Pastoralists in a Changing World

Pastoralism is one of humanity’s oldest ways of life. Moving livestock across vast landscapes in rhythm with seasonal change and environmental conditions, pastoralist cultures rely on freedom of movement and shared arrangements over how to graze rangelands. Today, pastoralists are navigating profound environmental changes to the lands that have sustained their communities for generations. This Special Issue explores many of the tensions influencing pastoral livelihoods including climate change, conflict with wildlife, access to land, water and traditional migration routes, as well as the adaptation and innovation sustaining hundreds of millions of people worldwide. 

In Kyrgyzstan, a climate-ready corridor gives snow leopards and herders room to roam

‘Sharing is off the table’ as drought reshapes the culture of Ethiopia’s pastoralists

Climate change tests Nepal’s wild and domesticated yaks 

Botswana shows how smarter cattle herding can save lions, reopen ancient wildlife pathways

In Kenya, Maasai private landowners come together to protect wildlife corridors

In ‘The Battle for Laikipia,’ the human face of resource conflict in Kenya

Maasai women struggle to survive amid forced evictions in conservation area

Rio Tinto-linked mine still not fulfilling promises to Mongolian herders

How a fun women’s gathering led to small wildcat conservation in Peru’s Andes

Herders caught between conflict and climate change in the northern Congo Basin

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