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
11/01/2019
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Socio-ecological impacts of large-scale interventions in Omo-Turkana Basin
In their paper “Social-ecological change in the Omo-Turkana Basin: a synthesis of current developments”, published in Ambio (https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-139-3) in January 2019, Jennifer Hodbod, Edward Stevenson et al synthesise current available knowledge on the impacts of the Gibe III dam and associated large-scale commercial farming in the Omo-Turkana Basin in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. The […]
18/12/2018
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We wish you all a peaceful Christmas time
17/12/2018
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Key findings on livestock mobility
A study on transhumance in the Sahel in 2014–2017 revealed “10 key findings on livestock mobility in West Africa – a reality check” (2018, 30pp), edited by Brigitte Thébaud et al. The study formed part of the project “Strengthening Resilience through Livestock Mobility” implemented by the NGO Acting For Life together with local partners, funded […]
16/12/2018
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Manual on indigenous rights in Africa
A “Manual on the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous populations/ communities through the African human rights system” (81pp), written by Korir Sing’Oei, was published in 2012 by the ACHPR (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights) and IWGI (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs). It is meant to increase the capacity of […]
16/12/2018
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Extractive industries and pastoralists’ rights in Kenya & Uganda
A report of the African Commission’s Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities Extractive industries, land rights and indigenous populations’/communities’ rights: East, Central and Southern Africa (140pp) was published in 2017 by the CELEP partner IWGIA (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs) and was adopted by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights at its 58th […]
