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The Economic Community of West African States embraces the Voluntary Guidelines
Pastoralist communities have always practiced nomadism as a strategic adaption to variable conditions and have developed ways of living and methods of farming that safeguard the land and its resources. In Sahel countries, livestock farming accounts for around 40% of agricultural GDP and...
'Regional security and integration' in Central Africa under threat, Security Council warned
"Recent inter-communal tensions in eastern Chad opposing nomadic herders and sedentary farmers, as well as the attacks against villages in the Central African Republic…remind us of the urgency of addressing the issue of pastoralism and transhumance", said François Louncény Fall,...
Community of Bur and herdsmen resolve to share pastures and water in dry seasons
"We have agreed together to hold anyone that will cause conflict between us accountable, like thieves of goats and cattle," said Oburak Alex, the landlord of Bur who oversees all traditional rituals and land ownership disputes in the area. The Bur...
Boosting pastoralists' resilience is key to achieving peace in the Sahel
The Sahel remains affected by conflict, food insecurity, malnutrition, population displacement, natural disasters and epidemics and unless we address these crises from their roots, millions of people will continue requiring urgent assistance each year, FAO Director-General José Graziano Da...
Rangeland restoration: a new priority for the next decade
New resolution to protect and restore rangelands
A new resolution on rangelands and pastoralism was adopted in March 2019. For the first time it calls for the restoration of rangelands on a par with the restoration of other ecosystems, such as forests.