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.

Lingayat biocultural protocol published

The biocultural protocol of the Lingayat community, who live in the Bargur forest in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, details the Bargur breed of cattle and Mala erumai (Hill buffalo) breeds.
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Item posted by Paul Mundy on Saturday, June 26, 2010

German shepherds begin sheep marathon

Shepherds in Germany have started a marathon, four-country relay trek to draw attention to the role of mobile herding in maintaining biodiversity and grassland in Europe.
The trek began on 5 June with a rally under the Brandenburger Gate in the heart of Berlin. It will take in Paderborn (1 August), Duisburg (21 August), Maaseik in the Netherlands, before reaching Brussels in Belgium on 17 September. The trek will pass through the Ardennes in Belgium and through Luxembourg before ending in Trier on 16-17 October.
The League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development is joining the German Shepherds' Association in activities along the route.
Press release (English)
Press release (German)
More information (German)
Photos
Website of German Shepherds' Association (German)


Item posted by Paul Mundy on Monday, June 21, 2010

Practical guidelines on Livestock Keepers' Rights


Livestock Keeper's Rights are three principles and five rights that ensure that livestock keepers can continue raising their animals.
Supporting livelihoods and local livestock breeds: Guidelines for putting Livestock Keepers’ Rights into practice gives practical guidelines on how development professionals, private companies, researchers, governments and policymakers can turn the rights into practice.
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Item posted by Paul Mundy on Monday, June 21, 2010

Biocultural protocols for Samburu and Pashtoon published

The Pashtoon of Pakistan and the Samburu of Kenya are the latest groups of pastoralists to develop biocultural protocols that detail their community’s breeds, their traditional knowledge of their animals, and their lifestyle in relation to the environment.
They join the Raika of Rajasthan in documenting their breeds and culture in an attempt to defend their traditional knowledge and lifestyle.
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Item posted by Paul Mundy on Monday, June 21, 2010

Die Maasai Leiden, und niemand will ihre Schreien hören

"The Maasai are suffering, and no one hears their cries"
A radio segment was broadcast on the Deutschlandfunk (a international German radio station) on 18 June 2010. It describes how pastoralists in Africa are being driven from their traditional grazing lands so farming concerns can plant crops for biodiesel, or to create wildlife reserves that attract tourists.
The segment (in German) features Tanzanian activist and member of the LIFE Network Eliamani Lalteika and LPP's Ilse Köhler-Rollefson.
Listen to the programme
Read the transcript


Item posted by Paul Mundy on Monday, June 21, 2010

Imagine the world in black and white...

Imagine if all cows were black and white... if all the pigs were  pink... if every sheep, and every chicken, were white...
This booklet draws attention to the threat to local livestock breeds, and describes what the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network is doing to help pastoralists and small-scale livestock keepers to maintain them.
LIFE Network. 2010. Local Livestock for Empowerment: The LIFE Network. Ober-Ramstadt, Germany.
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Item posted by Paul Mundy on Sunday, June 20, 2010

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