Untitled Document He began his journey in India; South africa is his of the interior as far inland as Lake turkana. are the ones where today s indigenous peoples were confined http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v4/v4i3a3.htm
Extractions: THE LAND OF JILALI : TRAVELS THROUGH KENYA'S DROUGHT-STRICKEN NORTH. Paul Goldsmith This is the journal of the journeys of a Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) team studying natural resource management in Marsabit District. Our missionto assess environmental degradation, and how sedentarisation may be contributing to desertification around settlements and on the range. As we zoom across the flat hardpan of the Chalbi desert, the sun is spreading its soft, brilliant blanket over the silhouette of Mt. Kulal. We pass small Rendille camels from the fora satellite camps, grazing in the twilight, unfazed by our speed. We are in no hurry, and on a twilight break we inspect the Chalbi's crusty, salt-impregnated surface. When precipitation exceeds evaporation, insoluble minerals and salts are leached out of the soil. Eons of rainfall have concentrated soda in the wind-scoured floor of this former inland sea. Once upon a time, this was a very lush land. It is early June, 2000. Kenya is hurtling toward a massive combined crisis of power shortfalls, water rationing, and shrinking informal sector employment. The drought-crippled economy is fueling new and unique expressions of social tension: rioting school children in Nairobi capture a Tusker beer truck, and drink it dry.
The Allyn & Bacon Cultural Survival Series Drought and Development in africa s Arid Lands in Kenya including the Maasai, turkana, and Boran. in the Russian Federation is affecting indigenous peoples. http://www.abacon.com/culturalsurvival/
World Food Habits Bibliography: Africa Frequency among Nomadic Pastoralists of turkana, Kenya A and Middle Eastern Food and Dietary Change of indigenous peoples. 12(3)3449. africa; Middle East http://lilt.ilstu.edu/rtdirks/AFRICA.html
Extractions: FOOD AND CULTURE Africa Aborampah O. 1985. Determinants of Breast-feeding and Post-partum Sexual Abstinence: Analysis of a Sample of Yoruba Women, Western Nigeria. Journal of Biosocial Science . 17:461-9. [infant feeding; Africa] Aboud FE; Alemu T. 1995. Nutrition, Maternal Responsiveness and Mental Development of Ethopian Children. Social Science and Medicine [child nutrition; Africa] Acho-Chi C. 2002. The Mobile Street Food Service Practice in the Urban Economy of Kumba, Cameroon. Singpore Journal of Tropical Geography . 23(2):131-48. [food distribution; Africa] Almedom AM. 1991. Infant Feeding in Urban Low-income Households in Ethiopia. Ecology of Food and Nutrition . 25:97-109. [infant nutrition; Africa] Anigbo OA. 1987. Commensality and Human Relationship among the Igbo. University of Nigeria Press. [social relations; African; Nigeria; Igbo] Aunger R. 1994. Sources of Variation in Ethnographic Interview Data: Food Avoidances in the Ituri Forest. Ethnology . 33(1):65-99. [food proscriptions; Africa; Zaire] Aunger R. 1994. Are Food Avoidances Maladaptive in the Ituri Forest of Zaire?
Environmental Anthro--Faculty (2000) Female Circumcision in africa Culture, Controversy on the health of nomadic turkana women and Contested Arctic indigenous peoples, Nation States, http://www.anthro.washington.edu/Environ/EA_faculty.htm
Extractions: Core Faculty Students in the EA program must have supervisory committees chaired by a member of the core faculty in EA. These faculty are all members of the graduate faculty in Anthropology, and include the following (listed in alphabetical order): Donald K. Grayson (PhD 1973, U of Oregon) email: grayson@u.washington.edu Research interests: Human paleoecology , environmental change, biogeography, western North America and western European Paleolithic. "My interests focus on the interrelationships between environmental change and human uses of those environments in the past. I am currently conducting research in both the Great Basin of the western United States and in France . In the Basin I am studying deep, stratified sequences of small mammals from Homestead Cave Utah , in order to address issues concerning both mammalian biogeographic history and the nature of Great Basin environments during the past 12,000 years. In France , I am analyzing a series of Middle and Upper Paleolithic faunas from cave sites in order to better understand relationships between climatic change and human foraging strategies through time." Selected Publications: The Archaeological Record of Human Impacts on Animal Populations.
