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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 […]
08/04/2020
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CELEP position paper on new EU–Africa strategy
8 April 2020: The EU is currently reviewing its strategy with Africa. On 9 March 2020, the European Commission and the European External Action Service presented a joint communication “Towards a comprehensive strategy with Africa” to the European Parliament and Council. The European Parliament and Council are providing input into the strategy, which will define […]
07/04/2020
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Camels raise Karamoja pastoralist households’ resilience to drought
In pastoral systems in arid and semi-arid parts of Eastern Africa, including Uganda, camels are increasingly being integrated into herds as a strategy to adapt to increasing drought. The study “The role of camel production on household resilience to droughts in pastoral and agro-pastoral households in Uganda” by Robert Asiimwe et al., published in Pastoralism: […]
11/03/2020
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Green economy & degradation narratives cause land conflict in Tanzania
The Tanzanian Government, investors and aid donors have presented the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) as a model for the “green economy” in Africa, combining investments in large-scale farming with environmental conservation. In the Kilombero Valley, some small-scale farmers have been dispossessed through the expansion of capital investments in large-scale capital-intensive farming; others […]
10/03/2020
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Holistic Rangeland Management in northern Tanzania
The 8-page pamphlet “Holistic Rangeland Management in two communities in northern Tanzania” brought out in 2019 by the Mara Training Centre in Narok, Kenya, describes the approach of Holistic Rangeland Management (HRM). It summarises the key implementation steps, the institutional and governance aspects of the approach and the major biophysical interventions for promoting and monitoring […]