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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 […]
CELEP Update February 2016
06/02/2016
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Impacts of index-based livestock insurance in Ethiopia & Kenya
Development institutions have invested millions in developing and piloting index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) because they see large potential benefits for reducing risk for rural households in developing countries, especially in arid and semiarid areas. An IBLI scheme was launched in Eastern Africa in 2010. The Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (University of California Davis) seeks to […]
06/02/2016
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Mobile herders and legislation in East & West Africa
As part of the IIED project Securing Pastoralism in East and West Africa: Protecting and Promoting Livestock Mobility, a desk review was made “Review of the legislative and institutional environment governing livestock mobility in East and West Africa” (2008, 58pp). This summarises the legislative and institutional environment governing livestock mobility in East and West Africa […]
01/02/2016
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Benefits of “One Health” for African pastoralists
“One health” is particularly suited to serve mobile pastoralists. The article The benefits of ‘One Health’ for pastoralists in Africa, which appeared in the Ondersteport Journal of Veterinary Research 81(2) in 2014, describes the added value in terms of improved health of humans and animals, financial savings and/or environmental services resulting from a closer cooperation […]
01/02/2016
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Enclosures in Kenyan drylands transforming land & livelihoods
Dryland livestock production is changing as a result of growing human populations and associated pressure on water and land. The article Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice Vol. 5, 2015) is based on both social and natural science research. It looks at […]