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Short statement (5 pages) refuting the claim that pastoralism is a main reason for desertification. In response to the FAO’s 2007 publication "Livestock’s Long Shadow", this paper emphasizes the positive environmental effects of this ancient land-use strategy, including biodiversity conservation, soil fertility enhancement, and mitigation of climate change. By Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and Silke Brehm, League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development and Drynet.

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