Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 55)
Addressing fragility in Africa
The High-Level Panel on Fragile States in Africa was set up by the African Development Bank to review the likely sources of fragility in Africa in the coming years and to recommend how to handle them. The report (Feb 2014) “Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa: A Call to Action” points to several issues […]
Meat & greens: CELEP response to The Economist
In response to an article in The Economist of 18 January 2014, entitled “Meat and greens”, which depicted pastoralism as an inefficient production system and a major source of greenhouse-gas emissions (http://www.economist.com/news/international/21594348-lot-can-be-done-make-meat-eating-less-bad-planet-meat-and-greens), a spontaneously formed team within CELEP formulated the following letter to The Editor: SIR –Though your article on the subject of livestock […]
Managing the boom and bust in the drylands
For decades, the Sahel has been presented as suffering from irreversible degradation, leading to desert advancement and the impoverishment of the population. This 32-page issue paper Managing the boom and bust: supporting climate-resilient livelihoods in the Sahel published by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) in December 2013 presents an alternative profile and […]
Mining threatens Karamoja pastoralists in Uganda
The Karamoja region of eastern Uganda is marked by a history of conflict and low levels of development. Many of the roughly 1.2 million residents are pastoralists and agropastoralists. Their livelihoods are increasingly jeopardised by extractive industries, as the region is thought to be rich in minerals. The Ugandan Government promotes private investment in mining […]
What future for peoples in South Omo & Turkana basin?
In 2012, the African Studies Centre of Oxford University brought out a well-documented and hard-hitting report on the potential impact of the Gibe III hydropower dam and associated large-scale commercial irrigation on the environment and the livelihoods of the local people in South Omo, primarily (agro)pastoralists and fishers, such as the Bodi, Mursi, Kara, Nyangatom, […]