RT @PASTRES_erc: 'Despite the uncertainty and problems caused by Covid-19 for many communities, pastoralists have turned variability into o…
Welcome to the website of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), an informal advocacy group of European organisations and specialists partnering with pastoralist organisations and specialists in Eastern Africa. The members and partners of the Coalition combine forces to lobby their national governments and European and Eastern African bodies to explicitly recognise and support pastoralism and pastoralists in the drylands of Eastern Africa. We have also joined an international movement to designate an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. On this website for our Coalition, you can find the latest news, documents and articles related to the activities and interests of CELEP.
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01/06/2021
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Pastoralism is the future – animated video
Man-made climate change is creating conditions on our planet that are increasingly characterised by variability and unpredictability. Pastoralists use variability to their advantage. Their production systems guide us to a sustainable future. Find out how they do it in this 2.5-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
20/12/2020
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COVID-19 and pastoralists in Eastern Africa
Several papers, statements and blogs are appearing about the effects of the coronavirus and especially of the associated lockdown measures of governments in Eastern Africa on the lives and livelihoods of pastoralists – but also lessons for dealing with coronavirus uncertainties that can be learnt from pastoralists. Some of these publications can be found below. […]
24/12/2021
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Merry Christmas
17/12/2021
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CELEP webinar on pastoralism & climate change
On 13 December 2021, CELEP presented a webinar on pastoralism and climate change, hosted by European members DITSL (German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture and Transdisciplinary Socio-ecological Landuse Research) and VSFB (Vétérinaires sans Frontières Belgium). It was attended by 78 participants mainly from Europe but also including a fairly balanced participation from Africa, Asia […]
17/12/2021
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Call for 2nd pastoralism film festival !
The Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival seeks to deepen understanding of how diverse peoples across the world gain their livelihoods from extensive livestock husbandry. The relationships of pastoralists, their animals and their food production systems reflect an intimate intertwining of culture, economy and ecology in highly variable environments such as drylands and mountainous areas. CELEP […]
10/12/2021
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Governing the periphery: Ethiopia’s PSNP in Somali Region
The change in relationship between pastoralists and central government brought about by Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is explored in the article “Development, governmentality and the sedentary state: the productive safety net programme in Ethiopia’s Somali pastoral periphery” by Getu Demeke Alene et al (The Journal of Peasant Studies 2021 DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2021.1945044). The case […]
20/11/2021
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CELEP at International Grassland & Rangeland Congress 2021
CELEP was well represented at the virtual Joint International Grassland & Rangeland Congress (IGC/IRC2021) in October 2021, hosted by Kenya. The CELEP Exhibit Booth focused primarily on the film festival “Perspectives on Pastoralism”. It included a flyer on CELEP, information about the film festival during the Congress, a poster on the film “Pastoralism is […]
Latest Twitter posts by @CELEP_FP
📽️Call for films for the next 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢 film festival is still open! We are looking for films of any genre to gain more insight into the lifestyles of pastoralists. Submit before 1 February 2022! ⏳ 👉 More info: https://t.co/hGemVAyc05 https://t.co/w1i75Q7cWL
RT @PASTRES_erc: NEW REPORT: Are livestock always bad for the planet? Not all meat and milk is the same: we need a more sophisticated deba…
RT @GRAIN_org: Livestock & climate: the problem is the industrial system Researchers working w/pastoralist communities call for nuance & re…