pastoral and agropastoral areas to enrich […]
Complex mosaic resource tenure in pastoral systems
Pastoral resource governance systems tend not to conform to the assumptions and principles of mainstream theories on property rights and governance of commons. This is often explained by the concept of open-property regimes, which holds that the typical features of dryland pastoralism – limited and highly variable rainfall, low resource density, mobility, and institutions and […]
Pastoralists, politics, development projects & conflict in Kenya
Dryland counties of northern Kenya are expected to undergo massive change in the coming years because of the Government’s ambitious infrastructural development agenda, but the area frequently experiences ethnic and political conflict. A case study was made in Isiolo County, where planned development projects and conflict risks coincide. In the Bonn International Centre for Conversion […]
Review of livestock mobility in sub-Saharan Africa
Movement of African pastoralists with their herds has historically been seen by outsiders as working against environmental and development goals. Recently, the logic of livestock mobility has been embraced but uncertainties persist as to what it means and how it could be measured. Various unexamined associations circulate that tie livestock mobility to features of pastoral cultures, […]