Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 56)
Pastoralist livestock mobility in Sudan
The research report Pastoralism in practice: monitoring livestock mobility in contemporary Sudan highlights the importance of pastoralist livestock mobility for the resilience of pastoralist livelihood systems and for maximising productivity. Herds of camels, sheep and cattle were followed for up to five months in Darfur and Kordofan Regions of Sudan. Using GPS tracking, the study recorded […]
Lessons from village land-use planning in Tanzanian rangelands
An Issue Paper released as part of the series “Making Rangelands Secure” – a learning initiative supported by ILC, IFAD, RECONCILE, IUCN-WISP and Procasur – suggests improvements to the village land use planning (VLUP) process in Tanzania in order to better contribute to sustainable rangeland management. Developed by the Sustainable Rangeland Management Project (SRMP), the […]
Economics of early response & drought resilience in Kenya & Ethiopia
A study commissioned by UKaid Department for International Development (DFID) was conducted in 2012 to provide first step towards: i) a solid evidence base on the cost effectiveness of building resilience to disasters as compared with the cost of relief and early response; ii) identifying the types of interventions that can provide the highest “Value […]
Indigenous peacekeeping by pastoralists in the two Sudans
The Bahr Alarab River forms the political boundary between Sudan and South Sudan and the natural boundary between the Messeriya and Rezaighat Baggara Arab pastoralists to the north and the Dinka Malual and Nuer to the south. The river system provided the basis for a symbiotic and peaceful co-existence between these diverse ethnic pastoral groups […]
Assessing participatory initiatives with pastoral communities in Ethiopia
The IIED Climate Change Working Paper 6 “The role of community-based natural resource management in climate change adaptation in Ethiopia“ assesses the role of participatory community-based natural resource management initiatives taken by Save the Children (SC) with pastoral communities in the lowlands of Borana and Guji zones in Ethiopia in contributing to climate change adaptation. […]