General Policy Documents (page 1)
Building on customary institutions in rangeland governance in Kenya
The policy brief “Building on Customary Institutions for Effective Rangeland Governance in Northern Kenya” (2026, 4pp), written by Malit Wako and her colleagues from the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) and the Kenyan Centre for Research & Development in Drylands, offers insights and recommendations from the transdisciplinary InfoRange project ‘Increasing Efficiency in […]
United Nations declares 2026 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
The United Nations General Assembly declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), to be formally implemented by the FAO. This paper (United Nations declares 2026 International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists), published in Cambridge Prisms: Drylands in December 2025, introduces the IYRP and associated Global Alliance for Rangelands & Pastoralists (GA4RP) by […]
Pastoralism & protected areas
The Global Alliance for the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) – specifically, the IYRP Working Group on Ranglands & Biodiversity – prepared a position paper “Pastoralism and protected areas” for the 16th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16) in December 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Specific […]
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 […]
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 […]