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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 […]
24/04/2022
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Kenya: Wind-power project changes value of pastoral land
Lake Turkana Wind Power in northern Kenya is the largest wind farm in Africa and the biggest private investment in Kenyan history. While the Kenyan Government strongly supports this project, at local level it has been accompanied by accusations of land grabbing, corporate negligence and infringement of customary land rights. The article “The changing value […]
24/04/2022
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Maasai women’s empowerment & food security in Tanzania
The article “Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania” by Alessandra Galiè et al (2019, published in Global Food Security 23: 125–134) is based on a study of the relationship between Maasai women’s empowerment, household food security, and maternal and child diet diversity (as one indicator of nutrition security) in Tanzania. […]
31/03/2022
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Drought management in dryland Kenya: enhancing resilience?
In the article “Drought management in ASAL areas: enhancing resilience or fostering vulnerability?“, published on 19 February 2022 in The Elephant, Tahira Shariff Mohamed describes the massive investments that have been made in pastoral development projects, resilience building and “climate-smart” approaches to drought mitigation in the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya. Yet, despite […]
25/03/2022
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Empowering women through participatory rangeland management
A key objective in piloting Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in Kenya and Tanzania was to support empowerment of pastoral women – to improve access to material, human and social resources; to enable women to have greater control over setting goals and taking action to achieve them; and to improve women’s wellbeing and capacity to make […]
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 […]