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CELEP Update March 2019
The CELEP Update March 2019 reports on past, ongoing and planned activities coordinated by CELEP’s European Focal Point at VSF–Belgium and Eastern African Focal Point at RECONCILE in Kenya. This 6-page issue includes information about recent events in which CELEP was involved, such as training in lobbying and advocacy, CELEP’s Annual General Meeting, the Beating […]
Gaps in knowledge about pastoralism & rangelands
UN Environment and GRID-Arendal (Norway) produced the report “A case of benign neglect: knowledge gaps about sustainability in pastoralism and rangelands” (2019, 78pp) by Kathrine Johnsen et al, in response to the United Nations Environment Assembly’s resolution “Combating desertification, land degradation and drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands” at UNEA–2. This resolution acknowledged the […]
Participatory video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists in Ethiopia
The doctoral thesis “By the community, for the community: an investigation of participatory video with Karrayyu Oromo pastoralists, Ethiopia” (2011, 291pp) by Beth Cullen examines the potential of participatory video (PV) as a way of facilitating collaborative research and thus making an ethnographic description of the pastoralist community, lifestyle and culture that is useful for […]
Communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan
In the article “Exploring the spatio-temporal processes of communal rangeland grabbing in Sudan” (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 2018 8:14), Hussein Sulieman gives insights into the location and evolution of acquisition of communal rangeland for mechanised agriculture in the Butana area of eastern Sudan. Using data based on satellite imagery, ground surveys and […]
CELEP’s 2018 annual meeting in Brussels, Belgium
The 9th Annual General Meeting of CELEP’s European members and Eastern African partners was organised by VSF-Belgium on 28–30 November 2018 in the Funkey Hotel in Brussels. The report includes short self-descriptions by some participants; discussion of EU development policies in 2019, focused on the post-Cotonou agreement negotiations and possible entry points to favour pastoralism; […]