Adaptation and Resilience in Pastoral Management of the Mediterranean Bedouin Social–Ecological System in the Northwestern Coastal Zone of Egypt

Daoud, Ibrahim; Oman, Mona Abd-El-Zaher; Alary, Véronique; Moselhy, Naeem; Salal, Ehab; Naga, Adel Aboul; Salama, Omar; Duarte, Laura; Tourrand, Jean–François

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“…Studies have indicated that resilient SES systems integrate multiple types and forms of knowledge (e.g., Berkes and Seixas, 2005;Faulkner et al, 2018). In one case, users' local knowledge of the coastal region led Bedouin breeders to reduce the size of their herds at the household level and migrate with them when facing drought, strengthening their resilience to ecosystem change (Daoud et al, 2016). Willingness to change has also been found to be a characteristic of resilient coastal and marine SES.…”

Section: Resiliencementioning

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Coastal and Marine Socio-Ecological Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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The socio-ecological systems (SESs) framework provides cross-disciplinary insight into complex environmental problems. Numerous studies have applied the SES framework to coastal and marine environments over the last two decades. We review and analyze 98 of those studies to (i) describe how SES concepts were examined and measured, (ii) describe how the studies included feedbacks and thresholds, and (iii) identify and analyze elements unique to coastal and marine SES frameworks. We find that progress has been made in understanding key SES properties in coastal and marine ecosystems, which include resilience, adaptive capacity, vulnerability, and governance. A variety of methods has been developed and applied to analyze these features qualitatively and quantitatively. We also find that recent studies have incorporated land-based stressors in their analyses of coastal issues related to nutrient runoff, bacterial pollution, and management of anadromous species to represent explicit links in land-to-sea continuums. However, the literature has yet to identify methods and data that can be used to provide causal evidence of non-linearities and thresholds within SES. In addition, our findings suggest that greater alignment and consistency are needed in models with regard to metrics and spatial boundaries between ecological and social systems to take full advantage of the SES framework and improve coastal and marine management.

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Section: Resiliencementioning

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Coastal and Marine Socio-Ecological Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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“…The cash earned in other sectors -including remittances, trade, and sale of cash crops -is typically ploughed back into extensive livestock keeping, which continues to represent a major capital asset (Kreuer, 2011;McPeak et al, 2012;d'Elie, 2014a;Gonin and Gautier, 2015;Lind et al, 2016). Daoud et al (2016) report that in parts of western Egypt where huge water investments have fostered intensification of crop farming, agriculture developments have been linked to support livestock breeding, which has itself been the target of considerable investment by farmers despite the opportunity to further invest in crop irrigation.…”

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“…Amongst Borana and Maasai in the Horn of Africa, herds and ranges are divided and arranged in sub-units according to production needs and household capacities, including cultivation on partially subdivided private ranches. Bedouins in western Egypt adopt destocking and restocking strategies to shrink or expand the herd according to access to land, water, labour, and money (Daoud et al, 2016).…”

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“…Similarly, in Tibetan areas the sheep-to-yak ratio has been changing across time according to the Chinese policies and the related incentives. In MENA region the growing proportion of cattle in national herds is also attributed to State subsidies aimed at enhancing cow milk production in order to satisfy rising consumer demand (Daoud et al, 2016).…”

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“…Splitting households thus represents an opportunistic strategy for reorganizing available resources, with a view to either benefitting from a temporary opportunity, or facing an emergency, or managing household cycles aimed at creating separate and independent economic units-or a combination of all these options. Daoud et al (2016) report that to cope with the 15-year drought (1995-2010), some extended Bedouin families separated into nuclear families with their own productive assets as a means of managing economic deficits. Similar examples are offered by de Bruijn and van Dijk (1999), who indicate that operating through small-scale social and political units was the most rational way of finding one's way under high-risk conditions that followed the drought events of the 1970s.…”

Section: Reconfiguring Householdsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2019

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This paper has been written as a background review for the European Research Council-funded PASTRES project (Pastoralism, Uncertainty, Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins, www.pastres.org). Lessons from pastoralists, we argue, may help other domains to develop more effective responses to uncertain contexts. Following prof. Scoones' paper What is uncertainty and why does it matter ?, this is one of two papers developed with a view to analyse and reflect on the interfaces and interrelationships between pastoral societies, the uncertainties that embed their livelihoods, and the related coping/adaptive principles, strategies, and practices. Through a structured review and a meta-analysis of existing literature, the environmental, market, and governance dimensions characterizing uncertainty for pastoralists are explored in six different settings: a) Central and southern Asia, with specific references to the Tibetan plateau in China and to Indian pastoralists; b) the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean, with a focus on Morocco in the Maghreb-Mashreq region and a wider perspective on pastoralism in Mediterranean Europe; c) the eastern and western flanks of Sub-Saharan Africa drylands, with a specific focus on the Fulani and Borana pastoral groups inhabiting these regions. This paper assesses the practices and strategies pastoral communities adopt in responding to the stresses and shocks generated by the uncertainties that surround them in these diverse settings, with a view to understand and appreciate the underpinning inspiring principles. The responses displayed and applied by pastoral communities show in fact relevant and intriguing degrees of similarity across the regions. This helps identify a common framework and a set of overarching principles and patterns for pastoralists in dealing with risk and uncertainty. The paper concludes by indicating potential ways we could learn from pastoralists, as part of a wider conversation about embracing uncertainties to meet the challenges of our turbulent world. This endeavour is complemented by another paper that explores the diverse and constantly changing uncertainty frameworks characterising different pastoral regions of the globe.

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The psychological drivers of entrepreneurial resilience in the tourism sector

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Adaptation and Resilience in Pastoral Management of the Mediterranean Bedouin Social–Ecological System in the Northwestern Coastal Zone of Egypt

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Coastal and Marine Socio-Ecological Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Coastal and Marine Socio-Ecological Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Herding through Uncertainties – Principles and Practices. Exploring the Interfaces of Pastoralists and Uncertainty. Results from a Literature Review

The psychological drivers of entrepreneurial resilience in the tourism sector

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