Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 29)
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 […]
Securing communal land rights in Karamoja
The report “Policy and legal framework for securing communal land rights in Karamoja: challenges, opportunities and entry points for interventions” (2018, 28pp) presents the findings of a land governance study commissioned by the BRACED (Building Resilience to Climate Extremes and Disasters) project in the Karamoja region of Uganda. The aim of the study was to […]
PASTRES: Pastoralism under pressure in northern Kenya
In the blog “Pastoralism under pressure in northern Kenya” (November 2018), Ian Scoones reports on a scoping visit by the research team from PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience) to Isiolo Country in northern Kenya, the home of Waso Boran pastoralists. The team explored climatic, market, institutional and policies uncertainties, including implications of the LAPSSET (Lamu […]