Global Pastoralist Gathering · IYRP 2026 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Declaration The Ulaanbaatar Declaration 2026 Adopted by pastoralist leaders, women, youth and allies gathered in Mongolia, the declaration sets out the movement’s shared demands for the rights, territories and mobility of pastoralist peoples. August 2026 Prior to the World Pastoralist Assembly, we joined pastoralist organisations […]
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From a quiet nook at a terminal at the Eleftherios Venizelos, Athens International Airport, Khalid Khawaldeh, Global Coordinator of WAMIP, joined a two-part webinar titled “From Kandy to Belém and beyond: Presentation of the Political Outcomes of the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum.” The webinar was held to “revisit the rich discussions” of the Nyéléni Forum,
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A historic milestone shaped through years of grassroots organising by the Nyéléni Alliance, and one that strongly recognises the struggles, rights, and contributions of mobile Indigenous peoples and pastoralists. At the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum in Sri Lanka, more than 700 delegates came together to reaffirm a shared political agenda for food sovereignty, justice, dignity
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WAMIP, in partnership with CETIM – a centre dedicated to supporting social movements in accessing UN human rights mechanisms – has just completed a regional training for our Eastern & Southern Africa members on how to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP). 📖 What
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On October 7, 2023, Israel’s aggressive occupation of Palestine reached a fever pitch. Since its establishment, Israel has been hostile to Palestinians, and now their war of genocide has been brought to the centre of the global stage. In the weeks since the unrelenting violence began, more than 4,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed and
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In light of the International Year of Camelids 2024, WAMIP is calling on governments, scientists, donor agencies, local and regional decision makers, experts and the private sector to support camelid development efforts that consider the special ecological and cultural aspects of camelids. Camelids, a biological family which includes camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas and guanacos, are
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After long process of lobbying within the UN system : Our proposal to declare an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists for 2026 has taken a huge step toward being a reality. Today at the FAO Committee on Agriculture (COAG) meeting, the Mongolian Government took the lead and presented the proposal giving a short and
