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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 […]
05/11/2012
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Turkana seen through a complexity lens
On behalf of Oxfam GB Kenya, Jean Boulton from the University of Bath, UK, carried out research in April–June 2012 to look at development interventions in Turkana in North Kenya through a “complexity lens” to see what insights or suggestions would come to light. She explored how complexity thinking could be relevant and practical for […]
04/10/2012
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Pastoralist lobbying & advocacy in Eastern Africa
A review of the pastoralist lobbying and advocacy context in Eastern Africa was made to inform the consultative process that RECONCILE (Resource Conflict Institute) is facilitating on how to enhance the capacity of pastoralist civil society to influence policy processes at multiple levels. The report Pastoralist lobby and advocacy in Eastern Africa, produced in October […]
02/10/2012
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IUCN documents on pastoralism in Eastern Africa
Studies on pastoralism in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda can be found on the IUCN website under Eastern Africa. Documents are classified according to: Indigenous knowledge for drought-resilient livelihoods; Pastoralism as conservation in the Horn of Africa; and Natural resource management and biodiversity conservation in Eastern Africa. The general link to the series of […]
02/10/2012
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Protecting and promoting pastoralism in Africa
The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) brought out a policy brief in June 2012 on Protecting and promoting pastoralism in Africa, based on the Brussels Development Briefing on New Challenges and Opportunities for Pastoralism in ACP Countries in February 2012. It states that pastoralism supports tens of millions of people, makes the […]
02/10/2012
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Making money out of a thorny problem: Prosopis in Ethiopia
In the arid Afar region of Ethiopia, few plants can survive on the low and erratic rainfall. However, one plant that survives and thrives is Prosopis, a thorny tree that was introduced into Ethiopia in the 1970s to stabilise the soil and combat desertification but spread rapidly, eating up over 1.2 million ha of the […]