EuropaWorld 16/2/2001 To Let Them Be Or Not To Let Them Be to other continents for example, Asia and africa between them The turkana tribe of Kenya plan their crop On the other hand some indigenous peoples engage in http://www.europaworld.org/Issue22/toletthembeornottoletthembe16201.htm
Extractions: We Europeans no longer attack ethnic civilisations at the point of a sword, practising massacre and genocide in the name of Christianity or colonisation. We no longer plunder or destroy art treasures belonging to so-called 'uncivilised' people, practising a form of artistic vandalism simply because we cannot be bothered to appreciate or to understand. Nevertheless we continue to oppress divergence. Through majority languages such as English or Spanish, through the ubiquitous power of radio and television, air travel, the invasion of habitat, through global culture we are in the process of destroying ancient ways of life as efficienly and perhaps even more effectively than our more brutal ancestors.The question arises are we right to do so? A report recently published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights the extent of this destruction by analysing the fate of the world's minority languages. According to UNEP, there are between 5,000 and 7,000 languages spoken in the world today - the vast majority indigenous tongues. Approximately 2,500, they believe, are on the brink of extinction.
UNC Anthropology Faculty Publications of coastal foraging on several indigenous Florida populations. on added importance because the turkana today, like many other pastoral peoples in africa http://www.unc.edu/depts/anthro/faculty/book.html
Extractions: Judith Farquhar Duke University Press, May 2002 Judith Farquhar's innovative study of medicine and popular culture in modern China reveals the thoroughly political and historical character of pleasure. Ranging over a variety of cultural terrainsfiction, medical texts, film and television, journalism, and observations of clinics and urban daily life in Beijing-Appetites challenges the assumption that the mundane enjoyments of bodily life are natural and unvarying. Farquhar analyzes modern Chinese reflections on embodiedexistence to show how contemporary appetites are grounded in history. From eating well in improving economic times to memories of the late 1950s famine, from the flavors of traditional Chinese medicine to modernity's private sexual passions, this book argues that embodiment in all its forms must be invented and sustained in public reflections about personal and national life. As much at home in science studies and social theory as in the details of life in Beijing, this account uses anthropology, cultural studies, and literary criticism to read contemporary Chinese life in a materialist and reflexive mode. For both Maoist and market reform periods, this is a story of high culture in appetites, desire in collective life, and politics in the body and its dispositions.
Whoseland.com africa, people who are categorized as indigenous are the nomadic and pastoral communities who comprise among other the Maasai of Kenya and Tanzania, turkana, http://www.whoseland.com/paper6.html
Extractions: "Indigenous people" is a concept we now often encounter in discussions on human rights, democracy, political development and civil society. This has followed from the continuing and deepening crisis if human suffering on a larger scale I the political, social, economic and cultural field as well as human rights abuses. At the same time, there have been political responses to colonial and post colonial pressures and political alienation of indigenous peoples. In many parts of Africa people are looking for new perceptions and new solutions to old problems and difficulties and taking part in the global discussion on indigenous rights has become one of the strategies in the struggle for a just development. This brief overview on indigenous peoples of Kenya is supposed to serve as a guideline in defining, planning and prioritizing assistance to the poor, marginalised indigenous peoples of Kenya. It was requested as a further elaboration of MS's development assistance to Kenya. It begins by recalling definitions used to identify indigenous peoples in the world and in Africa, then it assesses the "indigenousness" of those groups of people who have been identified as indigenous in Kenya and their struggle for recognition and demands for fairness and justice. There is also a brief discussion on the relevance of MS's policy on indigenous peoples and a few points on strategies to be followed by potential donors in order to alleviate the suffering of indigenous peoples in the region.
