Pastoralism & Natural Resources (page 11)
Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – of which CELEP is a member – issues a newsletter to provide updates on what is happening to Maasai communities in the Ngorongoro and Loliondo areas and in other parts of northern Tanzania. These are areas from which the Maasai have been or are being ousted by the […]
CELEP in Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
MISA is an international alliance standing in solidarity with the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo in northern Tanzania. It brings together faith-based organisations, human rights organisations, international aid and development organisations as well as researchers. The alliance includes the Africa Europe Faith Justice Network (AEFJN), Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology, Coalition of […]
Critical assessment of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs)
In the paper “What’s wrong with the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) model?”, the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – which includes CELEP – has made a critical assessment of so-called “community-based conservation” that is sold under the banner of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Tanzania. WMAs promised to vest village governments and local communities with […]
Participatory ward development planning in dryland Kenya
In the past, pastoralists’ limited participation in government planning processes led to misguided development interventions that undermined livelihoods and increase vulnerability. The brief “Participatory planning in Kenya’ drylands: the Ward Development Planning model” (2023, 12pp) by Claire Bedelian et al of the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme, describes a bottom-up […]
Institutional rhetoric vs local reality: Burunge WMA, Tanzania
Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are meant to promote wildlife conservation and rural development in Tanzania and enhance local livelihoods. In the paper, Institutional rhetoric versus local reality: a case study of Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania (2018) by Rose Kicheleri et al, published in SAGE Open 8(2), the authors found that the participation of local […]