ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol and Regulation

ECOWAS Transhumance Protocol and Regulation

Human Mobility
Legislation
1998
See the publication
Year of publication
1998
Specific thematic area
Migration
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
INDIRECT GENERAL - Recognizes climatic constraints. Transhumance as a source of environmental problems. INDIRECT SPECIFIC - Conditions for cross-border movements of herders and their livestock .
Regional instruments Member countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Author/issuing body
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).