WWF-Pakistan PEOPLE-WOMEN-INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Kenya , Erdo is the daughter of turkana herders, Esther of the UN Decade of indigenous peoples, looks at The Wodaabes are people residing in the Sahara Desert http://www.wwfpak.org/tv-catalogpeople.htm
Extractions: When China and Pakistan cemented their strategic alliance in the early 1970s by building the Karakoram Highway , centuries of isolation in the valleys of northern Pakistan were shattered. Ruled for decades by the feudal Mirs or princes, the people had always survived by a precarious agricultural system. But with the abolition of the Mirs powers in 1972, this fragile infrastructure began to disintegrate. The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme , started in 1983, has helped to establish over 2000 village organisations to oversee new projects from irrigation to food preservation and womens education. But, as Paul Clearys exquisitely shot film makes clear, progress has also brought tension. The road is exacting demands from the people of
Cultural Survival Environment Facility, Biodiversity Conservation, and indigenous peoplesBy Thomas Griffiths André FoisyKakuma/turkana Dueling Struggles Africas Forgotten peoples By Daniel Chang http://www.cs.org/publications/CSQ
Extractions: Feature Articles: Conservation Policy and Indigenous Peoples By Marcus Colchester Indigenous Voices at the Table:Restoring Local Decision-Making on Protected Areas By Joji Carino Help or Hindrance? The Global Environment Facility, Biodiversity Conservation, and Indigenous Peoples By Thomas Griffiths In Guyana, Indigenous Peoples Fight to Join Conservation Efforts By Jean LaRose Benefiting Local Populations? Communal Reserves in Peru 50 Years of Disrespect: Protected Areas in Suriname Protected Areas in Suriname: A Voice from Surinames Galibi Nature Reserve By Ricardo Pané Pipelines, Parks, and People: Bagyeli Document Land Use Near Campo Maan National Park National Parks: Indigenous Resource Management Principles in Protected Areas and Indigenous Peoples of Asia By Jannie Lasimbang Transfrontier Parks in South Africa He Paua, He Korowai, Me Nga Waahi Tapu/A Shellfish, a Woven Cloak, and Sacred Places: Maori and Protected Areas He Paua, He Korowai, Me Nga Waahi TapuHe Paua, He Korowai,
Powersports New Releases ecological and political challenges of africa and the of Samburu and Masaai Mara, the indigenous people who inhabit Ocean, the Chalbi Desert, turkana Lake and http://www.ps-mill.com/Newrel/07peoafri.html
Extractions: (Pokot, Turkana, Samburu and Marakwet communities) In 2003 ITDG EA conducted a study on traditional conflict resolution mechanisms as practiced by the Pokot, Turkana, Samburu and Marakwet pastoralists and agro-pastoralists communities in Kenya. This study was funded by USAID/Kenya and East Africa Cross-Border Biodiversity Project (EACBBP). Abstract This publication details the indigenous methods of conflict resolution among the Pokot, Tukana, Samburu, and Marakwet communities of North Rift Kenya. Traditional conflict resolution structures are closely bound with socio- political and economic realities of the lifestyles of the African communities. These conflict resolution structures are rooted in the culture and history of African people, and are in one way or another unique to each community. The overriding legitimacy of indigenous conflict resolution structures amongst these communities is striking. The publication outlines scarce and unequal access to natural resources and power, ethnic mistrust (ethnocentrism), inadequate state structures, border tensions and proliferation of illicit arms into the hands of tribal chiefs, warlords and fellow tribesmen as some of the causes of inter-ethnic conflicts in northern Kenya.
