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Sociocultural impacts of Prosopis on Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia
In the article “Reimagining invasions: the social and cultural impacts of Prosopis on pastoralists in southern Afar, Ethiopia”, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017, 7:22), Paul Rogers, Fiona Nunan and Abiy Addisu Fentie look at the sociocultural dimensions of the invasive plant species Prosopis julifloras. They present the perceptions of Afar pastoralists and […]
Changes in livelihoods of evicted agropastoralists in Tanzania
The article “Changes in livelihoods of evicted agro-pastoralists from Ihefu Basin in Tanzania” by GB Msigwa and ZK Mvena, published in Livestock Research for Rural Development 26 (1) 2014, looks at the extent of livelihood change and impoverishment among agropastoralists who were evicted from Ihefu Basin in Mbarali District of Tanzania and forced to settle […]
Land tenure & sustainable pastoralism in East Africa & the Andes
The ELLA (Evidence and Lessons from Latin America) Research Paper “Land tenure and the sustainability of pastoral productive systems: a comparative institutional analysis of the Andean altiplano and the East African savannah” (2017, 32pp) by Gerardo Damonte et al analyses the relationship between pastoral land-tenure systems and the sustainability of pastoralism as a production system […]
Helping Tanzanian pastoralists & hunter-gatherers secure land
A case study in the International Land Alliance (ILC) database of good practices is presented by UCRT (Ujamaa Community Support Team), a partner organisation of CELEP. The study “Supporting communities of pastoralists and hunter-gatherers to secure land and sustainably manage resources” (2017, 10pp) by Edward Loure (UCRT) and Amira Kheir (ILC) describes UCRT’s work with […]
Pastoralist commons management in Karamoja, Uganda
The article “Changes in pastoralist commons management and their implications in Karamoja (Uganda)” by Zuzana Filipová and Nadia Johanisova, published in the Journal of Political Ecology 24: 881–900 (2017), analyses the shift from traditional to current pastoral practices and diversification of livelihoods of the Jie group of the Karimojong in Kotido District, Uganda. Focusing on […]