Leveraging the potential of livestock for dryland development:: Why a paradigm shift is needed was the title of a presentation by LPP’s Ilse Köhler-Rollefson at an international conference on Nurturing Arid Zones for People and the Environment at the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India, on 25 November 2009.

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Raika Samaj Panchayat. 2009. Raika biocultural protocol. Lokhit Pashu Palak Sansthan, Sadri, Rajasthan, India.

This declaration by the Raika pastoralists of Rajasthan, India, details the livestock breeds they have developed, their traditional knowledge about their animals, and their lifestyle in relation to their environment.

A biocultural protocol is a new way for livestock keepers to assert their claim to the breeds they have developed, as well as to traditional rights and intellectual property associated with their animals.

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Biocultural community protocols document livestock keepers’ contribution to conserving the environment and their livestock breeds. Indian filmmaker Moving Images has made two videos on this new approach.

Video 1: Biocultural protocols and access and benefit sharing

Video 2: Developing biocultural protocols among the Raika (India) and Samburu (Kenya)