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Protected Areas and Livestock Keepers' Rights

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Added: July 22nd, 2010
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Educational poster explaining the role of pastoralism in protecting animal genetic resources, rural livelihoods, sustainable crop cultivation and wild biodiversity. Cites the adverse effects that have come from banning grazing in protected areas, and advocates the protection of herders' rights.
By Ilse Köhler-Rollefson
League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, Germany (www.pastoralpeoples.org, ilse@pastoralpeoples.org) and Hanwant Singh Rathore, Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan, Rajasthan, India (www.lpps.org)

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English