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01/09/2023
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Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
19/03/2022
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UN declared IYRP in 2026 !
On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting organisations. CELEP – through its member organisation Agrecol Association […]
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 […]
01/07/2022
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Webinar: Pastoralism & renewable energy projects
29/06/2022
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La Niña, drought & pastoralist livelihoods in the Horn
In a blog “Severe drought continues to threaten livelihoods in the drylands of the Horn of Africa” (SPARC, 20 May 2022), Adrian Cullis reflects on how a third consecutive year of drought is affecting pastoralists in the Horn of Africa, particularly in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. He explains the influence of the most recent La […]
14/06/2022
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CELEP co-organised webinar on pastoralism & water
10/06/2022
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Energy economies and climate change in the drylands
Pastoralists use livestock to transform biomass into foods and goods. Business interests are increasingly competing with pastoralism for natural resources in the drylands that have long been considered marginal but have become a new frontier, also in the search for new sources of energy. The combination of high potential for renewable energy and low population […]
18/05/2022
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Pastoralism & large-scale green energy projects
Pastoralism-and-large-scale-REnewable-energy-and-green-hydrogen-projects A study commissioned by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Brot für die Welt, Germany, looks at how large-scale solar- and wind-power and green-hydrogen projects affects pastoralists. It seeks to highlight this growing challenge so that: i) policymakers and civil society can shape the expansion of producing renewables in the drylands so that it does […]