League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development
This website is dedicated to the pastoralists of the world and their itinerant spirit.
The League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development is an advocacy and support group for pastoralists who depend on common property resources. We work and conduct research with pastoral communities, primarily in India. This website documents the challenges faced by pastoralists and facilitates networking among similar agencies.
Radio in Munich covers camels
 | Asia's camels are being pushed out by inappropriate land use policies, says LPP specialist Evelyn Mathias. Radio Lora in Munich broadcast an interview in German with Dr Mathias on 22 June 2005. Click here for more (in German!) |
Informationen auf Deutsch
Die folgende Materialien von der Liga für Hirtenvölker und nachhaltige Viehwirtschaft sind in deutscher Sprache erhältlich: | |
 | Tierhalterrechte: Nutztierrassen erhalten, ländliche Existenzen bewahren
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 | Engagement für Autonomie und Identität
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 | Das Kamel in Gefahr: Verfehlte Landnutzungspraktiken in Trockengebieten
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HerunterladenAsian camels in decline
| Over the last 10 years, the number of camels in Asia has fallen by one-fifth - mainly because their traditional pasturelands have been lost. Camels are vital for the livelihoods of millions of people who live in and on the margins of the world's deserts. 17 June 2005 - the United Nations' World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - is an opportunity to focus on the role of camels in using arid lands sensibly and sustainably. Click here for more information. |
Camel yatra
 | This article describes a month-long journey through Rajasthan's Thar Desert to document the drastic decline in camel numbers there. By Ilse Köhler-Rollefson of the League for Pastoral Peoples and Hanwant Singh Rathore of Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan. Down To Earth, 31 May 2005 Download |
Camel crisis
 | Audio file by WRENMedia about the crisis in camel-keeping in India. Includes interviews by BBC/WRENMedia reporter Susie Emmett with camel herders in Rajasthan, and with LPP's Ilse Köhler-Rollefson. Download audio file (Mpeg) |
Indigenous breeds, local communities
 | Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspectiveLokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, 2005 This manual describes the threats to indigenous breeds of livestock, and how to document them as a first step in conserving them in collaboration with the communities where they evolved. The manual was produced with support from GTZ. Download |
LPP annual report 2004
 | Putting the livestock keeper first: the lead article in the 2004 Annual Report of the League for Pastoral Peoples describes people-centred livestock development. Unlike most approaches to livestock development, this puts the livestock keepers (rather than their animals) as the focus. It bases development on their needs, capabilities and concerns, rather than merely trying to boost the productivity of their animals. It promises a more appropriate and ultimately more successful approach to livestock-based development. |
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