headquarters in Sadri to Jaisalmer and Bikaner. This trek aimed to draw
attention to the declining camel population. The team, composed of LPPS
staff, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and 5 camels, covered 800 km. The trek at-
tracted a lot of interest from the Indian media and was shown on several
TV programmes. The team was also interviewed by India Today, a major
weekly magazine. In addition, the group distributed several thousand flyers
and calendars to local people and collected comments on the plight of the
camel in a diary. An article about the yatra was published in the environ-
mental magazine Down to Earth.
tung (a Swiss newspaper) to produce a documentary on "Camels: Phe-
nomenal livestock" that gave Raika pastoralists the opportunity to speak
about their problems. The film was aired in Switzerland and Germany.
and the commons
ages in Delhi to make a film on Pastoralists, livestock biodiversity, and the
commons as input for the First International Technical Conference on Ani-
mal Genetic Resources in 2007 in Interlaken. Shooting started in Novem-
ber 2005, beginning with the Pushkar camel fair. In the meantime, the FAO
has agreed to part-fund the film.
wird!". Ilse gave a presentation on the role of camels in combating desertifi-
cation at this training seminar for journalists, managed by the German ca-
pacity building organization, InWEnt.
Herweg) and agriculture and environment (Evelyn Mathias)
Cooperation and Development (Evelyn Mathias).