In an industrialized world, pastoralism might seem irrelevant or even backward. But that’s a misconception, says German scientist Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, who has lived around Raika camel herders in ...

Pastoralism in Kenya exists primarily within arid and semi-arid lands, which make up nearly 80 percent of Kenya.

More than half of the land cover on Earth might be used for pastoralism, but this livelihood is often poorly understood. More than half of the land cover on Earth might be used for pastoralism, a ...

Ancient sheep, goat and cattle herders made Africa their home by hooking up with the continent’s native hunter-gatherers, a study suggests. DNA analysis shows that African herders and foragers mated ...

Out on a stroll in a Rajasthan village some 30 years ago, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson ran into a caravan of camels grazing on grass. At that instant, the visiting German veterinary scientist knew her life ...

Lodwar — In dryland areas across the world, tens of millions of people raise domesticated animals on open rangeland. Extreme variations in weather mean such pastoralists have to be highly adaptive and ...

Briske and colleagues call for a fundamental shift in conservation thinking. "We contend that the promotion of sustainable pastoralism on rangelands represents a critical mitigation strategy to ...

Between 7-19 December, delegates from nearly 200 countries will gather in Montreal for Biodiversity COP15, the first UN conference on biodiversity since 2018. Touted as a ‘make or break’ moment ...