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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 […]
15/03/2024
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Policy to avoid conflict between herders & crop farmers in Tanzania
The brief (9-page) article “Analysis of silence in policy on farmers-pastoralists conflict in the hotspot districts of Tanzania” by Parit Saruni, published in Academia Letters (2021, Article 4125, https://doi.org/10.20935/AL4125) reviews various policies, acts and strategies affecting the coexistence of farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania. The review is guided by the belief that pastoralism is not […]
07/03/2024
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International Women’s Day 8 March 2024
02/03/2024
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Large-scale irrigation can destroy Kenya’s pastoralism
There is much talk about investing in irrigation in Kenya’s drylands, with the idea of greening the “desert”, boosting food production and creating new livelihoods. In the article “Why irrigation needs to think smaller to save Kenyan pastoralism” published in The New Humanitarian (28 February 2024), Ian Scoones and Hussein Wario caution that large-scale irrigation […]
20/02/2024
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MISA condemns UNESCO mission to Ngorongoro, Tanzania
16/02/2024
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Managing variability, governing security – policies affecting pastoralists
A policy brief from the PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience) project, “Managing variability, governing security: how do policies affect livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa drylands?” (2022, 8pp) by Michele Nori, examines the changing policy landscape for pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. In addition to all the uncertainties that […]