The United Nations continues to see pastoralism as a main reason for desertification, says Drynet, a global initiative on drylands. But a large number of scientific studies contradict this, and instead show the positive effects of pastoralism as a land-use strategy. LPP's Ilse Koehler-Rollefson and Silke Brehm have collated some of the bright aspects of pastoralism.
This flyer introduces the approaches promoted and used by LPP to strengthen the position of small-scale livestock keepers: Biocultural Protocols, Livestock Keepers' Rights and an innovative approach to marketing the products of local breeds.
Call for livestock-based culture instead of livestock industry; identity instead of rural depopulation, livestock keepers' rights instead of monopoly, and participation in value chains instead of overproduction by a few giant firms