Value of Pastoralism (page 12)
CELEP statement on International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
We, the 25 member organisations and 7 partner organisations of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP), join the global movement towards a United Nations International Year of the Rangelands and Pastoralists. Pastoralism plays a critical role in the ecological, social and economic sustainability of drylands worldwide. In Africa, drylands make up […]
Livestock Development Strategy for Africa 2015–35
The “Livestock Development Strategy for Africa (LiDeSA) 2015–2035” (2015, 158pp), published by the African Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU–IBAR), seeks to transform the African livestock sector for accelerated and equitable growth. According to observed trends, demand for livestock and livestock products in Africa is expected to increase up to 8-fold by 2050, especially […]
Campaign for International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists
As part of the campaign to designate a United Nations (UN) International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralists, CELEP endorsed the statement issued during the side event “World’s grasslands and rangelands at risk: the role of pastoralists and livestock to conserve global biodiversity”. This side event was held on 14 December 2016 at the 13th Conference […]
CELEP photo exhibition in European Parliament
On 10 October, immediately after the 2016 annual meeting of the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) in London, CELEP members and partners opened a photo exhibition on pastoralism in Eastern Africa in the European Parliament in Brussels. The aim of the exhibition was to raise awareness on the importance of pastoralism […]
The path to greener pastures
CELEP partner Vétérinaires Sans Frontières International has brought out a technical brief The path to greener pastures: pastoralism – the backbone of the world’s drylands (2016, 20pp) that looks at the factors impeding development in pastoralist regions and suggests ways to improve pastoralist livelihoods. It is organised around the “community capitals” framework, which combines two […]