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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 […]
16/09/2016
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Terminology: grazing lands & grazing animals
The Forage and Grassland Foundation (USA), the International Grassland Congress and the International Rangeland Congress jointly compiled an International terminology for grazing lands and grazing animals (2011) that brings a consensus about terms and definitions so as to ensure clear international communication regarding grazing lands and grazing animals. The terms refer to both domesticated and […]
16/09/2016
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Literature review on pastoralism in Karamoja
The Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) funded by USAID published a review of recent literature on “Livestock on Karamoja” (2016, 35pp). It covers publications from the past five years and synthesizes the main issues confronting pastoralists and agropastoralists in northeastern Uganda, focusing on veterinary services, water and livestock marketing. It includes a section on policy […]
02/09/2016
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Risk, resilience and pastoralist mobility in Sudan
As livestock becomes increasingly recognised for its significant contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and exports, the report Risk, resilience and pastoralist mobility (2016, 88pp) published by the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University investigates the practice of pastoralism in Sudan. The authors delineate migration patterns, rationales and market strategies, and offer recommendations for policymakers and […]
11/08/2016
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CELEP 2016 annual meeting in London, UK
08/08/2016
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Water development in communal rangelands of northern Kenya
At the International Rangeland Congress in July 2016 in Saskatoon, Canada, a presentation on “Promoting resilience by influencing water infrastructure development in community managed rangelands of Northern Kenya” was made by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) in the session on “Rangeland Goods and Services”. This highlighted the challenges, key issues and achievements of […]