Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 44)
Land grabbing and human rights
The Directorate-General for External Policies of the European Parliament issued a report Land grabbing and human rights (2016, 130pp) on the involvement of European corporate and financial entities in land grabbing outside the European Union. The report refers several times to pastoralists and explicitly mentions them in the introduction: “The same applies to pastoralist communities. […]
Government-driven development and pastoralism in the Horn
The Institute for Peace and Security Studies at Addis Ababa University Ethiopia, produced a 444-page book entitled The intricate road to development: government development strategies in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa (2015). It contains 13 chapters by Eastern African authors about pastoralism as a livelihood strategy and a system of mobile livestock […]
Rangeland resource conflict in northern Kenya & southern Ethiopia
Household-level surveys revealed that conflict over land and water among pastoralists in northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia is relatively rare, according to the study Resource conflict in the rangeland: evidence from northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia (Research Brief 04-08-PARIMA 2004, 4pp) by PARIMA (Pastoral Risk Management). Resource conflict in this region appears to be associated […]
CapEx on supporting pastoral development in Africa
In 2015, the Pastoralism subgroup of the Agriculture and Food Security Network of SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) worked through a process of “Capitalisation of Experiences in Supporting Pastoral Development – Addressing Vulnerabilities of Pastoralist Societies in Sub-Saharan Africa”. The final products of this CapEx process included nine briefs written by SDC Programme Officers (see […]
Three handbooks on participatory rangeland management
Garba Tula District in Isiolo County, northern Kenya, is home to about 40,000 pastoralists, mainly Borana. Most of the land is held in trust by the country councils, who strictly control allocation. Decisions on land use and management were taken out of the hands of the communities’ traditional authorities. The dryland programme of the IUCN […]