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.


Herders lobby German parliament


A group of pastoralists has lobbied members of the German parliament to raise awareness of their role in maintaining biodiversity.
The group, sponsored by the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endougenous Livestock Development, met members of the Committee for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the German parliament on 18 May 2010.
The delegates explained the need for sustainable livestock production and for policies to support livestock keepers in develoiping countries as part of negotiations with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the Convention on Biological Diversity
Read full article (in German).



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