Committee) with legal and logistical support to place an enquiry at the Su-
preme Court about their grazing rights in the Kumbalgarh Sanctuary.
delegation of pastoralists went to the Prime Minister's office and handed
over a petition. Besides visiting several other ministries, the group also or-
ganized a session at the India International Centre.
by Tom Loquang, a member of Kisup Ataker, a community-based organiza-
tion in northern Uganda founded in 2003. Activities consisted of commu-
nity-driven breed documentation and improvement in the area served by
Kisup Ataker. Such activities can form the basis for the conservation of lo-
cal breeds and breed diversity, and at the same time are useful tools for
empowering communities. In collaboration with Evelyn Mathias of LPP and
other Kisup Ataker staff, Tom organized a training course on international
animal genetic resource conservation efforts, Livestock Keepers' Rights
and community-based breed documentation. The one-week training took
place in November 2006 with some 40 pastoralists and other stakeholders
from Karamoja attending.
avian influenza. This was the last issue published by the LIFE Network.
Future issues will be published by the Endogenous Livestock Development
Network, of which LPP is a founder member. All issues of the newsletter
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individuals and organizations involved in bottom-up livestock development
throughout the world. As co-coordinator of the Network, Evelyn Mathias co-
moderated the ELDev mailing list and oversaw its technical aspects. She
also co-organized endogenous livestock development activities during the
international Tropentag ("tropical day") in Bonn.
stock newsletter (from the LIFE Network).
produce a film showing the role of Indian pastoralists in conserving breeds.
The project is supported by the FAO-Netherlands Support Programme.