LPP’s co-founder, Dr. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson, and Hanwant Singh, director of LPP’s long-standing partner organisation in Rajasthan, Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan jointly received the Marwar Ratna Award 2013 for “Exceptional and Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Conservation, Preservation and Promotion of Regional Culture and Heritage”, presented by H.H. Maharajah Gaj Singhji II of Jodhpur on 12th May, 2014. The award honoured their efforts over two decades to save Rajasthan’s camels as well as the associated Raika culture.
Recently the Government of Rajasthan anounced its intention to declare the camel as state animal of Rajasthan, as well as a number of far reaching interventions to protect it.

During the Global Forum on Food and Agriculture (GFFA) to be held from 16-18th January in Berlin, LPP is co-hosting a podium discussion on pastoralism and food security. Please join us for this event held on Thursday, 16th January 2014, 15:30-17:30 hrs, in ICC Berlin Hall 3.

The Global Agenda of Action towards sustainable livestock sector development is organising two dialogues with Civil Society. The first one will take place in Ahmedabad in India from 27-29 September where it is hosted by MARAG; the second one will be organised together with UNEP and WISP and be held in Nairobi from 9-13 December. It is great that pastoralists are finally being heard and involved in policy processes – hopefully this will become standard practice at national levels as well!