IPP: Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography provides short summaries of key documents on the land rights of indigenous peoples and pastoralists prepared by the ILC, and its members and partners. Also included are other materials relevant to land access and land rights of indigenous peoples and pastoralists.

ILC Publications

Mursi pastoralists motivate for land rights in the Omo National Park. ILC, with ERMIS Africa and First peoples Worldwide, supported a visit to community-run conservation areas in Kenya, as part of a capacity building initiative to enable Mursi to organise themselves and lobby for a similar approach that would prevent their expulsion from the Omo National Park.
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Mobile Livelihoods, Patchy Resources and Shifting Rights
Approaching Pastoral Territories
2006
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This paper introduces pastoralism and the importance of access to traditional grazing grounds. Includes case studies which demonstrate a diversity of institutional systems that have developed in response to uncertain and unpredictable pasture environments. It concludes with a summary of land privatization reforms that threaten pastoralist livelihoods and the development approaches that address land tenure and access security for pastoralists.

Medios de vidas nómadas, recursos fragmentados y derechos cambiantes
Una aproximación a los territorios de pastoreo
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Este documento introduje la vida de los pastoreos y la importancia del acceso a los pastos comunales y territorios tradicionales. Incluido son sustantivos estudios que demonstran una diversidad de sistemas institucionales que fueron creados a respuesta del medio ambiente irregular de los pastoreos. Concluye con un resumen de los reformas de privatización que amenazan los campesinos.

Moyens mobiles de subsistance, ressources fragmentaires, droits variables
Appréhender les territoires pastoraux
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Ce document présente la vie des pasteurs et l’importance de l’accès à l’espace pastoral et traditionnel. On y retrouve les études de cas qui démontrent une diversité des systèmes institutionnels qui se sont développés en réponse à un habitat variable. Le rapport conclue avec un résumé de la réforme agraire qui menace la subsistance des pasteurs et un résumé de l’approche développementale qui adresse la propriété du terrain et l’accès au terrain.

Working at the Boundaries
International Land Coalition’s Engagement with the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and their Neighbors
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This paper focuses on the cooperation between indigenous peoples and their non-indigenous neighbors in advancing a land agenda for the rural poor. In three case studies, the paper covers lessons learned by the ILC network in securing land rights for the rural poor.

Browsing on Fences
Pastoral Land Rights, Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change
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This paper is based on inputs from a 2006 web-based forum on pastoral land rights. The discussions and the paper focus on climate change and its affect on different global regions and the ramifications on pastoral livelihoods.
Droits Pastoraux, modes de vie et Adaptation au chengement Climatique
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Ce document présente les contributions d’un forum web qui a eu lieu en 2006 et a adressé les droits de l’espace pastoral. Les discussions et le document se concentrent sur l’effet du changement climatique et ses conséquences sur les moyens de subsistance des pasteurs.