Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 25)
Holistic Rangeland Management in northern Tanzania
The 8-page pamphlet “Holistic Rangeland Management in two communities in northern Tanzania” brought out in 2019 by the Mara Training Centre in Narok, Kenya, describes the approach of Holistic Rangeland Management (HRM). It summarises the key implementation steps, the institutional and governance aspects of the approach and the major biophysical interventions for promoting and monitoring […]
Piloting Participatory Rangeland Management in Kenya
Since 2018, the CELEP partner organisation RECONCILE (Resource Conflict Institute) is collaborating with pastoralist communities and the County Government in Baringo and with technical partners in ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), ILC (International Land Coalition) and VSFB (Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium, focal point of CELEP) in piloting the Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) approach in Kenya. […]
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: […]
Participatory Rangeland Management Planning field guide
The 18-page booklet “Participatory Rangeland Management Planning: a field guide” (2018) by Guyo Roba and Jonathan Davies was prepared primarily for staff in IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) dryland projects but could be useful also to other practitioners. Based primarily on IUCN experiences in Eastern Africa, the practical guide illustrates the steps to […]
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 […]