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Later this year, Observatory researchers and partners launch a book on the future of mobile pastoralism in Africa’s drylands

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Anticipatory action for pastoralist communities requires shifts towards locally grounded planning and actors

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Our ninth Pastoralism and Drylands Development seminar launches a special issue of the journal ‘Disasters’

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Last week in Nairobi, the Observatory team and partners contributed to several sessions around dryland resilience and anticipatory action

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At last week’s GLF Africa event, we explored what an ‘abundance’ narrative provides for investors in drylands

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Today’s conversations challenged us to rethink how anticipatory action works for pastoralists in chronically vulnerable drylands

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Speaking at a GASL webinar, Samuel Derbyshire synthesized key messages from research on the drylands of tomorrow

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A special issue of Disasters explores causes and effective responses to protracted crises across Africa

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Humanitarian agencies should move to approaches grounded in the relations that shape life in the drylands

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Sam Derbyshire introduces an article that unpacks ‘anticipatory action’ for pastoralist communities