Press releases
Press releases by the League for Pastoralist Peoples and its partner Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan.
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12 Jun 2007
 | No patents on seeds and farm animals A new coalition called "No Patents on Seeds" www.no-patents-on-seeds.org has called for a global ban on patents on seeds and farm animals. The coalition includes Greenpeace, SwissAid and Coldiretti (the biggest Italian farmers' organization) , and is supported by more than 30 farmers' organizations and hundreds of other organizations worldwide. 
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9 Apr 2007
| White gold of the desert Conserving animal biodiversity and creating rural employment can go hand in hand – an Indian NGO is showing the way.
pdf 63 kb |
9 Apr 2007
| Organising around breeds pays dividends Lobbying by LIFE-Network India, an alliance of NGOs and pastoralist groups, is beginning to bear fruit as policy changes that benefit indigenous livestock and rural livelihoods.
pdf 27 kb |
28 Mar 2007
| Livestock Keepers and the Management of Animal Genetic Resources: Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities Pastoralists and other livestock keepers should have the right to participate in formulating national policies. That was one of the conclusions of a workshop on Pastoralists, Livestock Keepers Rights and Animal Genetic Resources, on 24 to 26 February 2007. pdf 326
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27 Feb 2007
| Concentration in the world's livestock genetics LPP has produced a study on the global livestock industry and how they influence the animal breeds raised by farmers worldwide: Livestock Genetics Companies: Concentration and proprietary strategies of an emerging power in the global food economy. More information |
2 Jan 2007
| Bonn Workshop on the Future of Animal Genetic Resources While concentration in the livestock breeding industry is fast increasing, and exotic breeds are transferred to the South in large quantities, local smallholder livestock keepers are losing access to grazing lands.
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10 Dec 2006
Human Rights Day
| India’s herding communities: Affirm our customary grazing rights! Wildlife sanctuaries and national parks, joint-forest management schemes, allotment of common land for commercial plantation or bio-diesel cultivation, and the expansion of irrigation agriculture constrict pastoralists' customary grazing areas.  |
22 Oct 2006
| Preparations for 2007 Interlaken conference on Animal Genetic Resources English  64 kb,
40 kbFrançais 58 kb,
43 kbEspañol 64 kb,
40 kb |
16 Oct 2006
World Food Day
| Livestock keepers warn about patents on animal genes English
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40 kbFrançais
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43 kbEspañol
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17 June 2005
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
| Crucial desert resource neglected: Camels on rapid
decline in Asia The number of camels in Asia has fallen by one-fifth in the last ten years. Statistics show that camel numbers dropped from 4.5 million... pdf 105 kb
 doc 70 kb |
| Das Kamel in Gefahr – Verfehlte Landnutzungspraktiken in
Trockengebieten In Asien ist die Zahl der Kamele in den letzten zehn Jahren um ein Fünftel zurückgegangen. Nach Statistiken blieben von den 4,5 Millionen Kamelen, die es in Asien noch 1994 gab, nur noch 3,5 Millionen übrig... (Deutsche Version des oben erwähnten englischen Presseberichtes/German version of the English press release above) pdf 149 kb |
| Camels on rapid decline in Asia Why are camel numbers falling drastically in Asia? pdf 150 kb
doc 92 kb |
| Recipes for fighting desertification: Camel chocolate
and other culinary delights Fighting desertification by promoting chocolate, cheese and candy made from camel milk. pdf 97 kb
doc 72 kb |
22 January 2005
Camel yatra
| Camel yatra arrives in Pachpadra Report from LPPS's tour through the camel-breeding areas of Rajasthan. doc 324 kb |