IPP: Case Studies

Africa

The Pastoral Women’s Council: Empowerment for Tanzania’s Maasai
IIED, 2008
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This publication is a case study on the role of the Pastoral Woman’s Council in Tanzania, a local organisation, in development. The case study looks at the threats to and marginalization of Maasai women and the role of PWC in poverty reduction and environmental management. The PWC addresses capacity building, land ownership, education, and political decision-making. The paper concludes with key lessons learned from implementing a variety of programs.

CBNRM and Pastoral Development in Botswana : Implications for San Land Rights
International Land Coalition, December 2006
December 2006
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This paper examines various trajectories in the national policies of Botswana that have led to the exclusion of the San from national programs such as conservation and pastoral development. The paper also examines the Community Based Natural Resource Management Programme (CBNRM) as an opportunity for the San to gain access rights to natural resources.

Critical Pastoral Issues and Policy Statements for the National Land Policy in Uganda
RECONCILE, March 2005
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This brief raises policy issues pertinent to pastoralists and analyzes the key features that have characterised pastoral rights in Uganda since the colonial period, pointing out the relevance of pastoralism to the policy debate and making recommendations for specific to ensure the inclusion of pastoral rights interests in the national land policy.

Will Pastoral Legislation Disempower Pastoralists in the Sahel ?
International Institute of Environment and Development, January 2006
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This study examined the pastoral code in the Sahel and recommends policy reform in support of pastoralism. The report considers the adoption of technocratic and development-oriented systems to replace customary systems managing pastoral lands. It concludes that such a bureaucratic and sectoral approach to natural resource management would undermine the pastoral livelihoods.