What are advantages and disadvantages for the ecosystem and local pastoralists if companies drill wells to extract geothermal energy? Credit: Future Rural Africa Project, Geographical Institute, Bonn University.
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In Southern Ethiopia, most of the 200,000 people (Bode, Dassenach, Hamer, Karo, Kwegu, Mursi, Nyangatom, Suri) raise livestock. The Omo River's annual flooding replenishes pastures and allows flood-retreat cropping. The Gibe III dam threatens local livelihoods. Credit: Oakland Institute.
The Eastern & Southern Africa Programme of IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) shows how communities in semi-arid northern Uganda & northern Kenya use natural solutions to tackle environmental challenges.
Pastoralists turn variability into food - animated video in Swahili (Credit: CELEP/Misereor)
Pastoralists turn variability into food - animated video in Amharic (Credit: CELEP/Misereor)
