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.
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01/09/2023
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Newsletters of Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA)
The Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA) – of which CELEP is a member – is issuing a newsletter to provide updates on what is happening to Maasai communities in the Ngorongoro and Loliondo areas and in other parts of northern Tanzania. These are areas from which the Maasai have been or are being ousted by […]
19/03/2022
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UN declared IYRP in 2026 !
On 15 March 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2026 the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP). This final approval is the culmination of an IYRP movement that grew over several years to become a global coalition of over 300 pastoralist and supporting organisations. CELEP – through its member organisation Agrecol Association […]
01/06/2021
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Pastoralism is the future – animated video
Man-made climate change is creating conditions on our planet that are increasingly characterised by variability and unpredictability. Pastoralists use variability to their advantage. Their production systems guide us to a sustainable future. Find out how they do it in this 2:23-min animated video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac This video film was created by Cartoonbase and realised by CELEP […]
22/06/2024
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Green transition & pastoralists in Eastern Africa
The Directorate-General for External Policies (DG EXPO) of the European Parliament published a commissioned report “Opportunities and challenges of the green transition for pastoralism and indigenous people in Africa” (2024) that focuses primarily on the situation of pastoralists in Eastern Africa. The publication includes the study report (42pp) by Jonathan Davies and the proceedings of […]
07/06/2024
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Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge & early warning in northern Kenya
The article “Uncertainty, pastoral knowledge and early warning: a review of drought management in the drylands, with insights from northern Kenya” by Samuel Derbyshire and colleagues, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (June 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/past.2024.13006), explores the recent history of early warning systems in Kenya. It identifies key features of the political, technical and […]
29/05/2024
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Webinar on pastoralism and link with Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’
What is pastoralism? Is this traditional way of life incompatible with modernity? A webinar on 23 May 2024 showed how pastoralism contributes to national economies, food security, environment and cultural heritage and how it is linked to Pope Francis’s social encyclical Laudato Si’. The webinar was organised during the Laudato Si’ Week (19–26 May) by […]
CELEP update 2023-24
26/04/2024
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Are pastoralists’ herds a climate threat?
An FAO report suggests that pastoralism is part of the global problem of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Some researchers see the situation differently. The debate could affect pastoralist cultures worldwide. In his blog “Are world’s 200 million pastoral herders a climate threat?” published in The Christian Science Monitor (24 April 2024), Michael Benanav argues that […]
