The latest edition of the Participatory Learning and Action Newsletter (PLA 65) is dedicated to the exploration of community protocols, rights and consent. It also contains an article by members of the LIFE Network in which they summarize their experiences with Biocultural Protocols for livestock keepers.

Shepherds from several countries in Europe are congregating at the Documenta in Kassel in the evening of June 23rd  with the goal of establishing a European Shepherds Network. The meeting is supported by LPP.

Shepherd Assembly at the Documenta

Schäfertreffen bei der Documenta

LPP and LIFE Network attended the 23rd meeting of the Commission on Agriculture (CoAg) at the FAO to make an intervention about the Global Agenda of Action towards sustainable livestock sector development (GAA). The Statement made the point that small-scale livestock keepers, representing the largest stakeholder group in livestock policy processes, must be represented in the GAA and that this would require funding, communication and capacity-building.