Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 39)
Governing tenure rights to commons
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security were adopted by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) in 2012. They lay out the obligations and responsibilities of state and non-state actors to govern the tenure of land, fisheries and forests, including […]
Adapting traditional land governance in Somalia
Pastoral rangelands are vital to Somalia’s livestock-dominated economy. Traditional common-property regimes are under pressure from rangeland enclosures, population growth and charcoal production. Also under these challenging situations, hybrids of customary and “modern” law enable pastoralist communities to assert their rights. Hybrid institutions that formalise roles for traditional leaders have allowed the development of strong Somali-owned […]
Get to know pastoralism: handbook for journalists
The 16-page booklet “Get to know pastoralism – it works! a handbook for journalists” (2009) was brought out by the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Advocacy Project (REGLAP) funded by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO) and based in Kenya. In straightforward language, the booklet describes the current marginalised position of pastoralists, explains how this marginalisation […]
Resilience and collapse among pastoralist groups in Kenya
In the article “Resilience and collapse: histories, ecologies, conflicts and identities in the Baringo-Bogoria basin, Kenya”, published in 2016 in the Journal of Eastern African Studies (10:1, 1–20), David Anderson and Michael Bollig use the concept of resilience to examine long-term adaptation and transformation in response to environmental, economic, cultural or political shocks or adverse […]
Resource governance in Tanzanian Wildlife Management Areas
The article “Austere conservation: understanding conflicts over resource governance in Tanzanian wildlife management areas” by Jevgeniy Bluwstein et al (published 2016 in Conservation and Society 14(3): 218–231) explores how the regime of rules over access to land, natural and financial resources reflects the degree of community ownership of a Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Tanzania. […]