Securing Land Rights for Pastoralism

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Governments must legally protect the land rights of pastoralists, specifically ensuring their mobility and customary rights to access and manage pastoral resources. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

doi:10.3828/whpnp.63904085203763

September 14, 2026Nomadic PeoplesOpen Access

Securing Land Rights for Pastoralism

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Examine the imperative for legal protections securing land tenure, mobility, and customary resource management for pastoral communities.
Reviewed policy frameworks governing pastoral land access, mobility corridors, and customary resource tenure.
Identifies legal recognition of customary access and collective governance as critical safeguards for pastoral resources.
Emphasizes that legislative protections must accommodate herd mobility across fragmented rangeland landscapes.

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This paper calls on governments to legally protect the land rights of pastoralists, including the need for mobility and the customary rights to access and manage pastoral resources

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