Tag: pastoralism
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Podcast: Shepherding schools and reviving rural futures
Podcast episode about the Inland project in northern Spain, which combines commons-based approaches to pastoralism, agroecology, culture and art.
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Photo story: Xolobeni – A Commoning Success Story
Photo story about the struggle by people in Xolobeni to protect and develop their commons against extractive interests.
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A Portuguese village on the front line of the ‘energy transition’
Covas de Barroso is facing the threat of an open-cast lithium mine, with just 10 days to respond to a public consultation.
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Geothermal meets pastoral livelihoods in Kenya
The expansion of geothermal power in Kenya has impacted the Maasai and other residents, creating new divisions and tensions.
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Comic: The Killing Famine
Comic about colonisation, mining and conservation in Madagascar, drawing on the history of enclosures of common grazing lands and forests.
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‘Sedentist’ bias and the pastoral commons
Pastoralists are often marginalised from common land and resources, even by policies that claim to help them. Policies are based on a bias towards fixed, formalised land ownership.