Mobile Peoples: Pastoralists and Herders at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Chatty, Dawn

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“…Despite pastoralists resistance (Chatty, 2007), voluntary crop farming and settlements have been established in the Borana areas for generating income and livelihood diversification (Reid et al, 2004). Pastoralists resist the expansion of cultivation and sedentarization and mainly this reduces the size of their rangelands and mobility to utilize the unevenly distributed resources in this unpredictable environment (Chatty, 2007). In semi-arid areas of East Africa, the changes of landuse/cover have been accelerated by government policies since the 1973 (Omiti et al, 1999;Reid et al, 2004).…”

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Evaluation of land use land cover changes using remote sensing Landsat images and pastoralists perceptions on range cover changes in Borana rangelands, Southern Ethiopia

Teka¹,

Madakadze²,

Botai³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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Studies on land-use/land cover (LULC) changes through remote sensing techniques represent vital tools for generating rational information for sound decision making on natural resources management. Related to the launching of the firstLandsat satellite in 1973 there is a region of attention on the use of remote sensing techniques as tool for planning the appropriate management in rangelands. This study therefore aimed at mapping LULC changes and identifying the associated changes that have occurred in the Borana rangelands up to 2003 as well as assess pastoralist perceptions on the driving forces. Landsat image scenes of Multispectral Sensor, Thematic Mapper and Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus acquired in 1973, 1986 and 2003 were used to investigate LULC changes over time. The analysis of images revealed that woodland cover of the Borana rangelands increased from 11.3% in the 1973 to 49.26% in 2003. However, grassland cover declined from 58 to 32% during the same period. Cultivated areas gradually increased from 2 to 5% but it is lower compared to the woodland cover expansion rate. The decrease of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values for 2003 compared to the 1973 is also an evident for the reduction of vegetation. Severe droughts, population increase, poor government policy are among the major drivers of LULC changes in the study area. The implementation of appropriate pastoral land-use policies based on the ecological potential of the region and pastoralists local knowledge have all been suggested for ensuring sustainable management of Borana rangeland and improve the livelihood of pastoralists.

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Evaluation of land use land cover changes using remote sensing Landsat images and pastoralists perceptions on range cover changes in Borana rangelands, Southern Ethiopia

Teka¹,

Madakadze²,

Botai³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv.

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“…Kratli (2000) held that within twenty years of introduction of the compulsory boarding policy, the literacy level of the nomads in Mongolia rose from 2% to 90%. Chatty (2007) argues that the aim of the project is to extend essential services to those mobile communities without necessarily forcing them to settle.…”

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Ethnoregional Education: Institutional Approach

Lyubimova¹,

Semenov²

2017

Siberian Socium

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“…Chatty (2007) stresses the simultaneity of pastoralists' cultural persistence and resistance to sedentarization and farming, while also compromising and adjusting to modernization efforts and a globalizing world. Modernist thinking, characterized by a linear development path, has influenced the pastoral situation in the past through forced diversification, while today we observe voluntary farming activities.…”

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The transformation of the Afar commons in Ethiopia: State coercion, diversification and property rights change among pastoralists

Hundie¹,

Padmanabhan²

2008

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Mobile Peoples: Pastoralists and Herders at the Beginning of the 21st Century

Cited by 10 publications

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Evaluation of land use land cover changes using remote sensing Landsat images and pastoralists perceptions on range cover changes in Borana rangelands, Southern Ethiopia

Evaluation of land use land cover changes using remote sensing Landsat images and pastoralists perceptions on range cover changes in Borana rangelands, Southern Ethiopia

Ethnoregional Education: Institutional Approach

The transformation of the Afar commons in Ethiopia: State coercion, diversification and property rights change among pastoralists

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