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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 […]
03/10/2016
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Mobile alternative education in Karamoja
As an alternative to address the education gaps in pastoralist areas of Uganda, Save the Children initiated an Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja (ABEK) programme. An evaluation was made of this mobile learning arrangement to address the specific needs of mobile pastoralist communities so that children would have access to basic education. Some findings in […]
03/10/2016
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African cattle emissions lower than IPCC estimate
Scientists at the International Livestock Centre for Africa have found that the faecal methane emissions of cattle in East Africa are two times lower, faecal nitrous oxide (NO2) 10–20 times lower and urine NO2 two times lower than the estimates of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The study is significant as nearly 65% […]
02/10/2016
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The path to greener pastures
CELEP partner Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International has brought out a technical brief The path to greener pastures: pastoralism – the backbone of the world’s drylands (2016, 20pp) that looks at the factors impeding development in pastoralist regions and suggests ways to improve pastoralist livelihoods. It is organised around the “community capitals” framework, which combines two […]
CELEP Update June 2016
29/09/2016
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Securing pastoralists’ land-tenure rights
As part of a project to promote sustainable pastoralism, supported by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development), Véterinaires Sans Frontières (VSF) made a survey of enabling policies and pastoralist practices in several areas of the world, including the Horn of Africa. One output of this study is the article “Securing pastoralists’ land tenure rights” (2016, […]