This film is made by Maasai pastoralists, living near Oltepesi in Kenya, in March 2009. It documents the devastating impacts of a seemingly endless drought across the region that killed livestock and people, threatened livelihoods and caused wide-spread suffering to many of the indigenous pastoralist communities. Nomadic pastoralists, like the Maasai, face tremendous pressures on their traditional way of life from other groups, their own government, and now climate change. Yet, their traditions and knowledge make them more adaptable than most.
Year of publication: 2009Organization: Auteurs individuels
Topic: Changement climatique
Language: English
Type of document: Vidéos
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
This study examines the changes undergone by Misseriyya pastoralists over the past two decades, charting the strategies employed by the group to cope with a number of external pressures ranging from adverse government policies, climatic changes, the impact of oil exploration, conflict and the effects of the Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The current political context and the causes of intercommunal and other tensions are analysed and used to inform policy and programme recommendations for a range of actors working in the region. The report offers a detailed review of past and current aid interventions in support of Misseriyya livelihoods.
Year of publication: 2009Organization:
Topic: Changement climatique, Conflit, Économie, Sécurité alimentaire, Peuples autochtones
Language: English
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
The paper reports on a “University of the Bush“ seminar held in the Borana area in March 2009, where over 50 pastoralists from southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya from several ethnic groups debated key pastoral development issues and the question of innovation in pastoral systems.
Year of publication: 2009Organization:
Topic: Innovation
Language: English
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
This film shows the role of pastoralists in conserving biodiversity and visually transports policymakers into the situation of pastoralists.
Year of publication: 2009Organization: Ligue des peuples pasteurs (LPP)
Topic: Services environnementaux, Peuples autochtones
Language: English
Type of document: Vidéos
Geographical coverage: Asie du Sud
This guide is designed to help communities and policy-makers at local and national levels make informed choices regarding land use, business ventures, and public policy in pastoral areas, particularly the Maasai Steppe and other semi-arid parts of East Africa.
Formerly nomadic herders are settling and becoming agro-pastoralists, and subsistence and commercial farmers are plowing the rangeland that sustained both livestock and wildlife. Conflicts are emerging between farmers and herders; wildlife and people; newcomers and traditionalists.
The guide is intended for practitioners working on participatory natural resource use and management. It will be useful for district and village officers, the private sector and government representatives, NGOs and development agencies involved in the processes of land-use planning and natural resource management.
Year of publication: 2009Organization: Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO)
Topic: Conflit, Services environnementaux, Régime foncier, Organisation, Participation
Language: English, Kiswahili
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
This report reviews the causes, scale, consequences of, and responses to pastoral conflicts in the border region of Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda, utilizing methodological tools such as key informant interviews, retrospective analysis, and a thorough review of available literature.
Year of publication: 2009Organization: Auteurs individuels
Topic: Conflit
Language: English
Type of document: Scientifique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
This report combines a desktop survey and an in-depth study of Kenya’s legal framework and the extent to which it protects the country’s indigenous peoples. The report often takes reference to indigenous pastoralist groups in Kenya including the Endorois, Borana, Gabra, Maasai, Pokot, Samburu, Turkana and Somali.
Year of publication: 2009Organization: Organisation internationale du Travail
Topic: Peuples autochtones
Language: English
Type of document: Technique, Scientifique
Geographical coverage: Afrique orientale
In addressing the challenges facing mountain agricultural communities today, it is important to remember that mountain agriculture has developed hand in hand with pastoralism. Both large and small livestock sustain mountain communities, providing resources that complement those provided through agriculture. Pastoralism is not a strategy of last resort for agriculturalists pushed into marginal habitats. In fact, on the southern slopes of the Great Himalaya in Nepal, pastoralism has permitted agricultural communities to thrive and, in some cases, to extend their use of upper elevations into areas where agriculture is either marginal or impossible. A vertical look at lower, middle and upper altitude agropastoral practices provides insight into some different ways in which livestock management and cultivation interact within the larger context of mountain ecology.
Organization: Auteurs individuels
Topic: Changement climatique, Économie, Peuples autochtones, Régime foncier, Résilience, Value addition
Language: English
Type of document: Technique
Geographical coverage: Asie du Sud