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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 […]
25/02/2019
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Gender and climate-related conflict among Turkana in Kenya
The article “Gender and climate change-induced conflict in pastoral communities: case study of Turkana in northwestern Kenya” (2010, 22pp) by Nancy Omolo, published in the online African Journal on Conflict Resolution 10 (2), discusses climate change and its impact on pastoralism, particularly the types of conflict induced by climate change and how men’s and women’s […]
14/02/2019
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Local support systems in South Sudan
The Mercy Corps report “The currency of connections: why local support systems are integral to helping people recover in South Sudan” (2019, 41 pp) by Alex Humphrey et al provides insights into local social protection and support systems and how humanitarian aid can complement or disrupt these systems. In protracted crises in which formal governance […]
14/02/2019
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Remittances and vulnerability of Somali pastoralists
14/02/2019
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Transforming pastoralist mobility in West Darfur, Sudan
The report “Transforming pastoralist mobility in West Darfur: understanding continuity and change” (2019, 65pp) by Hussein Sulieman and Helen Young (Tufts University) shows how patterns of mobility by pastoralists in this part of Sudan are changing in the face of many challenges, foremost being insecurity. Earlier studies had shown that pastoralist mobility offers significant advantages in […]
03/02/2019
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Participatory video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists in Ethiopia
The doctoral thesis “By the community, for the community: an investigation of participatory video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists, Ethiopia” (2011, 291pp) by Beth Cullen examines the potential of participatory video (PV) as a way of facilitating collaborative research and thus making an ethnographic description of the pastoralist community, lifestyle and culture that is useful for […]