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Current Social and Rangeland Access Trends among Pastoralists in the Western Algerian Steppe (2021)

Bencherif, S., Dahmani, M. B., Burgas, D., & Manzano, P. (2021). Current Social and Rangeland Access Trends among Pastoralists in the Western Algerian Steppe. Land, 10(7), Article 674. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10070674

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Bencherif, Slimane; Dahmani, Mohamed Boumedienne; Burgas, Daniel; Manzano, Pablo

Lehti tai sarja: Land

eISSN: 2073-445X

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Ilmestymispäivä: 26.06.2021

Volyymi: 10

Lehden numero: 7

Artikkelinumero: 674

Kustantaja: MDPI AG

Julkaisumaa: Sveitsi

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land10070674

Julkaisun avoin saatavuus: Avoimesti saatavilla

Julkaisukanavan avoin saatavuus: Kokonaan avoin julkaisukanava

Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/77383

Tiivistelmä

In the western Algerian steppe, the public authorities have carried out actions aimed at rural development (agricultural development programs) and combating desertification (grazing reserves) to counter the significant and rapid loss of vegetation cover of pastures by overgrazing, and the consequent impacts on local livelihoods. In the Rogassa area, these actions have impacted land tenure and the ancestral and collective way of land use and access. These changes have caused transformations in lifestyle and pasture management. This research aims to characterize how such changes are affecting local pastoralists and what their perceptions are about them. A selective sampling of 150 agropastoral households was carried out by interviewing their heads, analyzing socioeconomic, land tenure and government perception variables. Most agropastoralists access land under tribal tenure, conditioned by local social structures. Pastures are prevailingly perceived by pastoralists as insufficient, and the perception of grazing reserves is largely negative. Pastoralists are worried about land degradation and declining grazing lands, and are looking for solutions and alternatives. However, state interventions have been uncoordinated and have not considered their customary land rights. The generalized awareness of environmental deterioration points to the need for better communication and intervention strategies to be developed by authorities in the future that involve the inhabitants of these lands.

YSO-asiasanat: paimentolaiset; paimentolaisuus; paimentolaiskulttuurit; laitumet; maankäyttö; maanomistus; yhteismaa; aavikoituminen; kehitysohjelmat

Vapaat asiasanat: Algeria

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

JUFO-taso: 1