Drylands and pastoralism

With research, training and advocacy, we help build climate resilience, productivity and equity in the dryland areas of East Africa, Ethiopia, the Sahel and Sudan

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Decentralising Climate Funds

Climate finance

Climate change adaptation funds

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Dryland Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme

September 2022 - ongoing

Illustration of the outline of a herder herding their flock in front of buildings, with the words "Pastoralism in development" underneath

Pastoralism in Development: a learning journey – free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Man and woman fill up jerry cans with water from a fountain

Water access in the drylands – what’s not working?

Claire Bedelian
11 November 2022

Man, wearing red and black and holding a stick, walks with cattle

Valuing a traditional lifestyle: how Maasai herders are being paid to protect nature and combat climate change

Jo Anderson
19 October 2022

A man hoeing ground that is dry and cracked.

Moving forward with communal land rights in Ethiopia: what are the legal solutions?

Nathaniah Jacobs and Daniel Behailu
24 June 2022

A man is surrounded by cattle on a dusty trail.

Mitigating farmer-herder conflict

April 2017 - March 2019

Aerial view of an arid landscape. A group of people walk.

IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists

29 November 2021

A man and a horse plough a dry-looking field.

Drylands and climate-resilient development – valuing climatic variability

Event on 29 September 2021

Related collections

Learn more about focused areas of IIED's drylands and pastoralism work

Drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity

A programme of work showing how IIED is building capacity to act on the implications of climate change for equitable and climate resilient development in the drylands

Mobilising money to where it matters

A programme of work helping to initiate a positive shift in the quantity and quality of climate finance reaching the local level to support locally-led solutions that address climate change, poverty and biodiversity loss

Publications

View more Drylands and pastoralism publications

20911g.pdf

Pastoralism in Uganda: theory, practice and policy

20906g.pdf

Pastoralism and pastoral policy in Ethiopia

17763IIED.pdf

How have decentralised natural resource management institutions evolved over 20 years? Summary of findings from Mali, Niger, Sudan and Ethiopia

10208IIED.pdf

Farmer-herder conflict in sub-Saharan Africa?

9311IIED.pdf

Mediation in a changing landscape: Success and failure in managing conflicts over natural resources in south-west Burkina Faso

12539IIED.pdf

Trees are our backbone: Integrating environment and local development in the Tigray region of Ethiopia

G00256.pdf

Pastoral Civil Society Quarterly Newsletter of RECONCILE/IIED Programme on Reinforcement of Pastoral Civil Society in East Africa Issue No 9 January - March 2005

G02739.pdf

Education for Nomads Bulletin: Issue 1

10043IIED.pdf

Moving beyond the rhetoric: the challenge of reform in Kenya’s drylands

X00148.pdf

Decentralising climate adaptation funds in Mali

WoDaabe pastoralists are one of the most mobile and specialised pastoral communities in the Sahel (Photo: Stephen Anderson)

Supporting pastoral mobility in East and West Africa

Archived Project

A male shepherdwith a stick leads dozens of sheep winding behind him on a dusty trail

Valuing variability

Article, 17 December 2012

A shot from the Herding Chaos film made by Saverio Krätli

Niger: Pastoral livelihoods and climate change adaptation

Project

A woman stands with three goats in shadow amid a dusty terrain

Introduction to drylands: building climate resilience, productivity and equity

Article, 17 December 2012

Pastoralists with their goats in Niger.

Why following the herd can be good for Kenyan media

Blog, 11 October 2012

A man leads a herd of camels with the sun setting behind them.

What’s in a narrative? In policy, everything or nothing

Blog, 28 September 2012

Man walking with two camels over a sandy landscape.

Food aid is needed desperately — but ultimately it's not the answer

Blog, 25 July 2011

The 'Diffa; The Morning Light' video is one of a series of videos exploring the impact of climate change on drylands pastoralists (Image: IIED)

Pastoralism videos/Vidéos pastoralisme

Article, 15 June 2011

Front cover of the journal Pastoralism journal: research, policy and practice

Pastoralism Journal: Research, Policy and Practice

Archived Project

A question of time

Blog, 25 November 2010