Save the date: The Marwar Camel Culture Festival will be celebrated from 6-8 November at the Butibagh Campus of LPP's partner organization Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan in Sadri, Rajasthan, India. It will bring together the struggling camel herders, artisans, Rajasthan lovers, local food producers and many others to revive the camel economy. There will be exciting events such as a camel cheese tasting, a Camel Literature Fest with readings by famous explorers, a camel milking competition, a camel sufi music concert and of course camel chai! More information soon, or write to ilse@pastoralpeoples.org!

The Tibetan Human Rights and Development Centre will launch a report by Gabriel Lafitte on the situation of Tibetan nomads at the India International Centre in New-Delhi on 30th May. LPP coordinator Ilse Köhler-Rollefson will present a keynote address on the role of nomads in Tibet and other countries in food security and environmental protection.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ilse-k-hler-rollefson-our-lady-of-the-camels/article1-1331710.aspx

Jut in time for the deliberations during the eights session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources (ITWG-AnGR) today on 27th November, LPP and the ABS Capacity Building Initiative are releasing a new publication about the significance of the Nagoya Protocol for the conservation and sustainable use of animal genetic resources. Its focus is on the importance of community protocols as a tool for increasing visibility of local livestock production systems and for the empowerment and awareness raising of communities about their breeds. The publication can be downloaded here.