Climate change is having a destructive impact on many groups around the world. Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to climate variability for millennia and their adaptability ought to enable them to cope with this growing challenge. This paper explains the policies required to enable sustainable and productive pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change and generate sustainable livelihoods.
Year of publication: 2008Organization:
Topic: Cambio climático
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
This is one of a series of desk reviews produced as part of the project ‘Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock Mobility’. It summaries the legislative and institutional environment governing livestock mobility East and West Africa, at the local, national, regional and continental levels, with a specific focus on nine countries (Chad, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Somaliland, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania).
Year of publication: 2008Organization: Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (IIED),
Topic: Organización
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental, África Oriental
Pastoralism is being considered one of the most viable form of production and land-use in the drylands, but it is also recognised that pastoralists are often restricted due to legal, economic, social and political disincentives and barriers to mobility of livestock and to communal management of rangelands. Little research has been made into whether the situation is reversible. The WISP worked in 6 different countries who reported positive environmental outcomes as a result of policy changes in favour of mobile pastoralism. Though all countries report remaining challenges to securing pastoral livelihoods and promoting sustainable land management, they also report gains have been made as a result of policy changes that have enabled pastoralist natural resource management.
Year of publication: 2008Organization: Autores individuales, Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (IUCN), Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (UNDP)
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Organización, Participación
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico, Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: Global
This article analyses the impact on household well-being of privatizing land among a community of Samburu pastoralists in northern Kenya. Results indicate few significant differences in wealth and income between the privatized and communal areas, although cultivation has become an important additional strategy in the privatized community. Groups exhibit different livelihood strategies with wealthier groups relying more on livestock trade and home consumption while poorer groups depend on wage labour and trade for their income. Policy implications of this analysis include the need for development strategies specific to different wealth groups, greater investment in education and infrastructure, and more attention to employment creation in pastoral areas.
Year of publication: 2008Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Economía
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico, Científico, Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
The aim of this joint ECOWAS Commission and Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) initiative is to examine how livestock rearing could stimulate the West African agricultural and food products market by strengthening food and nutritional security and by contributing to poverty reduction.
Year of publication: 2008Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Cambio climático, Economía, Seguridad alimentaria, Innovación, Organización, Participación, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico, Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
Livestock mobility allows millions of pastoralists and agropastoralists to lead productive lives in areas few other producers can exploit. It is critical for local livelihoods, for trade, and for coping with climate change. In several parts of Africa there are important efforts underway to facilitate livestock mobility and to remove the obstacles that constrain the inherent flexibility of pastoral systems. This one-year project drew together the lessons from these initiatives in order to increase understanding about the importance of livestock mobility in drylands. In so doing it has laid the foundations for a longer-term programme of work to enhance livestock mobility in East and West Africa and thus promote the sustainability of pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods.
Year of publication: 2008Organization: Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (IIED),
Topic: Servicios ambientales
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental, África Oriental
The sourcebook provides a knowledge repository of tested practices and innovative resource management approaches. The diverse menu of options represents the current state of the art of good land management practices. Some chapters specifically address pastoralism. This book is of interest to project managers and practitioners working to enhance land and natural resource management in developing countries.
Year of publication: 2008Organization: Banco Mundial
Topic: Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Global
El Encuentro Mundial de Pastores Nómadas y Trashumantes, celebrado en Segovia y Madrid del 8 al 20 de septiembre de 2007, ha permitido establecer un diálogo abierto entre representantes pastoriles de todo el planeta para la formulación de soluciones concretas a los problemas de los pueblos nómadas y trashumantes a nivel mundial.
Year of publication: 2007Organization:
Topic: Cambio climático, Servicios ambientales, Sanidad, Organización, Valeur ajoutée
Language: Español
Type of document: Técnico, Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: Global