Drylands, seen from the outside world, fall in the imaginary of the remote, the deserted, the
unproductive; a powerful imaginary rooted in romantic narratives, as well as in political and …

Despite progress towards recognizing communal land rights, there may be unintended
outcomes, and for pastoral areas there is a need to be aware of how this may affect evolving …

Legal frameworks for communal land rights in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania are now
gaining momentum. Questions can be raised as to whether, how, and to what extent these …

Globally, rangelands face interacting pressures from climate, land-use, socio-economic and
political changes, all of which threaten herder livelihoods and grassland health. Given these …

In customary tenure systems, the literature documents the limitations of land formalization in
ensuring tenure security and fostering investment. One hypothesis put forward for this is that …

Under the Paris Agreement, countries should update their Nationally Determined
Contribution (NDC) every five years, with progressive ambition in each new submission …

Pastoralism is a livelihood system for millions of people around the world and a great
majority of them are found in Africa. The indigenous knowledge and strategies on …

This study critically examines the effects of communal land privatisation and certification
linked to the state-sponsored irrigation project in the pastoral area. It is based on …

This study is based on three months of fieldwork among the Debne and Weima Afar clans in
Amibara woreda (district), Afar National Regional State (ANRS), Ethiopia, which was …

For decades, the absence of land policies has contributed to land degradation in developing
countries. The Amhara region of Ethiopia has formulated legislation and registered land …