Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 48)
Vulnerable livelihoods in Somali Region, Ethiopia
An investigation into the causes and consequences of livelihood vulnerability in Somali Region, Ethiopia, revealed that livestock-based livelihoods are relatively lucrative but extremely vulnerable to drought and conflict. Cross-border livestock marketing to Somalia and the Gulf states generates enormous revenues for stockowners, traders and marketing agents, mainly in the informal sector. Analysis of long-term rainfall […]
Pastoral land rights, livelihoods & climate change
The International Land Coalition (ILC) and the World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP) brought together inputs from participants in a web-based forum on pastoral land rights and a web-based forum organised by WISP on pastoralism and climate change adaptation, and enriched these insights further on the basis of documentation from several projects. This was published […]
Water development in the drylands of the Horn
Reckless water development is one of the main constraints to resilience in the drylands of the Horn of Africa. The 11-page document Water development in the drylands in the Horn of Africa (2011) issued by FAO and REGLAP (Regional Learning & Advocacy Programme for Vulnerable Dryland Communities) outlines important basic principles in financing and developing […]
Issa pastoralists in Ethiopia: changing livelihoods & conflict
A rapid analysis of Issa pastoralist livelihoods and conflict in the Somali region on Ethiopia was commissioned by Mercy Corps and carried out by the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University. The 96-page report Moving up or moving out? A rapid livelihoods and conflict analysis in Mieso-Mulu Woreda, Shinile Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia (2010) recommends policy […]
Cross-border mobility of Kenyan & Tanzanian Maasai
Using a recent incident of closing borders to movement of Maasai pastoralists between Kenya and Tanzania, Fiona Flintan reflects on how changes in land use and pressure on land are leading to changes in the traditional practices of reciprocal resource sharing between different groups of livestock-keepers, also across borders. This restriction in mobility of the […]