Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal
Abstract The persistence of transhumance systems requires continued access to key pastoral resources that together allow the seasonal movement of livestock herds over long distances. In dryland West Africa, these pastoral resources are vulnerable to competing land uses - particularly agriculture. Th...
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| description | Abstract The persistence of transhumance systems requires continued access to key pastoral resources that together allow the seasonal movement of livestock herds over long distances. In dryland West Africa, these pastoral resources are vulnerable to competing land uses - particularly agriculture. The mapping of pastoral resources is needed as a necessary but insufficient first step in local to national efforts to manage competing forms of land use in ways that do not threaten transhumance as a form of land use. In the hopes of spurring analogous efforts elsewhere, a new digital map of the transhumance system in eastern Senegal is described. Not only does it provide detailed information about key transhumance resources (water points, encampments, corridors, pastures), but allows these to be updated, queried and questioned through an on-line interface. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ffcbdcfd440465db01f3ae92212ac2f2024-03-02T23:16:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Pastoralism2041-71362017-12-01711310.1186/s13570-017-0104-2Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern SenegalMatthew Turner0Erin Kitchell1John McPeak2Jérémy Bourgoin3Department of Geography, University of WisconsinDepartment of Geography, University of Wisconsin215 Eggers Hall, Syracuse UniversityCentre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD, UMR TETIS), Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles (ISRA), Pôle Pastoralisme et Zones Sèches (PPZS)Abstract The persistence of transhumance systems requires continued access to key pastoral resources that together allow the seasonal movement of livestock herds over long distances. In dryland West Africa, these pastoral resources are vulnerable to competing land uses - particularly agriculture. The mapping of pastoral resources is needed as a necessary but insufficient first step in local to national efforts to manage competing forms of land use in ways that do not threaten transhumance as a form of land use. In the hopes of spurring analogous efforts elsewhere, a new digital map of the transhumance system in eastern Senegal is described. Not only does it provide detailed information about key transhumance resources (water points, encampments, corridors, pastures), but allows these to be updated, queried and questioned through an on-line interface.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13570-017-0104-2West AfricaTranshumanceLivestock corridorsDigital cartographyParticipatory mapping |
| spellingShingle | Matthew Turner Erin Kitchell John McPeak Jérémy Bourgoin Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal Pastoralism West Africa Transhumance Livestock corridors Digital cartography Participatory mapping |
| title | Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal |
| title_full | Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal |
| title_fullStr | Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal |
| title_short | Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal |
| title_sort | digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern senegal |
| topic | West Africa Transhumance Livestock corridors Digital cartography Participatory mapping |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13570-017-0104-2 |
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