Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 28)
Wildlife conservation in Kenya displacing pastoralists
The article “The ugly truth about wildlife conservation in Kenya” (3 August 2017) is an opinion piece by Adullahi Boru Halakhe on Al Jazeera’s website. “Wildlife conservationists perceive pastoralism as a poor land use method with little economic value, which is detrimental to wildlife. Pastoralists, on the other hand, see wildlife conservation as a large-scale […]
Socio-ecological impacts of large-scale interventions in Omo-Turkana Basin
In their paper “Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana Basin: a synthesis of current developments”, published in Ambio (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-139-3) in January 2019, Jennifer Hodbod, Edward Stevenson et al synthesise current available knowledge on the impacts of the Gibe III dam and associated large-scale commercial farming in the Omo-Turkana Basin in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The […]
Extractive industries and pastoralists’ rights in Kenya & Uganda
A report of the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities Extractive industries, land rights and indigenous populations’/communities’ rights: East, Central and Southern Africa (140pp) was published in 2017 by the CELEP partner IWGIA (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs) and was adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its 58th […]
Pastoral project & territorial conflict in southern Kenya
Interventions in the name of development often simplify complex social realities, lose sight of the relational dynamics beyond the “target group” and thus may contribute to conflict. The article “Territorial conflicts, agency and the strategic appropriation of interventions in Kenya’s southern drylands” by Angela Kronenburg Garcia (published in Sustainability 2018, 10(11), 4156) examines how a […]
Pastoral land policies in Ethiopia, Kenya & Uganda
The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) produced a review report on “Policies and proclamations relevant to pastoral areas land management for Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” (2017, 52pp) as an output from the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project (RPLRP) funded by the World Bank. The report is based on a desk study […]