Sheep pastoralism in Rajasthan: Still a viable option?
Workshop report compiled by Chakrawarti Singh and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, 2005
Indigenous breeds, local communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective
Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, 2005
Describes the threats to indigenous breeds of livestock, and how to document them as a first step in conserving them in collaboration with the communities where they evolved. Manual produced with support from GTZ.
Camel yatra
by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and Hanwant Singh Rathore, 2005
Down To Earth, 31 May 2005
A journey through Rajasthan’s Thar Desert to document the drastic decline in camel numbers there.
Saving the camel and peoples’ livelihoods: Building a Multi-Stakeholder Platform for the Conservation of the Camel in Rajasthan
Proceedings of an International Conference held on 23–25 November 2004 in Sadri. Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, Sadri, Rajasthan, India
Camel specialists from around the world discussed how to make camel keeping more profitable and attractive, so the decline in camel numbers in Rajasthan can be halted.
Saving Rajasthan’s camel herds: The perspective of camel breeders
Compiled by Arun Srivastava, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, Hanwant Singh Rathore, and Uttra Kothari. Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan
Over 50 camel breeders met in Sadri, Rajasthan in November 2004 to discuss the declining numbers of camels in Rajasthan. They recommended ways to increase access to grazing, improve veterinary services, and promote the marketing of camel milk and other products.
The black sheep of Rajasthan
Farm animal genetic resources from the perspective of rural communities
Asia-level workshop hosted by Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, 12-16 October 2003
This workshop introduced the “LIFE Method” of documenting breeds, exposed livestock and animal breeding professionals to field situations and familiarized them with the perspective of livestock breeding communities, provided background information on evolving issues within the sector (such as the upcoming negotiations for an International Treaty on Farm Animal Genetic Resources), and projected the status of selected Indian livestock breeds.
Local livestock breeds for sustainable rural livelihoods: Towards community-based approaches for animal genetic resource conservation
Proceedings of a conference/workshop held on 1-4 November, 2000 in Udaipur & Sadri, Rajasthan, India.
176 pp. ISBN 3-00-010522-0
Available from LPPS (price Rs 100). Contact lpps@sify.com
Sheep husbandry and ethnoveterinary knowledge of Raika sheep pastoralists in Rajasthan, India
Indigenous institutions for managing livestock genetic diversity in Rajasthan (India)
by Hanwant Singh Rathore and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, 2000
pp 47-54 in: Experiences in Farmer’s Biodiversity Management: Report on the International Workshop on Animal and Plant Genetic Resources in Agriculture at the Biosphere Reserve Schorfheide-Chorin, Germany, 16-18 May 2000. German NGO Forum on Environment & Development, Bonn.
Biocultural Community protocols for Livestock Keepers
League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, and Local Livestock for Empowerment Network. 2010. Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS). Sadri, Rajasthan, India
Biocultural community protocols are a new approach with great potential for empowering pastoralists and other traditional livestock-keeping communities. They are both a process and a document in which communities invoke their rights as guardians of biological diversity under Article 8j of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Claiming rights for in-situ conservation, they also help promote Livestock Keepers’ Rights to maintain their breeds and continue their traditional management practices.
Biocultural community protocols put on record traditional knowledge and the biodiversity that communities steward, in a process that the communities themselves drive. In developing a biocultural community protocol, communities become informed about national and international laws that protect their rights. This book provides an overview of the process as well as its legal background and describes the first experiences with implementing this approach by livestock keepers in Asia and Africa.
Poster: Protected areas and Livestock Keepers’ Rights
“How to destroy biodiversity in protected areas?” asks this poster.
“Easy! Just ban traditional grazing there.”
Banning pastoralists from traditional grazing areas alters the balance of wildlife, making scarce species such as leopards, lions and bustards even scarcer.
This poster by LPP’s Ilse Koehler-Rollefson and Hanwant Singh Rathore of LPPS, outlines how pastoralists are fighting such bans. It was prepared for the Working Group on Protected Areas on 11-15 February 2008 in Rome.
Camel Value Addition Report
The Camel Value Addition Report summarizes some of the potential and existing value addition opportunities for camel products – with special reference to Rajasthan. It lists and describes a range of product opportunities from living camels that can create incentives for their breeders to keep camels and thereby contribute to their conservation.
Camels of Kumbhalgarh – A biodiversity treasure
This small volume describes the traditional camel herding system as practiced by the Raika in the Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary. The annex of the most popular camel foraging planst doubles up as a guide to the botany of the area, including the medicinal uses of the local flora.
Short Report about the BCP Training organised by WOTR
In August, LPPS organised a short training for LIFE Network members on developing Biocultural Community Protocols (BCPs). This training was hosted by WOTR at its training centre in Darewadi near Pune. The proceedings are summarized in this small report.
Seminar on “Green and equitable livestock development in India”
In April, 2013, LIFE Network India, in collaboration with the LPP, the League for Pastoral People and Endogenous Livestock Development organised a Seminar on “Green and Equitable Livestock Development in India”. These are the proceedings of that event held in Hyderabad where it was coordinated by WOTR.
LPPS Publications
Cashing in on desert products: Reviving Rajasthan&
Project brochure Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, 2006
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Workshop report compiled by Chakrawarti Singh and Ilse Köhl
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