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Pastoralism & the SDGs
CELEP has issued a new brief “Pastoralism & the SDGs: how supporting pastoralism can help realise the Sustainable Development Goals” (February 2019, 8pp). It looks at the SDGs most relevant to the pastoral context, and assesses for each of them the main challenges as well as the steps needed to ensure that pastoralism can contribute […]
Resilience of Maasai pastoralists on group ranches in Kenya
The article “Pastoral resilience among the Maasai pastoralists of Laikipia County, Kenya” by Ambani Ameso et al (published in Land 2018, 7, 78; doi:10.3390/land7020078) analyses Maasai pastoralists’ coping strategies and mechanisms through a food-system approach, based on an anthropological study in Laikipia County, Kenya. This site was chosen because of the co-existence and interactions of […]
Gender and climate-related conflict among Turkana in Kenya
The article “Gender and climate change-induced conflict in pastoral communities: case study of Turkana in northwestern Kenya” (2010, 22pp) by Nancy Omolo, published in the online African Journal on Conflict Resolution 10 (2), discusses climate change and its impact on pastoralism, particularly the types of conflict induced by climate change and how men’s and women’s […]
Local support systems in South Sudan
The Mercy Corps report “The currency of connections: why local support systems are integral to helping people recover in South Sudan” (2019, 41 pp) by Alex Humphrey et al provides insights into local social protection and support systems and how humanitarian aid can complement or disrupt these systems. In protracted crises in which formal governance […]
Participatory video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists in Ethiopia
The doctoral thesis “By the community, for the community: an investigation of participatory video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists, Ethiopia” (2011, 291pp) by Beth Cullen examines the potential of participatory video (PV) as a way of facilitating collaborative research and thus making an ethnographic description of the pastoralist community, lifestyle and culture that is useful for […]