Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 9)
Mapping herd routes to improve pastoralist livelihoods
Livestock routes are essential to herders in eastern Africa, who use them to access water, feed and markets. But political and economic marginalisation is putting pressure on the natural resources that pastoralists rely on, causing conflicts and loss of value. Mapping current land uses has improved stakeholders’ understanding of how to protect the mobility of […]
Pastoralism in Uganda: a textbook
Pastoralism in Uganda: theory, practice, and policy by CD Waiswa et al (2019, 282pp) is a textbook published by Gulu University, Makerere University, Center for Basic Research, Karamoja Development Forum, IIED (International Institute of Environment & Development) and Tufts University Feinstein International Center. It helps students understand how pastoralism functions as a system; contributes to […]
Comparing GHG emissions from pastoral livestock and wildlife in northern Tanzania
Grazing animals in savannas emit a significant share of global livestock-sourced greenhouse gases (GHGs). Policy guidelines often recommend the abandonment of livestock grazing in vast rangeland areas, which are to be “rewilded” to reduce the assumed potential for GHG emissions and to increase potential sequestration of carbon if grazing is drastically reduced. In the study […]
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 […]