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Multiple Trypanosoma infections are common amongst Glossina species in the new farming areas of Rufiji district, Tanzania

Parasites & Vectors, 2011
Background Tsetse flies and trypanosomiasis are among several factors that constrain livestock development in Tanzania. Over the years Rufiji District was excluded from livestock production owing to tsetse fly infestation, however, a few years ago there ...
Malele Imna I, Magwisha Henry B, Nyingilili Hamisi S, Mamiro Kamilius A, Rukambile Elipidius J, Daffa Joyce W, Lyaruu Eugene A, Kapange Lupakisyo A, Kasilagila Gideon K, Lwitiko Nicodemus K, Msami Halifa M, Kimbita Elikira N   +11 more
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Water and Emotion: Testing a New Approach for Monitoring Water Security Among Afar Pastoralists in Ethiopia

Frontiers in Climate, 2022
Ethiopia has over 12 million pastoralists that raise livestock and move their herds in search of fresh pasture and water. This way of life is especially vulnerable to climate change as drought and shifts in seasonal rainfall patterns are changing the ...
Paul Hutchings, Sarah Cooper, John Butterworth, Solome Joseph, Abinet Kebede, Alison Parker, Bethel Terefe, Barbara Van Koppen   +7 more
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Qazaq Pastoralists in Western Mongolia. Institutional Change, Economic Diversification and Social Stratification

, 2023
Pastoralists in Western Mongolia have experienced dramatic changes in recent decades, including the dismantling of the socialist economy, a series of natural disasters, and an emigration of roughly half of the local Qazaq minority to the newly ...
Finke, Peter; https://orcid.org/
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Resilience Pathways for Land Degradation Neutrality: How Informal Institutions Shape Community Land Governance Across the Global South

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A decade after Land Degradation Neutrality was incorporated into Sustainable Development Goal 15.3, implementation outcomes across the Global South remain uneven. Mainstream commons research identifies recurring institutional features, whereas critical institutionalism emphasizes their adaptive assembly; both traditions increasingly recognize ...
Tengyuan Yang, Senbao Lu, Jiapeng Dai
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering the reasons behind the failure of pastoralists in adopting climate change adaptation strategies

Scientific Reports
Climate change has caused pastoralists to face serious challenges all around the world. To reduce climate change vulnerability, adaptation strategies need to be adopted by pastoralists.
Mohsen Sharaftmandrad, Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani, Mohammadreza Shahraki, Mohammad Hassanzadeh Nafooti   +3 more
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East African Pastoralists [PDF]

, 1984
Over the fifteen years prior to the 1984 publication of this article, East African pastoralists faced food shortages and famine. From the perspective of the mid-1980s, this article analyzes the challenges to solving this problem.
Halderman, John Michael
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Afforestation Partially Offsets Losses of Soil Conservation Services and Carbon Stock From Direct and Indirect Urban Expansion in China

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion has exerted both direct and indirect impacts on natural land and ecosystem services it supports, driven by increasing population and food demand, yet these underlying pathways remain insufficiently distinguished. Here, we quantified the losses of soil conservation services (water erosion regulation and sandstorm prevention) and
Shuai Liu, Ting Hua, Shurong Zhang, Yiman Zhang, Wenwu Zhao   +4 more
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NGO-Led Community-Based Conservation: A New Frontier of Territorialization with Implications for Pastoralists’ Land Tenure and Climate Change Adaptation

Land
In recent years, many community-based conservancies (CBCs) led by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been established on land inhabited by pastoralists in Northern Kenya.
Jackson Wachira, Joanes Atela, Paul Stacey, George Outa   +3 more
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Trust among pastoralists.

, 2012
Percentages of the pastoralists who expressed no, weak and strong degrees of trust for other pastoralists sharing winter and summer pastures.
Vera H. Hausner (113339), Johnny-Leo Jernsletten (113350), Per Fauchald (113345)   +2 more
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Spatio‐temporal patterns, associated factors and mitigation of tiger and leopard attacks on people in western Himalayas

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Coexistence with large carnivores becomes extremely difficult in areas where there are large number of attacks on humans. An understanding of the factors that explain the spatio‐temporal context of such attacks would guide policy and management to mitigate conflict, conserve carnivores and assist coexistence.
Aman Deep Rathi, Keshab Gogoi, Rajiv Bhartari, Yadvendradev V. Jhala   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source