Afriscout 2024
Afriscout is an innovative application of technology developed by Global Communities and initiated in Africa more than 10 years ago. What began as an humanitarian effort to assist nomadic pastoralists mitigate the direct impact of climatic change in drought-stricken Africa has subsequently revealed even greater potential to deliver vast ecological impact by restoring ecosystems, sequestering huge quantities of carbon and delivering material impact to our changing climate. Pastoralism is, at its core, a proven survival strategy to deal with changing weather patterns and inherent inconsistency of food and water supply. Their traditional lifestyle also relies on the ability to move freely across a wide range of terrain (and across borders). Such regular movement of animals across vast tracks of land prevents animals staying in one location for too long and ensures an ecological balance by encouraging new plant growth and allowing the grazed land to recover. Regular regrowth of the grasslands not only benefits cattle, but wildlife and the entire ecosystem. This adaptation has co-evolved with the entire ecosystem across Africa for many millennia. Unfortunately, various geopolitical pressures can impact movement and rapidly accelerating climate change brings increased unpredictability to weather patterns making it ever more challenging to rely solely on intuition and ancestral knowledge.to find water and forage and thereby maintain livestock and local livelihoods.