L Brottem
Biographic Data
| ID | 26649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L Brottem |
| GIVEN NAMES | L |
| FAMILY NAME | Brottem |
| SIGNATURE | BROTTEM L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Grinnell College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9830-332X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Biodiversity conservation and contestations over land
Pastoralism is facing existential threat in West Africa
Violent farmer-herder conflicts in West Africa
Pastoral Movements and Resource Claims in Southeastern Chad
Environmental rehabilitation and the vulnerability of the poor
Poor people in rural areas depend directly on functioning agroecosystems. Environmental rehabilitation, culminating in the reestablishment of tree cover, is seen as improving ecological functioning and in so doing, reducing the vulnerability of the poor who rely on these agroecosystems. This is what we refer to as the win-win vision for afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) programs – increases in ecological resiliency will lead to…
Pastoral Resource Conflict in the Context of Sudano–Sahelian Security Crises
This article reviews recent research on pastoral resource conflict in the context of security crises across Sudano–Sahelian West and Central Africa. The goal is to improve understanding of the linkages between resource–related grievances, conflict escalation, and regional outbreaks of violence. The review focuses on factors perceived to play a role in violent conflicts across the region, including climate change, resource scarcity, and the politi…
The Geography of the Bottom Billion
Gendered livelihoods and land tenure
Dig Your Own Well
This article examines the influence of changing demographic and human mobility patterns on present-day local institutions and access to basic services in Mali, West Africa. It offers a new political ecological perspective on how local institutions function in rural West Africa and how the spatial character of these institutions shapes service access. The article brings together evidence from archival sources, census data spanning the twentieth ce…
Environmental Change and Farmer-Herder Conflict in Agro-Pastoral West Africa
Moussa Touré, director. The Pirogue. 2012. Original Title
Moussa Touré, director. The Pirogue. 2012. Original Title: La Pirogue. 87 minutes. French with English subtitles. Senegal. Rezo Films, Les Chauves-Souris, Astou Films, Arte France Cinema, Appaloosa Films, Royal Pony Film, Studio 37. $34.00. - Volume 57 Issue 2
Biophysical Variability and Pastoral Rights to Resources
Hosts, Strangers and the Tenure Politics of Livestock Corridors in Mali
In dryland West Africa, policy makers have come to acknowledge livestock mobility as a sound adaptation strategy for variable dryland climate regimes. In Mali, the national government is taking measures to support mobility in the form of grazing zones, conflict management mechanisms and, most notably, livestock passage corridors. These corridors are part of a long and contentious history of territorialization in agrarian West Africa. This paper d…
Rediscovering “Terroir” in West African Agroforestry Parklands
The objective of this article is to examine how agricultural intensification and changing land tenure practices impact the management of two valuable parkland species: Vitellaria paradoxa and Parkia biglobosa. The article presents a conceptual framework that examines customary land tenure in an agroecological context. This required a variety of methods, including qualitative surveys on livelihoods and parkland management, surveys on land use hist…
Territorial Tensions
Since the cessation of civil conflict in 2003, the Liberian government is poised to expand greatly its protected area network to conserve the country's remaining rainforest. Liberia holds within its borders nearly half of the remaining Guinean rainforest, a global biodiversity hotspot. The planning process for this effort has been a central part of rebuilding Liberia's forestry sector, which helped fuel past conflict. The process, known as the Li…
Gendered livelihoods and land tenure
Hosts, Strangers and the Tenure Politics of Livestock Corridors in Mali
In dryland West Africa, policy makers have come to acknowledge livestock mobility as a sound adaptation strategy for variable dryland climate regimes. In Mali, the national government is taking measures to support mobility in the form of grazing zones, conflict management mechanisms and, most notably, livestock passage corridors. These corridors are part of a long and contentious history of territorialization in agrarian West Africa. This paper d…
Environmental rehabilitation and the vulnerability of the poor
Poor people in rural areas depend directly on functioning agroecosystems. Environmental rehabilitation, culminating in the reestablishment of tree cover, is seen as improving ecological functioning and in so doing, reducing the vulnerability of the poor who rely on these agroecosystems. This is what we refer to as the win-win vision for afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) programs – increases in ecological resiliency will lead to…
