Conservation of Dryland Biodiversity by Mobile Indigenous People: The Case of the Gabbra of Northern Kenya
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| Auteur(s) | Ganya, F.C. Haro, G.O. Borrini-Feyerabend, G. |
| Date | Novembre 2004 |
| Type de référence | article de journal |
| Nom de source | Policy Matters |
| Journal | Vol 13 |
| Pages | pp. 61-71 |
| Éditeur | IUCN, Gland |
Résumé
The Gabbra are a mobile indigenous people of northern Kenya. Their livelihood strategy, through which they survived for centuries in one of the harshest environments on earth, managed to conserve biodiversity through a complex and sophisticated natural resource management system that includes the raising of mixed livestock species; the practice of transhumance (mobility); the declaration and respect of “range reserves”; the declaration and respect of use rules for plant species with specific economic and cultural values; and a variety of rules and practices aiming at water conservation and at the protection of water point environments. This paper discusses these practises and their biodiversity conservation results. A number of phenomena that place these practices in jeopardy are mentioned in the paper, together with recommendations about recognising, respecting and strengthening, rather than diminishing, a management system that beautifully stood the test of time.
Thèmes
conservation communautaire
etude de cas
Couverture géographique
Kenya
Disponible de
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ceesp/Publications/newsletter/PM13-Section1-part1.pdf