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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 […]
17/12/2021
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Call for 2nd pastoralism film festival !
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 […]
27/11/2021
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Strengthening pastoralist organisations for climate-resilient development
The SNV learning brief “Strengthening pastoralist organisations for climate-resilient development” (2020, 8pp) highlights the central role that civil society organisations (CSOs) play in championing the interests of pastoralists in climate policy development and implementation, as well as associated governance processes in Burkina Faso and Kenya. It outlines how the Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) strengthened […]
20/11/2021
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CELEP at International Grassland & Rangeland Congress 2021
07/11/2021
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Unjust valuation of pastoralists’ land in Kenya
The Kenyan Government has passed laws that routinely undervalue pastoralists’ land and undermine pastoralism as a system of production and source of livelihood in the drylands. In his article “The unjust valuation of pastoralists’ land in Kenya”, published online in The Elephant on 2 October 2021, Jarso Mokku argues that the substantial contributions of pastoralists […]