Report on "The Importance of Camelids in Human Life. International Year of Camelids"

Moscow (Russia), حدث هجين, 20/04/2024

The short report "The Importance of Camelids in Human Life. International Year of Camelids" was presented at the scientific and practical conference "Harmonious Coexistence Between Humans and Animals in Urbanized Areas and Nature Reserves: Discussing the International and Russian Experience," held in Moscow, Russia, from April 20 to 21, 2024. The speaker, Mikhail Vasilyevich Yurchenko, is th...

Camelids Parade in Paris

Paris (France), 20/04/2024

Join us for a unique event in Paris on April 20th! The French Federation for the Development of Camelids in France and Europe is organizing a parade of camels, dromedaries, llamas and alpacas to celebrate the International Year of Camelids 2024. Starting from Quai Jacques Chirac, the Federation has planned an iconic route through the heart of Paris where camels and delegations will parade pa...

Workshop on “Mongolian Camel Milk Cluster - New Organization for Effective Cooperation and Export Promotion"

Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), 18/04/2024

Dedicated to the International Year of Camelids, Dairy Asia, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia, FAO, and the EU funded project “International Trade Development” jointly organized the workshop “Mongolian Camel Milk Cluster - New Organization for Effective Cooperation and Export Promotion” that was held on 18 April 2024 at the Mongolian National Chamber of Commer...

The Curious Case of the Camel in Modern Japan: (De)Colonialism, Orientalism, and Imagining Asia? Lecture by Ayelet Zohar (English) - On the Backs of Camels

Vienna (Austria), 16/04/2024

In her lecture, Ayelet Zohar critically analyzes camel images as a metonymy for Asia as well as Japanese attitudes towards the continent. The lecture reads into encounters with the exotic animals, from Nanban art, realist Dutch-influenced illustrations, through Misemono roadshows of the first camel-pair imported in 1821. Modernity and Japan’s wars of Pan-Asiatic fantasies associated camels ...

Round Table on “Challenges in the Vicuña Fiber Market”

Lima (Peru), حدث هجين, 12/04/2024

The Round Table on "Challenges in the Vicuña Fiber Market" has been organized within the framework of the International Year of Camelids. Its objective was to address issues and propose strategies for the commercialization of vicuña fiber and its products, as well as the generation of added value. Challenges were also addressed from the perspective of producers, exporters, processors, univer...

Problematica de la Crianza de la Alpaca y Llama con la Intervencion de la Mineria

Puno (Peru), 12/04/2024

Se organiza el primer foro sobre la problemática de la crianza de los camélidos sudamericanos, tales como la alpaca y llama, y los efectos que causa la intervención de la minería, en los procesos productivos alpaqueros.

A este importante evento participan profesionales, productores, municipalidades, proyectos (PECSA), la Direcciond e Camelidos (DRA), CITE Camélidos, Técnicos y Publico...

Schoolchildren and camelids in Santa Catalina, Jujuy, Argentina

Santa Catalina (Argentina), 09/04/2024

Vicam organized the first workshop with Puna school children, celebrating the International Year of the Camelids 2024. The workshop involved girls and boys from the 6th and 7th grades of the Santa Catalina primary school in Jujuy Province, Argentina. During the workshop, students built an "articulated camelid" by drawing camelids on a poster and instead of painting them...they glued camelid ...

Webinar Storia dell'Alpaca

فعالية افتراضية, 06/04/2024

Sabato 6 aprile 2023, dalle ore 11:30, si terrà il webinar dal titolo "Storia dell'alpaca" a cura di Sara Fresi (giornalista e laurata magistrale in Storia e Società). L'obiettivo è quello di portare a conoscenza dell’opinione pubblica la storia della diffusione degli alpaca e le loro caratteristiche utili in ambito industriale, farmaceutico, zootecnico e ambientale.

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Webinar about the Importance of the inclusion of the Guanaco in the Convention on Migratory Species

(Peru), حدث هجين, 03/04/2024

The inclusion of the guanaco in Appendix II of the Convention on Migratory Species will make it possible to promote actions to maintain the integrity of large, medium and small populations throughout its range, as well as ensure the connection between transboundary populations for their maintenance and restoration. Its inclusion will allow prioritizing habitat conservation and management thr...

