General Policy Documents (page 2)
Pastoralism: making variability work
The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has published “Pastoralism: making variability work” (2021, Animal Production & Health Paper 185, 58pp) written by Saverio Krätli and Ilse Koehler-Rollefsen with comments and guidance from FAO staff and pastoralist specialists worldwide. Pastoral systems have evolved to function with the natural environment and therefore with […]
Implementing UNEA resolutions on rangelands & pastoralism
The first part of the 5th meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) was held on 22–26 February 2021 as a virtual event. It included a report from the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme about progress with regard to implementing two resolutions from UNEA-4 related to promoting sustainable rangelands and pastoralism. The […]
IGAD transhumance protocol endorsed
In November 2020, the Council of agriculture ministers from the eight Members States (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda) of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) endorsed a protocol on transhumance to facilitate cross-border movement of pastoralists and their herds. The process of drawing up the protocol was informed by the African […]
UN Declaration supports rights of pastoralists
In the South Centre Research Paper 123 “The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas: one step forward in the promotion of human rights for the most vulnerable” (2020, 61pp), Maria Natalia Pacheco Rodriguez and Luis Fernando Rosales Lozada describe the process of developing the Declaration adopted […]
Livestock’s contributions to SDGs in developing economies
In the World Economic Forum “Meat: the future” series, the paper “Options for the livestock sector in developing and emerging economies to 2030 and beyond” (2019, 28pp), written by a team at ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), examines the roles of livestock in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. It makes the […]