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Indigenous knowledge and water use by Ethiopian pastoralists
Valuing local knowledge related to natural resource management important for development interventions in pastoral area but it is often difficult to link up development planners with “indigenous knowledge”. The paper Valuing “indigenous knowledge” related to water usage among Garri pastoralists of southern Ethiopia (African Study Monographs, Supplement 48: 49–58, March 2014) focuses on a major current […]
Strengthening customary institutions in Isiolo County, Kenya
The Resource Advocacy Programme (RAP) in Isiolo County of northern Kenya used a rapid participatory assessment approach to investigate the benefits of strengthening customary institutions for natural resource stewardship. The objective of the assessment was to weigh the benefits and costs of investments in adaptation to short- and long-term climate variability and change. The investments […]
Securing community land rights in dryland Kenya
Issues to do with communal land are at the centre of discussion in Kenya, especially pertaining to the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). The report “Securing community land rights in the Kenyan ASALs: available legal options” (2015, 30pp) written by Michael Ochieng Odhiambo and published by the Adaptation Consortium, contributes to the discussion and suggests […]
Making Rangelands Secure Bulletin 6 (Aug 2015)
The sixth issue of “Making Rangelands Secure: news, views and experiences of policymakers, practitioners and communities on making rangelands secure for local users” (12pp) reports on pastoral land rights and governance, land-use planning by the Mursi in southern Ethiopia, the progress of the Community Land Bill in Kenya, the continuing conflicts in Loliondo in Tanzania, […]
Pastoral raiding and violent conflict in NW Kenya
Various pastoral communities in the Horn of Africa have traditionally used raiding as a way of restocking herds, especially after droughts or disease outbreaks. In recent years, however, livestock raiding has become more frequent, violent and destructive. In the paper “Raiding pastoral livelihoods: motives and effects of violent conflict in north-western Kenya” (Pastoralism: Research, Policy […]