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Luneburg Conference, European awareness of sustainability in Africa: Issues of Pastoralism, University of Lüneburg, Germany.

ACTED, The Agency for Technical Co-operation and Development, in partnership with the University of Lüneburg (Germany) organized a conference on the Karamoja region in Uganda, on October 24/25.

The conference, entitled “European awareness of Sustainability in Africa: Issues of Pastoralism”, was part of a European campaign of awareness-raising on development. The conference was attended by academic experts and representatives from non-government organizations, who cam together to discuss the development challenges facing pastoralist societies in Karamoja region and East Africa. The three key issues raised were:

Issues of sustainable development in Karamoja
Pastoralism across East Africa
International perspective on pastoralism and sustainability

The conference report is now available at: http://www.karamoja.eu.

Additional Information

The Pastoralist Assistance aims to provide a positive picture of pastoralists and pastoralism to both the public and to all those working with pastoralists. The pastoralists that we work with are proud and knowledgeable people and in many areas of the drylands of the horn pastoralists are actively pursuing a productive livelihood. They do not want to be constantly viewed as victims and believe that the media generally portrays them as poor, vulnerable and dependant on food aid. We therefore concentrate our news and events on positive work and events and stories concerning pastoralists.