Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 26)
Good practice in pastoralism, nature conservation & development
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) brought out a good-practice guide on “Pastoralism, nature conservation and development” (2010, 40pp) on the links between pastoralism, biodiversity and poverty reduction. It describes the role of pastoralism in conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in drylands, and the contribution of pastoralism to poverty reduction and […]
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 […]
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 […]
One Health in pastoral Ethiopia
In recent years in pastoral areas of developing countries, the One Health approach has gained greater credibility and visibility as a way to combine interventions for both human and animals. However, relatively little attention in the work on One Health has been given thus far to the component of environmental health, i.e. the health of the […]
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 […]