2: Herding through uncertainties – Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience – PASTRES
In this lecture, Michele Nori explains some principles that emerge across different pastoral systems in responding to uncertainty, exploring these through six cases around the globe. Uncertainty is a pervasive part of pastoral life. By looking at responses to uncertainty across pastoral regions, what principles of pastoralist practice emerge? Responding to environmental factors – variable rainfall patterns, extreme climatic events, animal disease etc. – is important. So are the consequences of the integration of pastoral economies into wider market dynamics; and the impacts of state interventions, including infrastructure development, sedentarisation, conservation programmes and so on. Problems of insecurity at local, regional and international levels affect pastoralism, as do technological developments connecting people, markets and resources. The contexts can vary widely, but there are some common principles in how pastoralists around the world use to respond to these uncertainties i
Course home In this lecture, Michele Nori explains some principles that emerge across different pastoral systems in responding to uncertainty, exploring these through six cases around the globe. Uncertainty is a pervasive part of pastoral life. By looking at responses to uncertainty across pastoral regions, what principles of pastoralist practice emerge? Responding to environmental factors – variable rainfall patterns, extreme climatic events, animal disease etc. – is important. So are the consequences of the integration of pastoral economies into wider market dynamics; and the impacts of stat
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