Tags: pastoralism

ILRI News on pastoralism

28 Apr 2022

African pastoralists need support to beat climate change and earn more - The East African

An op-ed from ILRI director general Jimmy Smith highlighting the need to invest in East Africa's pastoral communities was recently published in The East African. Reproduced here is an excerpt from the article. The latest report from United Nations’ climate experts is gaining widespread attention as...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

ILRI News

19 Mar 2022

Celebrating the world’s enduring, resilient, nature-friendly and productive rangelands and livestock herders

The United Nations Declare 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists Having a moment are millions of livestock herders worldwide and the many more people who appreciate these custodians of the world’s vast and stunning rangelands—the grasslands and savannas, the prairies and...

Susan MacMillanILRI Emeritus Fellow

ILRI News

17 Feb 2022

The rush to reforest: When nature-based solutions end up doing more harm than good

On November 11, 2019, volunteers planted 11 million trees across Turkey as part of a government-backed mass planting project. The effort broke the world record for the most trees planted in one hour in a single location , with 303,150 saplings planted in the northern Anatolian city of Corum. Less...

Elliot CarletonPrinceton in Africa Fellow

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Publications on pastoralism

Report

Published2022

Opportunities for Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in the Great Green Wall Initiative in Mali and Senegal

Brief

Published2022

Gendered roles and disease management in small ruminant enterprises in agropastoral and pastoral systems: Implications for PPR control

Brief

Published2021

Methods and approaches for sustainable rangeland management

Brief

Published2021

Better land-use decisions on the horizon with new Sustainable Rangeland Management toolkit

Brief

Published2021

Measuring vegetation characteristics in rangelands more accurately through the VegMeasure® tool

Report

Published2021

A review of tenure and governance in the pastoral lands of East and West Africa

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ILRI Projects on pastoralism

Mar 2019Apr 2032

One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL)

The project brings together professionals in human and animal health and the environment to achieve better access to human and veterinary health services and sustainable natural resources management. To implement One Health , the project works with communities, public and private service providers...

International Land Coalition Rangelands Initiative: Making rangelands secure

Making rangelands secure Established in 2010, the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative facilitates learning between, and provides technical support to government and other actors working to make rangelands more tenure secure. Coordinated and supported globally by the...

Developing and piloting index based livestock insurance to reduce poverty and vulnerability

In collaboration with various partners, ILRI has pursued a comprehensive research agenda aimed at designing, developing and implementing market mediated index-based insurance products to protect livestock keepers from drought related asset losses they face, particularly those in the drought prone...