2010 retrospective

Summary of activities of the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network, 2010

Internationale Tagung Tierhalterrechte und Biologische Vielfalt

A report of an International conference on Livestock Keepers' Rights and Biodiversity organized by the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development at Lichtenberg Castle, Odenwald, Germany, 19 May 2010. Summarizes presentations and discussions by livestock keepers and specialists from Germany, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain and Tanzania.

Local livestock for empowerment: The LIFE Network

Imagine if all cows were black and white... if all the pigs were pink... if every sheep, and every chicken, were white...This booklet draws attention to the threat to local livestock breeds, and describes what the Local Livestock for Empowerment (LIFE) Network is doing to help pastoralists and small-scale livestock keepers to maintain them.