ITDG East Africa : About Us pastoralists in the following areas turkana, Samburu, Marsabit and plant genetic resources, and indigenous knowledge in improve the mobility of people in East http://www.itdg.org/html/itdg_eastafrica/about.htm
Extractions: Urban Livelihoods and Shelter Programme Over one billion people in the world are either homeless or live in very poor housing characterised by overcrowding and lack of adequate accompanying infrastructure services. In most cases they lack secure land tenure and hence are vulnerable to eviction and violence. Formerly known as the Building Materials and Shelter Programme, ULS aims to help marginalized people acquire and control the technologies and skills needed to produce or gain access to durable building materials, decent and affordable housing. The Programme seeks to improve the environmental sustainability of low-income housing and to reduce policy, legal and institutional constraints faced by poor men and women seeking access to shelter. Rural Agriculture and Pastoralism Programme The main aim of RAPP is to increase the food security of people in marginal areas throughout the East African region and to assist marginalised food producers to take greater control of decisions and changes that affect their lives. The Programme is working with farmers and pastoralists in the following areas: Turkana, Samburu, Marsabit, Tharaka and Kathekani. All RAPP projects incorporate community-based monitoring and evaluation systems in their work. This is in addition to its contribution to policy debates in animal health, biodiversity and plant genetic resources, and indigenous knowledge in development. Other priorities within the programme include conflict resolution, environmental management and gender empowerment.
MCP His documentation covers not only the indigenous people of Kenyas northwestern turkana, but the families of Sudan and East africa residing in the nearby http://www.mncp.org/exhibitions/past/lowend/lowend.html
Extractions: "Taking as its point of departure the notions of trajectory, fidelity and resonance, Low End Theory is marked most significantly by localized, individually oriented points of emergence. This theory may be considered the descriptive term for a time period during the initial stages of a building arc, a qualifier for describing a method of do-it-yourself fabrication or the ripple effect of an event or work of art beyond its immediate or surface meaning."
Rainforests de Janeiro, USA, Kenya, turkana, Belgium, Papua energy, development, reservoirs, indigenous people, rainforest, transport Business, South africa, World population http://highlandschools-virtualib.org.uk/global_dimension/rainforests.htm
Extractions: Home What is it? Discussion Forum Forthcoming Events ... Topic Exemplars Title Author or Source Format Age range Subject area Keywords Animals to make WWF Activity Book Primary Nursery Expressive Arts, Environmental Studies wild animals, jungle, rainforest, art Antonio's Rainforest (3) WWF Story Book P rimary Environmental Studies rainforest, Amazon, Brazil, home, rubber, children, wildlife, case study, story Around the Garden in 80 ways (2) Birmingham DEC Activity Book Primary Nursery Environmental Studies garden plants, development, global, climate,weather, rainforest, industry, history, nuts, soil, trees, Bangladesh, St Lucia, banana, drugs, Caribbean, Latin America Children of the World -Colombia(2) UNICEF Activity Book Primary Nursery Environmental Studies Colombia, photographs, jobs, tourism, games, food, school, urban, rural, rainforest, Latin America, toys, education Decade of Destruction WWF Primary secondary Geography, Modern Studies, RE, Environmental Studies, English, Science
Destinations traditional lifestyles of the indigenous peoples, living among their political stability; the people are helpful nomadic Borana, Rendille, turkana and Samburu http://www.robinhurtphotosafaris.com/destinations.htm
Extractions: Destinations To this day, East Africa remains the finest wildlife paradise on earth. Travelling through landscapes of staggering beauty, witnessing the fascinating traditional lifestyles of the indigenous peoples, living among the spectacular herds of game and sleeping under canvas beneath the vast African sky, stimulates all the senses; the never-to-be-forgotten experiences that provoke moments of profound reflection. As Mick Jagger wrote in our guest book, it Took me back. Africa takes people back to their roots, to childhood dreams of striped horses, spotted cats, and giraffe, creatures impossible to believe until you see them in their natural habitat, in the landscape where our own kind began. Robin Hurt Photo Safaris supports sustainable ecotourism and to this end we patronize community group ranches that promote conservation in such areas as Il Ngwesi and Namunyak in northern Kenya. Both Kenya and Tanzania are acclaimed for their political stability; the people are helpful and friendly, and officials, polite and courteous.