GECS News №11

فعالية افتراضية, 01/04/2024

GECS News is an annual publication of the South American Camelid Specialist Group (GECS), which is part of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The magazine is intended for the dissemination of knowledge and news that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of wild vicuñas and guanacos. We intend that GECS News will be usefu...

Officialization and establishment of the Multisectoral Commission in the framework of the International Year of Camelids 2024

Lima (Peru), 29/03/2024

The Commission will be made up of the ministries of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Production, Foreign Trade and Tourism, and Foreign Relations. Its functions will be: (i) to prepare a technical report that contains the proposal for the program of official activities to be carried out in response to the declaration of 2024 as the “International Year of Camelids”; (ii) propose the necessar...

Vicuñas and llamas at school

Santa Catalina (Argentina), 15/03/2024 - 15/12/2024

We will develop workshops on environmental education for students and teachers in the altiplano schools in northwestern Argentina, particularly in the province of Jujuy. Activities to celebrate the international year will include spinning contests and artistic and cultural events.

 

Hybrid Camels in Western Anatolia. Lecture by Onur İnal - On the Backs of Camels

Vienna (Austria), 12/03/2024

The Anatolian or so-called Turkmen camel is a cross between a male two-humped Bactrian camel and a female one-humped dromedary (Arabian camel). The hybridized Anatolian camel was a much sought-after farm animal in Ottoman times, as it was stronger than purebred camels and therefore better suited to carrying loads. As early as the seventeenth century, the Anatolian camel was an important play...

Alpacas in Peru: Bridging Threads of Science and Culture

Vienna (Austria), 07/03/2024

The seminar will highlight current alpaca research in Peru - from genetics and rangeland management to animal welfare. The event will also show the importance of alpaca rearing for local communities in the Andes. Textiles made from alpaca fibre will be on display.

Launch of IYC activities in the Russian Federation at the World Wildlife Day 2024

Moscow (Russia), حدث هجين, 04/03/2024

The FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation, within the framework of the World Wildlife Day 2024 «Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation», hosted a Roundtable at the UN House in Moscow to launch activities dedicated to the International Year of Camelids in the Russian Federation. 

Agenda of the Roundtable

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Ships of the desert - From ancient camels to sustainable livestock under climate change

Vienna (Austria), 27/02/2024

Public discussion about the "Ships of the desert", the evolution and origin of camels and their purpose in the modern world under climate change.

 

 

On the Backs of Camels

Vienna (Austria), 27/02/2024 - 26/01/2025

Living together with camels and their close relatives shapes cultures. It is a source of livelihood for people around the world and part of their cultural identity. In a special exhibition scheduled to begin in 2024, the Weltmuseum Wien will explore the many aspects of life with dromedaries, Bactrian camels, llamas, and alpacas and will examine the effect that these animals

Launching of IYC activities in Macusani - Puno

Macusani (Peru), 26/02/2024

In Macusani, located at over 4,300 meters above sea level in the Carabaya province, Puno Region, the activities of the International Year of Camelids, organized by FAO, were inaugurated. With the participation of authorities from the Ministry of Agrarian Development, the General Directorate of Livestock Development of Peru, and the mayor of Carabaya, Edmundo Cáceres, along with hundreds of a...

Cross-cultural Exchange on Camel Well-Being

Nagaur (India), 15/02/2024 - 16/02/2024

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the status quo and the factors that currently undermine camel well-being and conservation in Rajasthan and identify possible solutions, taking advantage of the presence of a team of North American camel ranchers during the Nagaur Cattle Fair. It will bring these experts together with the Raika and other camel herders of Rajasthan who are the holders of...

Launch of the International Year of Camelids 2024 by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation of Peru

Lima (Peru), 30/01/2024

For Peru, the declaration of 2024 as the International Year of Camelids means reflecting on what South American camelids represent as an ancestral heritage that brings together people with animals. Moreover, it is the only economic activity with sustainable potential for more than 90 thousand households that live in inhospitable areas at over 4 thousand meters above sea level and are in...