Value of Pastoralism (page 12)

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 […]

Industrial meat production vs pastoralism

In a policy brief issued by the Centre for Environment and Development (CDE) of Bern University – Sustainable livestock production? Industrial agriculture versus pastoralism (2015, 6pp) – industrialised meat production is compared with mobile pastoralism. The former is described as wasteful and energy-intensive; it claims excessive shares of land and crops that could be eaten […]

Rangelands contribute to Ugandan economy

A poster entitled “The contribution of rangelands to the economy of Uganda”, submitted by the CELEP partner organisation COPASCO (Coalition of Pastoralist Civil Society Organisations), was presented at the workshop “Multifunctionality of pastoralism” that was held immediately before the International Rangeland Congress 2016 in Saskatoon, Canada. The poster documents the multiple functions of the rangelands […]

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