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01/09/2023
By: Ann

Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)

19/03/2022
By: Ann

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
By: Ann

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 […]

06/08/2016
By: Ann

Rangelands contribute to Ugandan economy

A poster entitled “The contribution of rangelands to the economy of Uganda”, submitted by the CELEP partner organisation COPASCO (Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations), was presented at the workshop “Multifunctionality of pastoralism” that was held immediately before the International Rangeland Congress 2016 in Saskatoon, Canada. The poster documents the multiple functions of the rangelands […]

26/07/2016
By: Ann

Pastoralists’ session in FAO/IFAD Farmers’ Forum

27/06/2016
By: Ann

Controlling prosopis through use in Somaliland

CELEP member PENHA (Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa) held a workshop on the control and use of Prosopis juliflora on May 2016 in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Prosopis is an invasive woody species that has been destroying pasture throughout large parts of Eastern Africa and the Horn. The workshop focused on how pastoralists […]

27/06/2016
By: Ann

HLPE Food Security & Nutrition on pastoralism

On 1 July 2016, the High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition launched its tenth report “Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition: what roles for livestock?” One of the four systems of livestock rearing examined by the HLPE is pastoralism. They call for recognising and supporting the unique role of […]

23/06/2016
By: Ann

Livestock ownership and human nutrition in Karamoja

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