Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 75)
A case study on the Karamoja region: the status of land
A study on the status of land under wildlife, forestry and mining concessions in the Karamoja Region, Uganda, has been completed by Trocaire Uganda and Oxfam GB. It aims to factually ground interventions for securing tenure and livelihoods on contemporary and up-to-date information. Findings show that communities are vulnerable to internal and external loss of […]
Why De Soto’s land-tenure ideas of formalized property rights fail to benefit Africa’s poor
by Marcel Rutten, African Studies Centre The World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development noted in 1989 that “land availability was not a major problem in the context of most African countries” (WCARRD 1998: 17). Since then, however, some of the continent’s most serious conflicts (e.g. in Rwanda and Ivory Coast) have been linked to problems related to land availability […]
ASC: Ignoring another Inconvenient truth? Managing Africa’s water crisis
By: MARCEL RUTTEN AND MOSES MWANGI. “Among the many things I learnt as a president was the centrality of water in the social, political and economic affairs of the country, the continent and the world.” (Nelson Mandela) Water is a basic need and an important catalyst for accelerating socio-economic development in semi-arid areas. Good management […]
Reducing vulnerability: pastoralism & climate change
This report from the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) is one of six reports prepared for the ECHO-funded project on ‘Reducing the vulnerability of pastoral communities through policy and practice change in the Horn and East Africa’. The project aimed to raise awareness among planners and policymakers about the full […]
Kimmage DSC: Land Issues in Karamoja Pastoral Region of Uganda (16-18 June 2010)
by Ambroise Dbins Toolit Degazatted land for wildlife (Gov’t) in hectares: Amudat Community Wildlife Management Area 205,300 Central Karamoja (Napak) Controlled Hunting Area 22,451 Iriri Community Wildlife Management Area 104,600 Karenga Community Wildlife Management Area 95,600 North Karamoja Controlled Hunting Area 1,079,330 South Karamoja Controlled Hunting Area 789,970 Total land size 2,297,251 Ha Kidepo Valley […]