Natural resource management and land alienation among the Barabaig pastoralists.

摘要

In the Hanang plains of Tanzania the grazing rotation of Barabaig pastoralists has been transformed by the appropriation of wetter pasture areas for wheat farms within a bilateral agricultural development scheme. Internal evaluations and independentassessments have challenged the economic performance of the wheat project, which has also resulted in a range of negative environmental impacts. The Barabaig response to the situation is documented and has included legal challenges to the alienation oftheir land as well as an international campaign in defence of their perceived rights. Lessons to be learned from the case study for the management of pastoral systems in savanna environments are discussed.