Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 21)
Green colonialism ousting African pastoralists
In his book “L’invention du colonialisme vert: pour en finir avec le mythe de l’Éden africain” (The invention of green colonialism: putting an end to the myth of the African Eden), Guillaume Blanc describes how, in the late 19th century, colonialists believed they had found in Africa the nature they had lost in Europe. They […]
Women’s land rights in pastoral areas of Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, formal laws assert that women have equal rights regarding land use and access. However, the pastoral areas are often highly influenced by religious and customary systems under which women tend to have weaker land rights. The report “Women’s land rights: customary rules and formal laws in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia – complementary […]
Land degradation neutrality: participatory range assessment
In rangelands, land degradation has an immediate and local impact by disrupting ecosystems from functioning, threatening livelihoods, negatively affecting social cohesion and threatening productivity. Land degradation in rangelands is poorly understood because of a lack of robust data and misconceptions of management objectives. Day-to-day land management by pastoralist communities is intricately linked to local knowledge […]
Pastoralism: making variability work
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published “Pastoralism: making variability work” (2021, Animal Production & Health Paper 185, 58pp) written by Saverio Krätli and Ilse Koehler-Rollefsen with comments and guidance from FAO staff and pastoralist specialists worldwide. Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with […]
Water for people and livestock in Borana
As part of the EU-funded RESET (Resilience Building & Creation of Economic Opportunities in Ethiopia) project, CARE Ethiopia looked into “Water in Borana, Ethiopia: a study of the development, use and maintenance of water sources in the rural areas of Borana Zone” (2019, 66pp, by Adrian Cullis et al). It sought a better understanding of […]