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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 2:23-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
03/12/2024
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Building on the knowledge & initiatives of pastoralist women
The Working Group on Pastoralism & Gender in the Global Alliance for the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) has published a summary policy brief “Building on the knowledge and initiatives of pastoralist women“. The longer (6-page) policy brief, with the same title, on which the summary was based, includes several examples of pastoralist […]
01/12/2024
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Pastoralism & protected areas
The Global Alliance for the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) – specifically, the IYRP Working Group on Ranglands & Biodiversity – prepared a position paper “Pastoralism and protected areas” for the 16th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) in December 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Specific […]
29/11/2024
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Pastoralism & rangelands: people & institutions – glossary
29/11/2024
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CELEP’s understanding of pastoralism
In 2020–21, initially the CELEP core group and then other CELEP members and partners engaged in intensive discussion to come to a common understanding of pastoralism. This discussion was based on the pastoral development orientation framework that Saverio Krätli developed for MISEREOR. In the 3-pager entitled “Pastoralists turn variability into food”, CELEP’s understanding of pastoralism […]
19/11/2024
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Pastoral, national & international approaches to humanitarian action
Resilience is an inherent component of pastoral systems but must be adequately supported through effective national and international policies and programmes. However, evidence provided by pastoralists and organisations working with them suggests that international and national humanitarian assistance is rarely provided in ways that are truly helpful for pastoralist communities to protect their livelihoods. The […]