This report reviews and analyzes in brief the actual and potential conflicts of pasture use, mining and protected areas development with wildlife conservation and sustainable use through hunting in Kyrgyzstan. It identifies issues to be considered in future projects on integrated land and natural resources management as well as in sector specific projects. Wild animals, including game species used for hunting, are an integral part of ecosystems and essential for their functionality and resilience. Given the uncertainties about the impacts of climate change, conservation and sustainable use of wild animals is an important element of adaptation. This is because it retains options for future land-use and increases the resilience of ecosystems and land-use systems.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Sociedad Alemana de Cooperación Internacional (GIZ)
Topic: Conflicto, Servicios ambientales, Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Científico
Geographical coverage: Asia Central
On Tuesday 8th September 2015 a meeting was held on the “Importance of Livestock Routes for Local, National and International Development: Their Mapping Servicing and Protection.”The meeting was organised through the Rangeland Management Platform – a forum organised by the Pastoral Livestock Development Directorate, State Ministry of Livestock Development Sector (MoA) and the Ethiopian Society of Agricultural Production/Pasture Rangelands Forum Ethiopia. The objectives of the meeting were: • To share experiences of mapping, servicing and protecting livestock routes in Ethiopia and neighbouring countries; and • To identify opportunities for better understanding, servicing and protecting livestock routes in future, and suggestions as to how this could be achieved in Ethiopia.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Autores individuales, Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra (ILC), Instituto Internacional de Investigación en Ganadería, Agence des États-Unis pour le développement international
Topic: Economía, Servicios ambientales
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental
This declaration, prepared at the meeting of Central Asian pastoralists in July 2015, calls on national governments, international organizations, the United Nations and civil society organizations to consult and include the Central Asian pastoralist network in workshops, conferences, policy processes and programmes that may affect pastoralism in Central Asia.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Comisión Económica para África
Topic: Participación
Language: English, Русский
Type of document: Políticas y legislación
Geographical coverage: Asia Central
In China, three major rangeland management policies have caused dramatic social, economic, and ecological changes for pastoral regions in the past 30 years: the Rangeland Household Contract Policy (RHCP), Rangeland Ecological Construction Projects (RECPs), and the Nomad Settlement Policy (NSP). The impacts of these policies are greatly debated. This paper conducts a systematic review of academic perspectives on the impacts of the three policies on: the ecosystem, animal husbandry, pastoralist livelihoods, and pastoral society among other rangeland issues. In addition, it systematically reviews the causes of ineffectiveness and negative effects. As these three policy approaches are applied in rangeland management and pastoral development worldwide, this paper may provide useful implications for future policy development in pastoral regions on a global scale.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Autores individuales
Topic: Servicios ambientales, Tierra
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: Asia Central
This study reveals that there is clear demand from pastoralists and farmers in Malawi and Tanzania for climate information services via radio and mobile phone. Both radio and mobile phones are in common use, and are rated by farmers and pastoralists to have great potential as effective and trusted channels where they can access various climate information services. Rainfall patterns, temperature data and forecasting services – both weekly and daily – were mentioned as particular needs.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Programa de Investigación sobre Cambio Climático, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria (CCAFS)
Topic: Cambio climático, Educación, Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico, Científico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental, África Meridional
The theoretical framework for the scientific understanding of the drylands is almost the opposite today of what was mainstream in the 1970s, but the methodological infrastructure of analytical tools and practices is still catching up. As researchers and practitioners involved in dryland development depend on such infrastructure, they are often in danger of silently reproducing the old theoretical horizon even when manifestly operating in the new one. This is the issue this paper sets out to discuss.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (IIED)
Topic: Resiliencia
Language: English
Type of document: Científico
Geographical coverage: Global
The major livestock countries in the Sahel (such as Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso) offer little support to the livestock sector, both in proportion to the general State budget and compared to the support provided to crop farming. This brief, produced in partnership with the APESS network, is based mainly on data collected in four countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal. In the brief it is argued that the reasons for the paradox between a livestock sector with considerable stakes and (relatively) weak support are many, for instance many decision makers, see herders as affluent populations, meaning their vulnerability to climate hazards is often not considered.
Year of publication: 2015Organization:
Topic: Economía
Language: English, Français
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Occidental
This publication aims to determine the economic contribution of camel milk to pastoral households in Somali Regional State, in eastern Ethiopia. It also looks at all other value chain actors incolced in the marketing of camel milk, and tries to assess camel milk marketing channels and price margins along the value chain.
The study shows that camel milk makes a substantial economic contribution to pastoralist households and those involved in marketing camel milk, and there is good potential for market-oriented camel dairy development.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: Instituto Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (IIED)
Topic: Economía, Seguridad alimentaria
Language: English
Type of document: Técnico
Geographical coverage: África Oriental