Herders

The logging has been under the control of the state-run forest system. citation Greenpeace, reindeer herders, and Sami organisations carried out a historic joint campaign, and in 2010, Sami reindeer herders won some time as a result of these court cases.

As part of the campaign, deworming medicine was also distributed to herders – helping protect their livestock from intestinal parasites.

Daramola emphasised that no meaningful resolution could be achieved without recourse to the farmers and herders mutual involvement as stakeholders, adding that the that the Federal Government required an economic solution to the crisis.

Fascinating footage sheds light on the harsh conditions faced by nomadic reindeer herders in the Russian Arctic, especially when it comes to women who are pregnant.

For the farmers and herders of this stark region, it risks meaning sacrifice; they are calling on the authorities to strike a balance between the immediate global demand for the mineral, and their long-term livelihoods.

He added: “The relationship between herders and indigenes is one aspect of the crisis on the Plateau that sometimes gets blown out of context for different reasons.

He said their major role was surveillance and providing information on potential rel threats with regards to farming and herders issues to the LGA special Taskforce and security agencies in their area.

He told the Daily Trust that the armed men were "suspected to be herders" and attacked the community of Mgban.

In Lloyd’s famous hypothetical, a group of individual herders share a public pasture for grazing their cattle.

One of the events that has put Benue on the map as a country in recent times is the herders and farmers crises that are taking the North Central by storm.

Some of the Fulanis were herders who lost their livestock to cattle rustling.

Talking about anti-open grazing law, nobody has asked herders to leave Benue; the government only asked them to ranch.

The activists on Friday vowed to block entry to the complex to remind the government that they want a wind farm removed because they say it endangers the reindeer herders’ way of life.

The designed areas known as grazing routes by the Nigerian government have been taken over by farmers making the herders’ free movement a great concern as in when due, leading to clashes.

The governor during a security council meeting held at Government House Makurdi yesterday also charged them to emphasize prevention of attacks by armed/criminal herders rather than the reactionary approach.

There is a no love lost relationship between herders and farmers leading to regular violent clashes between them.

They said that it was important for both herders and farmers to appreciate their interconnectivity in the ecosystem and work to protect each other’s interest.

When they circle in the sky, herders in rural Guinea-Bissau know that hyenas or other predators could be moving in for the kill.

According to Seriki, the unrest between farmers and herders is being fueled by certain elements, but he expressed optimism that the youthful energy of the new leadership will help foster harmony.

Also, while a bill discouraging open grazing is rapidly progressing, the Senate constituted an “Ad-Hoc committee to work out modalities for a Holistic solution to the problem of farmers and herders clashes and killings all over the country”.