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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 […]
19/08/2023
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CELEP in Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
19/08/2023
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Critical assessment of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs)
In the paper “What’s wrong with the Wildlife Management Area (WMA) model?”, the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – which includes CELEP – has made a critical assessment of so-called “community-based conservation” that is sold under the banner of Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in Tanzania. WMAs promised to vest village governments and local communities with […]
25/07/2023
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IGAD Camel Resources Management Strategy 2023–2032
The region of northeast Africa covered by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has the highest density of camels in the world and is the largest producer of camel milk and meat, with export of live camels being of major economic importance. The IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) and the African […]
21/07/2023
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Participatory ward development planning in dryland Kenya
In the past, pastoralists’ limited participation in government planning processes led to misguided development interventions that undermined livelihoods and increase vulnerability. The brief “Participatory planning in Kenya’ drylands: the Ward Development Planning model” (2023, 12pp) by Claire Bedelian et al of the Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) programme, describes a bottom-up […]
15/07/2023
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Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS)
The Livestock Emergency Guidelines & Standards (LEGS) Handbook (3rd edition, 2023, 390pp) is a set of international guidelines for designing, implementing and evaluating livestock interventions to help livestock-keepers affected by humanitarian crises to retain their livelihoods. The LEGS Project, coordinated by Cathy Watson, aims to improve the quality and livelihoods impact of livestock-related projects during emergencies: […]