Items tagged:
Pastoralism
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How can we incorporate local knowledge into climate planning and policy? …Maps!
In Kenya, participatory mapping makes it possible for indigenous knowledge to be included in planning and policy where for too long it was excluded, showing technology can bring people’s voices to power
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Beyond survival – rethinking safety nets for pastoralists in Ethiopia
Pastoralists in Ethiopia are adapting to climatic and political stresses and finding livelihood alternatives. But challenges they face remain poorly understood by policymakers
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Responding to climate change in Tanzania by strengthening dryland governance and planning
District governments in Tanzania are improving their capacity for effective adaptive planning by strengthening planning processes and establishing local adaptation funds. With support from a consortium of government and non-government stakeholders, they are testing a devolved climate finance mechanism for building resilience, which could inform policy and action in other drylands
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Responding to climate change in Kenya by strengthening dryland governance and planning
The Kenya Adaptation Consortium is demonstrating that local climate adaptation planning, supported by county government-managed devolved funds, informed by community priorities and enhanced by climate information services, renders significant benefits for people in poor and marginalised households in the most drought prone areas
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Conflict resolution: a key part of adaptation in North Darfur
As CBA9 gets under way in Nairobi, Kenya, Jodi Sugden from Practical Action highlights how work on conflict resolution is a key part of the adaptation process
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Kenya's new climate fund listens to community ideas for building resilience
"Climate consists of so many things to us," says Ibrahim Shone, a pastoralist in Isiolo County in Northern Kenya. "It's not only weather, it's also about how we prepare for droughts and diseases, and find enough grass for our animals. These things change with the seasons."
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Kenya: The importance of cross-border dialogue in the drylands
A meeting between two pastoralist groups has reduced tensions over grazing land and could lead to a cross-county platform for negotiating access to resources during droughts
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Mixing meteorology with traditions to improve climate forecasts for pastoralists
Tanzanian meteorologists and traditional weather forecasters in pastoralist communities are working together to develop a unified system of climate information.
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Supporting pastoral mobility in East and West Africa
Livestock mobility is crucial for ensuring high livestock productivity, market access and building prosperous and peaceful societies in the drylands. IIED and partners documented a number of successful initiatives to facilitate mobility and experimented with scenario planning to help empower pastoralists and allow them to influence decisions on policy or resource allocation
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Misconceptions on drylands and pastoralism
Drylands are among the world’s most variable and unpredictable – but productive and misunderstood – environments. People have learnt to harness their variability to build sustainable economies, societies and ecosystems, but policymakers often ignore this wealth of experience and expertise
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Introduction to Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity
The drylands are home to 2.3 billion people and cover about 40% of the Earth’s land surface. They play an important role in trade, tourism, migration and environmental services, such as carbon sequestration. Dryland communities have learnt to adapt this environment and have developed sustainable livelihoods. But policymakers have many misconceptions about drylands, and few government policies support dryland communities' own strategies
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Why following the herd can be good for Kenyan media
Kenya’s pastoralists have an image problem. Their negative depiction by the Kenyan media ignores their knowledge and skills, which have led them to become a cornerstone of the country’s economy.
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Pastoralism videos/Vidéos pastoralisme
A selection of short videos, in English or French language, exploring the impact of climate change on drylands pastoralists
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Pastoralism Journal: Research, Policy and Practice
Launched in 2011, the Pastoralism: research, policy and practice journal publishes interdisciplinary and peer-reviewed articles on extensive livestock production systems throughout the world
