- Documents from Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
- Derbyshire SF, Mohamed TS, Banerjee R et al. (2024) Anticipatory action in the drylands: steps toward centring pastoralist knowledge. Brief. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138679).
This makes a case for more locally tailored and flexible anticipatory action in drylands, highlighting the need for adaptable financing, robust local profiles and stronger knowledge-sharing networks to support pastoralist resilience. - Elshamahi M, Humphrey A & Reid E (2021) Living with compounding livelihood shocks: how agropastoralists in Nigeria’s drylands are coping and adapting. Discussion paper. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/KYVD7923).
This paper explores how agropastoralist communities in Nigeria are coping with compounding shocks, including Covid19. The authors highlight diverse livelihood impacts, uneven aid perceptions and emerging adaptation strategies. - Flintan F, Anbacha A, Ebro A et al. (2025) Food aid, sharing and resilience: the role of collectivity and connectivity in drought-affected pastoralist systems in Ethiopia. Policy brief. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/LFOE7507).
This summarises the core findings of a study on the sharing of food aid and other types of aid as a coping strategy across two consecutive droughts in pastoral areas of Ethiopia. Communities depended heavily on food aid to help them through the drought period, not only in directly supplementing diet, but also as something to share by communities reliant on local social networks and reciprocal support systems. - Humphrey A, Levine S, Gai JT et al. (2023) Dynamism in the drylands of South Sudan. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge(https://doi.org/10.61755/ADAF8347).
This explores how pastoralists in South Sudan are navigating repeated climate and conflict shocks, with a focus on immediate coping responses and how these are reshaping long-term livelihood goals and perceptions of pastoralism. - Humphrey A, Stites E, Gai T et al. (2023) Faced with floods: shifting livelihood strategies among South Sudan’s pastoralists. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/XBWK3559).
This investigates how pastoralists and agropastoralists in Unity State, South Sudan, are adjusting their livelihoods in response to conflict and climate shocks, and considers whether these changes signal temporary coping mechanisms or longer-term shifts. - Levine S, Weingärtner L, Humphrey A et al. (2023) Anticipatory action in advance of ‘wicked crises’: insights from a real-time study of people’s lives in Somalia, 2020–2022. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/CXKD1254).
This explores how farmers and pastoralists in Somalia responded to early drought warnings between 2020 and 2022, showing that limited local options constrained action and underscoring the need for long-term investment in flexible, locally grounded strategies. UNHCR. 2024. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Mobile Indigenous Peoples. UNGA. A/79/160. New York. https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/thematic-reports/a79160-report-special-rapporteur-rights-indigenous-peoples-jose
Transmission Past’Orale : https://idele.fr/pastorale/le-projet
Comprendre, échanger et transmettre les savoir-faire agro-pastoraux locaux grâce à des vidéos d'autoconfrontationTraditional ecological knowledge and contemporary changes in the agro-pastoral system of Upper Spiti Landscape, Indian Trans-Himalayas https://pastoralismjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13570-020-00169-y
Feeding flocks on rangelands: insights into the local ecological knowledge of shepherds in Boulemane province (Morocco) https://www.publish.csiro.au/rj/rj17006
Documentation of local innovations, traditional knowledge and best practices developed by pastoralists and individuals are recognised and disseminated through the Pastoralists and Rangeland Awards organised by SEVA (P. Vivekananda, Chair SA in collaboration with FES, CfP, IGFRI, IRC and others) 2021-2023.https://iyrp.info/sites/default/files/Pastoralist%20%26%20Rangeland%20Awardees%20Profile%202021_Merged_1.pdf
Australia: Fire management on the Dampier Peninsula is led by indigenous ranger groups of Bardi Jawi, Nyul Nyul, Yawuru; pastoralists (Country Downs, Yeeda, Roebuck Plains) and WA’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM9Nlkd-wSA
Australia: Darrylin is a Jaru women, managing Lamboo Station in the Kimberley. Recognise and respect the specific knowledge that women pastoralists have and their contribution to maintaining healthy rangelands and sustainable pastoralist livelihoods. https://youtu.be/AUuU-fpNYM0?si=SkSiq4Bxyw95rOKw
Australia: Nantawarrina rangers have learnt how to use drones, to make some of their work on country easier, e.g. drones can help identify feral animals for control, monitor revegetation and monitor native wildlife.https://www.indigenousdesertalliance.com/stories/wildu-minaka-eagle-eye-drone-training
Australia: The Ecological Cultural Knowledge series records the cultural knowledge of plants and language of five language groups in southwestern New South Wales. In this short film, the Ngiyampaa people share their oral histories and different uses of native plant materials in the local area to protect and preserve the stories for future generations. https://youtu.be/X31cV0tAaQs?si=48o2AEHRzgeiFZBW
India: Penning system (manuring the farmers field by night halt of herds) promotes sustainable farming. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jR-tL6kmq8peRN9_Q95z928AKmS4s_MG/view?usp=drive_link
Niger: Many tourists are attracted by the Guerewool, an annual festival of the Peuls Bororo. It is held every year on the sidelines of the festivities of the Salt Cure in most of the Peul villages located around the nomadic site. https://www.zenith-tours.com/festival-de-guerewool
CLUB UNESCO Transhumances & Transitions Association.
Objectives:
To contribute to the creation of a space for interaction and dialogue between students, teachers and other stakeholders.
To promote the creation of study groups and international relations
Contribute to the civic education of its members, in particular by helping them adapt to and understand transhumance practices and know-how with a view to a successful agro-ecological transition.
To establish relations, partnerships and actions at national and international level.
To develop projects that contribute to the attractiveness of the professions and skills associated with transhumance practices and know-how
To encourage intercultural exchanges between countries
To organise and/or take part in socio-educational, awareness-raising and popularisation initiatives on transhumance practices and know-how
To promote the values of UNESCO and those of the practices and know-how
To help coordinate national and international actions with any type of structure that wishes to work in the spirit of UNESCO in relation to transhumance https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/club-unesco-transhumances-transitions/posts/?feedView=all
- Derbyshire SF, Mohamed TS, Banerjee R et al. (2024) Anticipatory action in the drylands: steps toward centring pastoralist knowledge. Brief. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI (https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138679).
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