Climate change and variability have adversely affected communities’ pastoral livelihoods in Kenya. The study aimed to investigate sustaining a changing climate Loima Sub-County, Turkana County, A total of 59 pastoralists were interviewed using questionnaire. data was analysed the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software Version 22. SPSS employed descriptive statistical techniques...

The independent and synergic impacts of climatic change capitalist expansion may render pastoral social-ecological systems extinct. Climatic compromises rangelands, while economic development fosters conversion land into territories for expansion. Pastoralists’ institutions regulate decision-making to socio-environmental shape adaptive responses, enabling mobile livestock rearing using multiple...

Smith (1998) uses the relationship between Maasai pastoralists and so-called Dorobo hunter-gatherers in East Africa as part of a framework for understanding archaeological finds on the Vredenberg Peninsula in South Africa. We argue that this relationship may be less marked by subservience, hierarchy, marginalization, and dependence than Smith’s sources indicate, and we explore the implications ...

Rangelands are known as one of the main income resources for their exploiters.In the recent century, management of Iran rangeland has undergone vast transformationsbecause of vulnerable socio-economic conditions of pastoralists. A study was done toprovide a clear picture of the status and utilization of Aq Qala rangelands via assessinginternal and external environmental factors affecting the ut...

Introduction Pastoralists who inhabit the African arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) are among the world’s poorest populations. They lack vital infrastructure in the form of accessible roads, electricity and telecommunications, leaving them increasingly isolated. Livestock holdings of cattle, camels, goats and sheep often comprise the bulk of their limited wealth and are an integral part of their ...

We present an agent-based model of human-environment interaction and conflict in East Africa using the MASON agent-based simulation environment. Our model focuses on the complex interaction of pastoral groups with their environment and other emerging external actors. Our model supports the observation that increased seasonal rainfall variability and droughts create tremendous stress on pastoral...