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Transforming pastoral livelihoods in eastern Africa
Lands of the future: transforming pastoral lands and livelihoods in eastern Africa by Jon Abbink, Kelly Askew, Dereje Feyissa Dori, Elliot Fratkin, Echi Christina Gabbert, John Galaty, Shauna LaTosky, Jean Lydall, Hussein A. Mahmoud, John Markakis, Günther Schlee, Ivo Strecker & David Turton Working Paper 154 (2014, 28pp), Integration & Conflict Dept, Max Planck Institute […]
Land investment, pastoralist rights & conflict in the Horn
A two-day international conference on “Large-scale agricultural investments in pastoral lowlands of the Horn of Africa: implications for minority rights and pastoral conflicts” was organised by Addis Ababa University’s Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in 2013. The 322-page book based on this conference, entitled A delicate balance: land use, minority rights and social stability […]
Clarifying competition between wildlife & livestock in East Africa
The article in the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2012), “Clarifying competition: the case of wildlife and pastoral livestock in East Africa”, looks at competition in using grazing resources in East Africa. In the literature, the term “competition” related to wildlife and pastoral livestock has been applied to any degree of overlap in habitat […]
Certifying customary land-use rights of Tanzanian pastoralists
Communal lands are central to the livelihoods of many Tanzanians, particularly to pastoralists and hunter-gatherer groups, but numerous factors can threaten the security of these lands remaining “communal” and this, in turn, threatens the livelihoods of many people and cultures. Two civil-society organisations in Tanzania – the Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT) and Maliasili Initiatives […]
Contested margins of Afar Triangle in the Horn
The “Afar Triangle” straddles Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti in the Horn of Africa. For over a century, it has been at the centre of state building and contestation between state and society. Its current relevance lies in the overlapping contestations of power, economic development and nationhood that mark the struggles of the Afar people with […]