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Call for 2nd pastoralism film festival !

The Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival seeks to deepen understanding of how diverse peoples across the world gain their livelihoods from extensive livestock husbandry. The relationships of pastoralists, their animals and their food production systems reflect an intimate intertwining of culture, economy and ecology in highly variable environments such as drylands and mountainous areas. CELEP […]

CELEP at International Grassland & Rangeland Congress 2021

  CELEP was well represented at the virtual Joint International Grassland & Rangeland Congress (IGC/IRC2021) in October 2021, hosted by Kenya. The CELEP Exhibit Booth focused primarily on the film festival “Perspectives on Pastoralism”. It included a flyer on CELEP, information about the film festival during the Congress, a poster on the film “Pastoralism is […]

CELEP Uganda: Pastoralists use & protect rangeland ecosystems

At the International Grassland & Rangeland Congress (25–29 Oct 2021), the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub hosted a concurrent session on “Securing land tenure for pastoralists as an incentive for engaging actively in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration”. This highlighted the crucial role of pastoralists in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–30). Rangelands cover over half […]

IYRP side event at HLPF on Sustainable Development 6 July 2021

The International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) Support Group (ISG), including CELEP, and led by Maryam Niamir, co-chair fo the ISG, organised a side event at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development on 6 July 2021. The speaker from Eastern Africa (CELEP) was Hussein Wario, Director of the Centre for Research and […]

Dialogue on pastoralism at UN Food Systems Summit 2021

In the lead-up to the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) 2021 in Nairobi, Kenya, the Hon. Mohamed Guleid of the Frontier Counties Development Council convened an Independent Dialogue on “Transforming pastoralism sustainably & innovatively to address key drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition: a multi-sector dialogue from Kenya’s frontier countries”. This dialogue on 18 […]

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