Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 2)
CELEP’s understanding of pastoralism
In 2020–21, initially the CELEP core group and then other CELEP members and partners engaged in intensive discussion to come to a common understanding of pastoralism. This discussion was based on the pastoral development orientation framework that Saverio Krätli developed for MISEREOR. In the 3-pager entitled “Pastoralists turn variability into food”, CELEP’s understanding of pastoralism […]
Community conservancies impact herders’ adaptation to climate change
The establishment of numerous community-based conservancies in northern Kenya has brought about radical changes in the use of, access to and ownership of land. Research outlined in the policy brief “The impact of community-based conservation on pastoralists’ climate change adaptation” (2023, 4pp) by Jackson Wachira et al, revealed that community-based conservation aggravated pastoralists’ vulnerability to […]
Pastoral land tenure & conservation in Tanzania
Natural resources of the rangelands of northern Tanzania are subject to three competing claims: conservation of wildlife and nature, development to generate revenue for the State, and use for local livelihoods. The report “Pastoral land tenure and community conservation: a case study from north-east Tanzania” (1999, 103pp) by Jim Igoe & Dan Brockington, was published […]
MISA objects to UNESCO World Heritage Site & Geopark in Ngorongoro
In July 2024, two experts visited the Ngorongoro-Lengai Geopark in northern Tanzania to assess it and to make a recommendation on its validation. In August, the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – having learned of this mission through social media – sent a letter to the experts to complain about the lack of the Maasai […]
Pastoralists’ relationship with the environment – Kenyan perspective
Every year, the Indigenous Peoples and Development Branch within the Division for Inclusive Social Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs organises an international expert group meeting (EGM) on a theme recommended by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and endorsed by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The theme of the EGM […]