Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 9)
Maasai lawyer Joseph Oleshangay awarded Weimar Human Rights Prize
On 10 December 2023 – Human Rights Day – the Maasai lawyer Joseph Moses Oleshangay was awarded the Weimar Human Rights Prize at a ceremony in Weimar, Germany. He was part of the Maasai delegation that made an advocacy tour in Europe in May–June 2023 (see Maasai advocacy tour in Europe generates solidarity). Oleshangay has […]
EP calls on Tanzanian Government to halt evictions of Maasai
European Parliament calls on Tanzanian Government to halt its forcible evictions of Maasai communities On 14 December 2023, the European Parliament adopted an emergency resolution urging the Tanzanian Government to immediately halt ongoing forcible evictions of Maasai communities in the country’s Ngorongoro District. The Parliament calls on the Tanzanian Government to recognise and protect their […]
Conflict, climate change, food security & mobility in Karamoja
The report “Conflict, climate change, food security and mobility in the Karamoja Cluster: a study to analyse interactions among conflict, food security, climate change, migration and displacement factors” (2023, 40pp) presents the findings of a study made between November 2021 and April 2022. The study analysed resource-based conflicts in the Karamoja Cluster to find out […]
Water & rangeland in Karamoja: indigenous & introduced management systems
The agropastoralists in Karamoja, Uganda, have experienced various water and rangeland development projects over the years. The review “Water and rangeland in Karamoja: trends, preferences, and status of indigenous and introduced resources and systems”(2023, 63pp), by Anthony Eguru et al. from the Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) and the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University, […]
Land use for pastoralism & renewable energy in Kenya
At the Tropentag conference “’Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation: trade-offs and synergies” in Berlin on 20–22 September 2023, Ann Waters-Bayer from the CELEP member organisation Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology presented a paper, co-authored with Hussein Wario, on “Climate justice in transforming land-use systems for food and renewable energy”. This was in […]