CELEP Documents (page 1)
World Heritage Day: MISA calls on UNESCO to protect Maasai rights
On World Heritage Day, 18 April 2024, a group of organisations from Tanzania, the USA and Europe, including MISA (Maasai International Solidarity Alliance) to which CELEP belongs, called on UNESCO to end its complicity in human rights violations. UNESCO must remove sites from its list where human rights violations occur and listen to the local […]
International Women’s Day 8 March 2024
Land use for pastoralism & renewable energy in Kenya
At the Tropentag conference “’Competing pathways for equitable food systems transformation: trade-offs and synergies” in Berlin on 20–22 September 2023, Ann Waters-Bayer from the CELEP member organisation Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology presented a paper, co-authored with Hussein Wario, on “Climate justice in transforming land-use systems for food and renewable energy”. This was in […]
CSO statement for International Year of Camelids
In the lead-up to the International Year of Camelids (IYC) in 2024, several civil society organisations (CSOs) – including CELEP – have issued a statement to draw the attention of governments, donors, policymakers, scientists and the private sector to the distinct ecological and cultural aspects that should be considered when striving to support the development […]
CELEP in Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
MISA is an international alliance standing in solidarity with the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area and Loliondo in northern Tanzania. It brings together faith-based organisations, human rights organisations, international aid and development organisations as well as researchers. The alliance includes the Africa Europe Faith Justice Network (AEFJN), Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology, Coalition of […]