<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">For the current International Year of Camelids 2024 and for the upcoming IYRP 2026 (see p19), Misereor, DITSL (German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture) and LPP (League for Pastoral Peoples) in Germany have brought out a 20-page dossier on pastoral camelid husbandry around the world: “</span><a href="https://www.celep.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Dossier-camelids-English.pdf" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><strong class=""><em class="">With camelids into a sustainable future: learning from pastoralist communities</em></strong></a><span class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">”, published by welt-sichten, Frankfurt.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">It describes the various challenges faced by camelid pastoralists in Africa, Asia and Latin America, such as prolonged droughts, increased competition for land and water, low product prices, lack of labour and weakened social institutions. Yet these pastoralists continue to contribute to local livelihoods and national economies by supplying wool/hair, live animals and hides for national and international markets, and – in Eastern Africa – they have taken initiative to build value chains in response to growing urban demand for camel milk.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">The contributions to this dossier offer a differentiated picture of camelid pastoralists’ realities. An introduction to the importance of pastoralism worldwide is followed by an analysis of how camelid husbandry has evolved over recent decades. Specific articles describe pastoral camelid husbandry in the Andes, Mongolia and Eastern Africa. The dossier also looks at the role of research on camelid pastoralism and discusses policies that are needed for a sustainable future for camelids and the communities that rear them.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">The dossier is also available in </span><a href="https://www.celep.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-Dossier-Kameliden-Deutsch.pdf" class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;">German</a><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">.</span></div><div class=""><i class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span lang="EN-GB" class=""><br class=""></span></i></div><div class=""><i class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;"><span lang="EN-GB" class="">Also to be found on the CELEP website: </span><a href="https://www.celep.info/with-camelids-into-a-sustainable-future/" class="">https://www.celep.info/with-camelids-into-a-sustainable-future/</a></i></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>