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Herrero, M., Addison, J., Bedelian, C., Carabine, E., Havlik, P. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-5085, Henderson, B., van de Steeg, J., & Thornton, P.K.
(2016).
Climate change and pastoralism: impacts, consequences and adaptation.
Revue Scientifique et Technique- Office International des Epizooties 35 (2) 417-433. 10.20506/rst/35.2.2533.
Abstract
The authors discuss the main climate change impacts on pastoralist societies, including those on rangelands, livestock and other natural resources, and their extended repercussions on food security, incomes and vulnerability. The impacts of climate change on the rangelands of the globe and on the vulnerability of the people who inhabit them will be severe and diverse, and will require multiple, simultaneous responses. In higher latitudes, the removal of temperature constraints might increase pasture production and livestock productivity, but in tropical arid lands, the impacts are highly location specific, but mostly negative. The authors outline several adaptation options, ranging from implementing new technical practices and diversifying income sources to finding institutional support and introducing new market mechanisms, all of which are pivotal for enhancing the capacity of pastoralists to adapt to climate variability and change. Due to the dynamism of all the changes affecting pastoral societies, strategies that lock pastoral societies into specified development pathways could be maladaptive. Flexible and evolving combinations of practices and policies are the key to successful pastoral adaptation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adaptation, Climate change, Food security, Institution, Livestock, Pastoralism, Resilience, Vulnerability |
| Research Programs: | Ecosystems Services and Management (ESM) |
| Depositing User: | Luke Kirwan |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2016 09:38 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2021 17:28 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/14114 |
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