Welcome to the website of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), an informal advocacy group of European organisations and specialists partnering with pastoralist organisations and specialists in Eastern Africa. The members and partners of the Coalition combine forces to lobby their national governments and European and Eastern African bodies to explicitly recognise and support pastoralism and pastoralists in the drylands of Eastern Africa. We are also in the core team of the international movement that succeeded in gaining UN designation of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists in 2026. On this website for our Coalition, you can find the latest news, documents and articles related to the activities and interests of CELEP.
Articles
24/10/2015
By:
Environmental threats and human rights in Turkana, Kenya
Climate change and development projects are threatening the health and livelihood of pastoralists and other local people in the Turkana Region of northwest Kenya, according to a Human Rights Watch report released in October 2015. The report and accompanying video were presented to environmental and human rights groups in Nairobi prior to climate change negotiations […]
15/09/2015
By:
Brussels launch of book on climate-resilient drylands development, 23 Sept 2015
CELEP and VSF-Belgium are organising a Brussels launch of the book Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate-resilient drylands development at the InfoPoint of the European Commission at 43, Rue de la loi, Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday 23 September 2015 from 12:30 to 14:30 h. Drylands are a big part of our global heritage in terms of the […]
13/09/2015
By:
Wind project on Lake Turkana
The article “Wind brengt welvaart, maar niet zonder slag of sloot” (Wind brings prosperity, but not without a battle) on the Lake Turkana Wind Project in northern Kenya was published in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant on 11 July 2015. CELEP offers here an unofficial English translation of the article, because so little information is available in English […]
11/09/2015
By:
Climate outlook for the Horn of Africa
The Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF) brings together climate scientists, climate information users, experts, decision-makers from various socio-economic sectors, and governmental and civil society organisations. Thrice a year, it develops a regional consensus on the climate outlook (for March–May, June–August and Sept–Dec). It then reviews the implications for climate-sensitive sectors in the […]
04/09/2015
By:
CELEP info lunch at Tropentag in Berlin
At the annual Tropentag conference (16–18 Sept 2015 in Berlin), focused this year on “Management of land-use systems for enhanced food security”, CELEP hosted an information meeting over lunchtime on Friday 18 September. The CELEP focal point Koen Van Troos introduced the aims and main accomplishments of CELEP and also presented Saverio Krätli’s new book on […]
