The following paper is a report for Roads Less Travelled, a global partnership of DiversEarth, Yolda Initiative and Trashumancia y Naturaleza, which makes the case for mobile pastoralism (transhumance, nomadic and semi-nomadic pastoralism) at a global scale, through new research, support to pastoral communities, and through creative celebration of their knowledge and ways of life. This paper contributes to a stream of work by Roads Less Travelled on mobile pastoralists and protected areas.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Environmental services, Indigenous knowledge
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
This article illustrates how the introduction of modern geospatial surveying technology in Tanzania has failed to resolve a boundary conflict. The conflict exists between the state and nature conservation authorities on one side and a rural community of pastoralists on the other. The article shows how state and conservation officials have relied on the insights from fact-finding exercises to dismiss rural land use practices that are not represented in official maps. Pastoralists resist these state- and conservation-centered practices of fixed boundaries to maintain a historical, vital geography of seasonal access to pastures and water. In conclusion, this article highlights the pitfalls of geospatial land surveys and fact-finding exercises that unearth and lay bare a boundary conflict previously hidden from the state’s view. Through enhanced legibility, rural communities may become visible to the state, risking dispossession and evictions.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Conflict, Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
This report calculates the direct use value of livestock in Karamoja Sub-region, Uganda. The concept of direct use value pulls together under one heading all the various economic benefits derived from livestock. These include products such as milk, blood and meat; physical services such as the cultivation by animal traction of arable fields; and financial services such as livestock-based credit, insurance and risk management. In these calculations, goods and services that are not marketed are assigned monetary values that reflect their potential commercial value. This approach generates a comprehensive estimate of the economic benefits derived from livestock by livestock owners in Karamoja and provides an evidence-based assessment of the value of the sub-region’s livestock to the Ugandan national economy.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Individual authors, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Topic: Economy, Environmental services, Food security
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
“Strengthening the Livelihoods Resilience of Pastoral and Agropastoral Communities in South Sudan’s Cross-border Areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda” is a three-year project funded by European Union that aims to improve governance and conflict prevention to reduce forced displacement and irregular migration in the cross-border areas of South Sudan. This publication is a baseline study and its main objective is to collect information on the indicators that will be used to estimate the impact of the cross-border project after its three year implementation. An additional objective is to gain a better understanding of the drivers of instability and irregular migration, as well as of the determinants of food security and resilience. The primary tool used in this study is the RIMA-II model developed by FAO. This report presents the results of the baseline survey; it is based on data collected by FAO and partners during July - August 2017 under the nationwide Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring Survey (FSNMS), triangulated with qualitative data from secondary sources.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Conflict, Food security, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa
This checklist seeks to provide companies with operational guidance on how to ensure due diligence when operating in areas where projects may affect indigenous peoples. Based on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention No. 169, this Checklist aligns the principles and rights in these two instruments with the human rights due diligence approach set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It outlines key questions business should consider in engagement with indigenous peoples and their communities.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Indigenous peoples
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
La campagne agropastorale 2017/18 au Sahel a été marquée par un déficit et une mauvaise répartition spatio-temporelle des pluies. Une diminution importante de la production de biomasse, ainsi qu’un tarissement précoce des points d’eau ont été constatés dès la fin de la saison des pluies.
Les productions fourragères très faibles et quasi inexistantes dans certaines zones d’élevage en Mauritanie, au nord du Sénégal, au Sahel Burkinabé, au nord et à l’est du Niger, à l’ouest et à l’est du Sahel tchadien et par endroits au Mali, ont causé une soudure pastorale précoce ayant touché en particulier les populations rurales de ces zones ainsi que celles qui vivent dans les zones de concentration de bétail. Pour atténuer l’impact de la crise et renforcer la résilience des populations affectées, la FAO a conçu un mécanisme de réponse d’urgence qui a été mis en oeuvre par les bureaux de la FAO dans les six pays touchés – Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal et Tchad.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Environmental services, Resilience
Language: Français
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa
The 4th international civil society summit Désertif’actions took place in Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso from June 19 to 22 and gathered more than 380 participants from 40 countries, representatives of 230 multi-actors organizations : local communities, NGO, scientists, local communities, international organizations, public and private actors…
- 4 themed workshops
- 3 panels
- more than 380 participants
- 40 countries represented
- 230 civil society organizations represented
This 4th edition was held in Africa for the first time, in a country where «19% of national territory lands are degraded and that has lost 2,4 millions hectares of forest, turned into savannah in 11 years». This situation reflects a Sahelian reality and more widely the fast spread of land degradation in the world.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Topic: Environmental services, Indigenous peoples, Land
Language: English, Français
Type of document: Databases
Geographical coverage: Global
This book is a call to act more strategically and draw lessons from 50 years of pastoral and agropastoral development investments, interventions and implementation in Ethiopia. It outlines the more resilient, prosperous, and sustainable pathways for pastoral and agropastoral livelihoods in the future. The book combines the results of an impact analysis of the development investments over half a century, a review of the existing thinking in pastoral and agropastoral development, and an assessment of the current socioeconomic conditions affecting pastoral and agropastoral communities. The aim is to paint a compelling picture of present pastoral and agropastoral development trends in Ethiopia and suggest alternative pathways for the future. Considering the challenges as well as the opportunities available in Ethiopia’s pastoral and agropastoral areas, recommendations are provided for future interventions to achieve drought-resilient, transformed, and sustainable pastoral and agropastoral livelihoods, ecosystems, and institutions that would result in peaceful, inclusive, and prosperous pastoral and agropastoral communities.
Year of publication: 2019Organization: International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), World Bank
Topic: Environmental services, Organization, Resilience, Social services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Eastern Africa