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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 […]
19/03/2019
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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 […]
CELEP Update March 2019
18/03/2019
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Pastoralists as family farmers
To mark the beginning of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–28, CELEP combined forces with the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative and the International Support Group (ISG) for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in publishing a 4-page illustrated brief “Pastoralists as family farmers” (March 2019). In the definition of […]
15/03/2019
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Pastoralist women & livestock in Karamoja, Uganda
The Web article “Women and livestock ownership/access in Karamoja” (March 2019) by the Karamoja Development Forum – a research, lobbying, thinktank and advocacy forum on land, pastoralism and governance in Uganda – describes the role of women in pastoralist households and livestock production in Karamoja. The focus is on women’s rights to livestock and milk. “Although […]
13/03/2019
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Gendered income & food security in Tanzanian pastoralist households
In her MSc thesis, “The relationship of male and female pastoralist income with household food security and nutrition status in Tanzania: Maasai, Sukuma, and Barabaig ethnic groups” (2018, 77pp), Henriette Gitungwa assesses the relationship between income control by pastoralist men and women and the food security and nutritional status of their families. It is based […]