IUCN - Resources

Nos terres de paturage: une synthese d’etudes de cas sur comment les organisations pastorales defendent leurs droits fonciers

The Land We Graze: A Synthesis of Case Studies About How Pastoralists’ Organizations Defend Their Land Rights

This report is the result of the co-operation of seventeen partners from four continents—all of them engaged in activities to improve the livelihoods of mobile livestock keepers. The organizing question of this collaboration was, how do mobile livestock keepers—i.e. pastoralists—succeed to organize themselves and to defend and secure their land rights. … | French | Spanish

30 Sep 2011 | Downloads - publication
2 Comments | Write a comment

Niche Marketing Publication - Cover Page

Adding Value To Livestock Diversity: Marketing To Promote Local Breeds And Improve Livelihoods

The writeshop that formed the basis of this book was co-organized by the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, the LIFE (Local Livestock for Empowerment) Network, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature–World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (IUCN–WISP) with the support of the Environmental Monitoring Group (EMG).
… | French | Spanish

22 Nov 2011 | Downloads - publication
0 Comments | Write a comment

WISP Briefing Note Indigenous Knowledge FAO

Briefing Note - Indigenous Rangelands Monitoring: harnessing pastoralist knowledge in the Horn of Africa

● Rangelands development and extension services should build on pastoral indigenous rangelands knowledge
● Pastoral rangeland management capacity can be strengthened through support to customary institutions
● Local and global monitoring of rangelands degradation should use local knowledge to verify larger-scale data sets …

12 Aug 2011 | Downloads - publication
0 Comments | Write a comment

Briefing Note - Supporting adaptation to climate change in Africa's livestock sector

Livestock production is increasing throughout Africa, driven by human population growth, improving living standards and urbanization. Seventy percent of the rural poor own livestock and over 200 million people rely on livestock for income. … | French

28 Jul 2011 | Downloads - publication
0 Comments | Write a comment

Building Climate Change Resilience for African Livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa

This scoping study was carried out to identify entry points for building the resilience of livestock systems to climate change and variability. … | French

28 Jul 2011 | Downloads - publication
0 Comments | Write a comment

GGWP Summary Report and Action Plan

This Summary Report captures the key events and outcomes of the Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists and builds upon the discussions and debates held throughout. It contains information about what happened, why, who attended and outlines key challenges women pastoralists must overcome in order to tackle these issues. …

31 Mar 2011 | Downloads - document
0 Comments | Write a comment

Informe: EL EMPODERAMIENTO DE LAS MUJERES EN LAS SOCIEDADES PASTORILES

Report - Women's Empowerment in Pastoral Societies

When reading about women in pastoral societies it is common to find reference to their marginalised roles, their hardship, their oppression and their lack of power as opposed to men’s domination, men’s ownership, men’s power and associated patriarchal relations. … | French | Spanish

20 Jul 2009 | Downloads - document
0 Comments | Write a comment