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01/09/2023
By: Ann

Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)

19/03/2022
By: Ann

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
By: Ann

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 […]

22/04/2019
By: Ann

Pastoralism in WRF conference on family farming

19/04/2019
By: Petra Dilthey

Happy Easter

22/03/2019
By: Ann

Analysing mobile pastoralists’ activism, e.g. from Kenya

The article “The new politics of pastoralism: identity, justice and global activism” (2014) by Caroline Upton, published in Geoforum 54: 207–216 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.11.011), addresses the politics and practices of natural resource rights with a view to environmental justice. Struggles over identity politics at different geographical scales have become important mediators of claims for justice with respect […]

19/03/2019
By: Ann

Elusive profits for pastoral small-ruminant traders in northern Kenya

Traders tend to be regarded as exploitative towards producers even with­out knowledge of their businesses. The article “Elusive profits: understanding economic performance of local traders in the pastoral small ruminant value chain in northern Kenya” (2019) by Guyo Malicha Roba et al, published in Nomadic Peoples 23(1): 78–105, reports on a study into marketing costs, […]

19/03/2019
By: Ann

UNEA-4 resolution on sustainable rangelands & pastoralism

At its 4th session in March 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) passed Resolution L17 “Innovations in Sustainable Rangelands and Pastoralism”. This was originally proposed by the Government of Kenya and was supported by the Africa Group. It is a significant achievement to have a UNEA resolution specifically on rangelands and pastoralism. The Resolution […]

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