NATIVE-L (July 1993): Dutch Gov't: Indigenous Peoples Recognising and strengthening the role of indigenous people and their A policy which forces nomadic peoples to settle the way in which the turkana became the http://nativenet.uthscsa.edu/archive/nl/9307/0074.html
EAST AFRICA Feature - Pastoralism Viable Despite Constraints Ethnic communities such as Kenya s turkana and Pokot, Uganda s Other recent EAST africa reports on employees, says study, 11/Feb/04 indigenous people pledge to http://www.plusnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=36103&SelectRegion=East_Africa, Horn
Search: the seminomadic Pokot and turkana peoples of Kenya and analyses a range of indigenous forest management to achieving effective participation by local people.. http://www.odifpeg.org.uk/search/keywords/i.html
Extractions: Search Keywords indigenous knowledge Managing Africa's Tropical Dry Forests: A Review of Indigenous Methods Identifies and analyses a range of indigenous forest management practices in dryland Africa, to encourage the forestry profession to take more account of them in planning forest management.. more... RDFN 21a Forest Farmers: A Case Study of Traditional Shifting Cultivation in Honduras Agriculture is often blamed for deforestation, but some indigenous peoples have cultivated crops inside tropical forests without degradation for thousands of years.. more... RDFN 21c Towards a Practical Classification of Slash-and-Burn Agricultural Systems This paper proposed a simple working scheme to distinguish different types of slash-and-burn agriculture.. more... RDFN 21f-ii A synthesis of results of the FTPP Farmer-initiated Research and Extension Practices Initiative in East Africa Agroforestry trials - experimenting with the inclusion of woody plants in farming systems - constitute an age-old practice throughout the world..
Globalization Versus Heterogeneity Meanwhile the turkana tribe of Kenya plan crop planting 4,000 to 5,000 of these classed as indigenous. of wildlife underscoring how native peoples have thrived http://www.progress.org/global02.htm
Extractions: Globalization Poses Threat to World's Cultural, Linguistic And Biological Diversity The United Nations Environment Program has released this warning. Nature's secrets, locked away in the songs, stories, art and handicrafts of indigenous people, may be lost forever as a result of growing globalization, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is warning. Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEP, said yesterday: "The freeing up of markets around the world may well be the key to economic growth in rich and poor countries alike. But this must not happen at the expense of the thousands of indigenous cultures and their traditions." "Indigenous peoples not only have a right to preserve their way of life. But they also hold vital knowledge on the animals and plants with which they live. Enshrined in their cultures and customs are also secrets of how to manage habitats and the land in environmentally friendly, sustainable, ways", he said. Much of this knowledge is passed down from generation to generation orally, in art works or in the designs of handicrafts such as baskets, rather than being written down. So losing a language and its cultural context is like burning a unique reference book of the natural world. "If these cultures disappear they and their intimate relationship with nature will be lost forever. We must do all we can to protect these people. If they disappear the world will be a poorer place", Mr Toepfer said during the 21st session of UNEP's Governing Council which is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, this week.
SGP Project Information Region, Regional Bureau for africa. namely; the Tepeth, Matheniko and the turkana who derive to sustain their livelihoods, these indigenous people resort to http://www.undp.org/sgp/cty/AFRICA/UGANDA/pfs5395.htm
Extractions: Last Updated:25-Mar-2004 04:59 AM (New York Time) Region Regional Bureau for Africa Country UGANDA Project Name Matheniko Communities Beekeeping and Conservation Project Description The project is managed by Matheniko Development Forum, a local CBO in the in the area. The GEF focal area addressed is Biodiversity conservation and mitigation against land degradation. The indigenous community surrounding Mountains Moroto Forest reserve is composed of mainly agro pastoralists and is actively involved in the promotion of the project activities especially in the sustainable conservation of natural resources and Bee keeping to generate income and improve on their livelihoods and more so to avoid the destruction of the Mountain Moroto ecosystem. Focal Area (Bio) Biodiversity
