Publications

Sheep pastoralism in Rajasthan: Still a viable option?

This poster outlines how pastoralists are fighting such bans. It was prepared for the Working Group on Protected Areas on 11-15 February 2008 in Rome.

  • Title: Sheep pastoralism in Rajasthan: Still a viable option?
  • Author: Chakrawarti Singh and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson / Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan / 2005
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  • Pages: 30

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    Indigenous breeds, local communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective

    How to document traditional knowledge about animal breeds and livestock management.
    Describes the threats to indigenous breeds of livestock, and how to document them as a first step in conserving them in collaboration with the communities where they evolved. Manual produced with support from GTZ.

  • Title: Indigenous breeds, local communities: Documenting animal breeds and breeding from a community perspective
  • Author: LPPS and Ilse Köhler-Rollefson / Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan / 2005
  • Description: How to document traditional knowledge about animal breeds and livestock management
  • Format: Zip
  • Pages: 80

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    Herd movements: The exchange of livestock breeds and genes between North and South

    Chapters cover why and how livestock genes flow, gene flows from South to North,gene flows to the South, driving forces, impact, and forces shaping the future

  • Title: Herd movements: The exchange of livestock breeds and genes between North and South
  • Author: Evelyn Mathias and Paul Mundy / League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development / 2005
  • Description: Chapters cover why and how livestock genes flow
  • Format: Zip
  • Pages: 78

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