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Pastoralism in WRF conference on family farming
The 6th Global Conference on Family Farming hosted by the World Rural Forum (WRF) on 27–28 March 2019 in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, celebrated that the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) has been proclaimed for 2019–28. As the International Support Group (ISG) for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) has an […]
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 […]
Pastoralists as family farmers
To mark the beginning of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming 2019–28, CELEP combined forces with the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative and the International Support Group (ISG) for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in publishing a 4-page illustrated brief “Pastoralists as family farmers” (March 2019). In the definition of […]
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 […]
Pastoralism & the SDGs
CELEP has issued a new brief “Pastoralism & the SDGs: how supporting pastoralism can help realise the Sustainable Development Goals” (February 2019, 8pp). It looks at the SDGs most relevant to the pastoral context, and assesses for each of them the main challenges as well as the steps needed to ensure that pastoralism can contribute […]