opment of dryland areas
of East Africa in the con-
text of increasing climate
uncertainty.
interdependence be-
tween pastoralists,
breeds, access to the
commons, and liveli-
hoods
LIFE Network, 2007.
www.pastoralpeoples.org/
docs/keepersofgenes_
web.pdf
key threat to the survival
of pastoralists and their
livestock breeds: the loss
of access to grazing areas
and water. Pastoralists
are losing their traditional
pasturelands for many
on grazing in nature re-
serves, expansion of irri-
gated agriculture, expro-
priation by settled villag-
ers, and elimination of
fallow land because of
intensified cropping.
that many pastoralists are
forced to give up livestock
production altogether.
This not only translates
into the loss of their liveli-
hoods, but also spells
doom for many valuable
livestock breeds and the
gene pool they represent.
The book makes the case
that pastoralists conserve
livestock biodiversity and
that their genetically di-
verse herds form an es-
sential counterweight to
the genetically increas-
performance breeds.
search in rural India, this
book has wide applicabil-
ity to other parts of the
world where pastoralism is
important.
co-produced by Moving
Images, a Delhi-based
documentary film maker,
and the League for Pas-
toral Peoples, has been
released. The project was
supported by the FAO-
Netherlands Partnership
Programme.
Köhler-Rollefson
ilse@pastoralpeoples.org,
www.pastoralpeoples.org
invisible asset?
gor, Drylands Programme,
IIED, 2006. Issue Paper
142, www.iied.org/pubs/
pdf/full/12534IIED.pdf
(368 kb)
economic land-use sys-
tem in which maximum
returns, be they economic,
social or environmental,
are sought from invest-
ments. This paper pro-
poses a new conceptual
framework that assesses
the value of pastoralism
beyond conventional eco-
nomic criteria. The frame-
work aims to provide fresh
insights to the contribution
of pastoralism to poverty
reduction, sustainable en-
vironmental management
poverty alleviation:
Harnessing new science
for greater impact
John Edward Vercoe, a
key player in international
livestock research con-
tributing to Australia's cat-
tle industry. Subjects ad-
dressed range from DNA
technologies to small-
holder issues.
www.ilri.org/
johnvercoeconference/
botany and ethnophar-
macology
on Ethnopharmacology
and 20th Fachkonferenz
Ethnomedizin.
ics and prevention
and veterinary medi-
cine to bird flu
hallucinogen mush-
rooms and of other chi-
tin-containing sub-
stances (e.g., insects)
plied ethnobotany and
an applied ethnophar-
macology: How do we
value traditional
knowledge?
Schröder, ee.schroeder
@t-online.de,www.agem-
ethnomedizin.de
2007
on key aspects of sustain-
able agriculture and is-
sues that are challenging
the food and drinks indus-
try now and in the future
from legislation, to con-
sumer positions, industry
outlook to farmers' en-
gagements and progress
measurement. Partici-
pants will have the oppor-
tunity to network with
leading industry players
and listen and debate with
key speakers from EU
institutions, NGOs and
academia.
www.sustainable
agriculture2007.eu
and the mule in the cul-
ture of the Mediterra-
nean
2007
key and mule culture in
the Aegean island of Hy-
dra, near Athens, will be
discussed during this in-
ternational conference
from the economics of
rearing and maintaining
livestock to the shaping of
the landscape. The work-
ing condition of the ani-
mals, gender issues and
donkeys in leisure activi-
ties will also be discussed.
ed.emery@britishlibrary.
net, or www.geocities.
com/DonkeyConference