Communal conflict is not new to the vast arid Marsabit county. But the spate of recent attacks is alarming.
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Pastoralist communities face barriers like poor infrastructure, illiteracy and government neglect.
Planting millions of trees in natural grassland is largely ineffective in the battle against global warming because it adds little or no additional carbon storage.
The largest farm, in the UAE, has more than 10,000 camels.
Blink and you’ll miss it. The kowari is a charismatic marsupial carnivore that needs our help.
Mineralogical analysis of 5,000-year-old stone beads from Turkana, Kenya suggest a novel mortuary tradition by early pastoralists.
A world without pastoralists would not only be a poorer place, but we would lose an important lifeline to our collective future.
Researchers looked at the skeletal remains of 40 people, and found evidence of dairy consumption across a wide swathe of early Tibetan society.
Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
Pastoral communities should be included in conservation initiatives – but the ecology of pastoral lands has long been misunderstood.
Conflict is prevalent in the region characterised by harsh climate, vast wilderness and low levels of development.
The paradise parrot was rediscovered by Cyril Jerrard, a Queensland grazier, in December 1921. But its return was fleeting.
The electric Pokemon’s real-life muse is charged with degrading the vast meadows of the Tibetan Plateau.
Elephants avoided areas where others were poached.
From the high Yukon to the mountains of Central Asia, melting ice exposes fragile ancient artifacts that tell the story of the past – and provide hints about how to respond to a changing climate.
The shrinking of Lake Chad contributes to instability in the countries which sit around its expanse.
Ejiao, a traditional Chinese medicine, is what’s driving demand for donkey skins the most. It consists of gelatin that is extracted from boiled donkey hides.
Pastoralism is a central part of many Africans’ identity. But how and when did this way of life get started on the continent? Ancient DNA can reveal how herding populations spread.
In Maasai communities women have no autonomy to make decisions about their nutrition and that of their children.
Brumbies have a devoted following among high country locals, despite the fact that they were despised by colonial settler farmers. Their mythical status today owes a lot to cultural figures such as Banjo Paterson.
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