Biophysical Variability and Pastoral Rights to Resources
Rediscovering “Terroir” in West African Agroforestry Parklands
The objective of this article is to examine how agricultural intensification and changing land tenure practices impact the management of two valuable parkland species: Vitellaria paradoxa and Parkia biglobosa. The article presents a conceptual framework that examines customary land tenure in an agroecological context. This required a variety of methods, including qualitative surveys on livelihoods and parkland management, surveys on land use hist…
Territorial Tensions
Since the cessation of civil conflict in 2003, the Liberian government is poised to expand greatly its protected area network to conserve the country's remaining rainforest. Liberia holds within its borders nearly half of the remaining Guinean rainforest, a global biodiversity hotspot. The planning process for this effort has been a central part of rebuilding Liberia's forestry sector, which helped fuel past conflict. The process, known as the Li…
Violent farmer-herder conflicts in West Africa
Territorial Tensions
Since the cessation of civil conflict in 2003, the Liberian government is poised to expand greatly its protected area network to conserve the country's remaining rainforest. Liberia holds within its borders nearly half of the remaining Guinean rainforest, a global biodiversity hotspot. The planning process for this effort has been a central part of rebuilding Liberia's forestry sector, which helped fuel past conflict. The process, known as the Li…
Rediscovering “Terroir” in West African Agroforestry Parklands
The objective of this article is to examine how agricultural intensification and changing land tenure practices impact the management of two valuable parkland species: Vitellaria paradoxa and Parkia biglobosa. The article presents a conceptual framework that examines customary land tenure in an agroecological context. This required a variety of methods, including qualitative surveys on livelihoods and parkland management, surveys on land use hist…
Moussa Touré, director. The Pirogue. 2012. Original Title
Moussa Touré, director. The Pirogue. 2012. Original Title: La Pirogue. 87 minutes. French with English subtitles. Senegal. Rezo Films, Les Chauves-Souris, Astou Films, Arte France Cinema, Appaloosa Films, Royal Pony Film, Studio 37. $34.00. - Volume 57 Issue 2
Biophysical Variability and Pastoral Rights to Resources
Hosts, Strangers and the Tenure Politics of Livestock Corridors in Mali
In dryland West Africa, policy makers have come to acknowledge livestock mobility as a sound adaptation strategy for variable dryland climate regimes. In Mali, the national government is taking measures to support mobility in the form of grazing zones, conflict management mechanisms and, most notably, livestock passage corridors. These corridors are part of a long and contentious history of territorialization in agrarian West Africa. This paper d…
Environmental Change and Farmer-Herder Conflict in Agro-Pastoral West Africa
Dig Your Own Well
This article examines the influence of changing demographic and human mobility patterns on present-day local institutions and access to basic services in Mali, West Africa. It offers a new political ecological perspective on how local institutions function in rural West Africa and how the spatial character of these institutions shapes service access. The article brings together evidence from archival sources, census data spanning the twentieth ce…
The Geography of the Bottom Billion
Gendered livelihoods and land tenure
Pastoral Resource Conflict in the Context of Sudano–Sahelian Security Crises
This article reviews recent research on pastoral resource conflict in the context of security crises across Sudano–Sahelian West and Central Africa. The goal is to improve understanding of the linkages between resource–related grievances, conflict escalation, and regional outbreaks of violence. The review focuses on factors perceived to play a role in violent conflicts across the region, including climate change, resource scarcity, and the politi…
Environmental rehabilitation and the vulnerability of the poor
Poor people in rural areas depend directly on functioning agroecosystems. Environmental rehabilitation, culminating in the reestablishment of tree cover, is seen as improving ecological functioning and in so doing, reducing the vulnerability of the poor who rely on these agroecosystems. This is what we refer to as the win-win vision for afforestation, reforestation, and revegetation (ARR) programs – increases in ecological resiliency will lead to…
Pastoral Movements and Resource Claims in Southeastern Chad
Pastoralism is facing existential threat in West Africa
Violent farmer-herder conflicts in West Africa
Biodiversity conservation and contestations over land
Geography (13 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (9 works) · Ecology (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Land tenure (6 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Transboundary Water Resource Management (5 works)