Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 43)
Terminology: grazing lands & grazing animals
The Forage and Grassland Foundation (USA), the International Grassland Congress and the International Rangeland Congress jointly compiled an International terminology for grazing lands and grazing animals (2011) that brings a consensus about terms and definitions so as to ensure clear international communication regarding grazing lands and grazing animals. The terms refer to both domesticated and […]
CELEP 2016 annual meeting in London, UK
The 2016 annual meeting of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) was held on 5–7 October in IIED headquarters in London, United Kingdom. It was hosted by IIED and organised by Vétérinaires Sans Frontières–Belgium (VSFB). A total of 25 people took part, including European members and Eastern African partners of CELEP. […]
Water development in communal rangelands of northern Kenya
At the International Rangeland Congress in July 2016 in Saskatoon, Canada, a presentation on “Promoting resilience by influencing water infrastructure development in community managed rangelands of Northern Kenya” was made by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) in the session on “Rangeland Goods and Services”. This highlighted the challenges, key issues and achievements of […]
Controlling prosopis through use in Somaliland
CELEP member PENHA (Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa) held a workshop on the control and use of Prosopis juliflora on May 2016 in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Prosopis is an invasive woody species that has been destroying pasture throughout large parts of Eastern Africa and the Horn. The workshop focused on how pastoralists […]
Tanzania pastoralists threatened by evictions
The report “Tanzania pastoralists threatened: eviction, human rights violations and loss of livelihood” (2016, 92pp), brought out by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), explores evictions of pastoralists and other conflicts over pastoralists’ land in Tanzania, mainly within the past decade. The IWGIA study involved gathering the available information and visiting affected pastoralist […]