© EU/ECHO/Peter Biro This Case Study on Iraq summarises the opportunities identified by the ECHO-funded technical assistance facility to transition the chronically poor and vulnerable from humanitarian assistance to national...
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Evidence from Mercy Corps’ PRIME Programme in the Somali region of Ethiopia (Lessons learned)
This study Enhancing resilience to severe drought: what works? Evidence from Mercy Corps’ PRIME Program in the Somali region of Ethiopia, posted today on the public group on Capacity4dev Resilience Building in Ethiopia (RESET) by...
Moving herds, changing paradigms: about pastoralism in East Africa
The InfoPoint Lunch-time conference on Moving herds, changing paradigms: about pastoralism in East Africa took place on 11 October 2016. Pastoralism or (semi-) mobile livestock keeping is increasingly under threat in many African...
Is veganism the key to sustainable development?
In the article I’ve converted to veganism to reduce my impact on the living world published on 9 August 2016 in The Guardian newspaper, the journalist George Monbiot argues that the world can cope with 7 or even 10 billion people...
Common ground: securing land rights and safeguarding the earth
This report, also available in French and Spanish, published on 2 March 2016 by Oxfam, launches a Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights , backed by more than 300 organizations all over the world. It is a...
Pastoralism pays: new evidence from the Horn of Africa
Published in October 2015, this IIED Brifing evaluates the comparative social and environmental advantages of extensive pastoral production systems. The African Union’s policy framework on pastoralism recognises the economic...
“There is No Time Left” Climate Change, Environmental Threats, and Human Rights in Turkana County, Kenya
This Human Rights Watch report, published on 15 October 2015, finds that climate change, in combination with existing political, environmental and economic development challenges in Turkana, has had an impact on the Turkana people...
Pastoralism Provides Crucial Services to Humanity, Can Support Green Economy Transition
Press releaseCancun, 9 March 2015 - Better Management of Neglected Sector Would Boost Water Regulation and Biodiversity and Sequester up to 9.8 per cent of Anthropogenic Carbon Emissions. Pastoralism—extensive livestock production...
Brussels Development Briefing on Pastoralism
O n February 22nd, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “New challenges and opportunities for pastoralism in ACP countries”, with the African Union Commission, the European Commission (DG DEVCO) the ACP Secretariat, Concord and...
ESDC course on Disaster Relief in CSDP Context (pilot-course)
Invitation to the ESDC pilot-course "Disaster Relieg in CSDP Context" Within the framework of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC), the Diplomatic Institute to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (also known as...
European Security and Defence College