General Policy Documents (page 6)
AUC workshop on pastoralist organisations & networks
On 29 June – 1 July 2016, a workshop was convened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by the African Union Commission (AUC) on policy dialogue and strengthening the capacity of pastoralist networks and organisations. Participants included people from organisations throughout Africa that are working with pastoralists. A summary report of the proceedings, including the communiqué on […]
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 […]
Land grabbing and human rights
The Directorate-General for External Policies of the European Parliament issued a report Land grabbing and human rights (2016, 130pp) on the involvement of European corporate and financial entities in land grabbing outside the European Union. The report refers several times to pastoralists and explicitly mentions them in the introduction: “The same applies to pastoralist communities. […]
United Nations resolution promotes pastoralism
In May 2016, the second meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA2) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) adopted Resolution L.24 “Combating desertification, land degradation and drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands“. Among other things, it urges Member States to increase investment in the pastoral livestock sector, including for sustainable land management, […]
Knowledge management & research for resilience in Horn of Africa
This 18-page Technical Brief 5 Knowledge management & research for resilience in the drylands of the Horn of Africa (2013) is part of a series prepared by the Technical Consortium for Building Resilience to Drought in the Horn of Africa led by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). It explores the issues around knowledge management: what […]