The Conference of Parties (COP 9) of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity will held in Bonn, Germany, from 19 to 23 May 2008. Article 10c of the Convention commits

An international seminar on The Camel in Rajasthan: From Heirloom to Unique Selling Point will be held in Jaipur on 7-8 April 2008. International and Indian camel experts and Rajasthan

The first issue of News from Drynet contains two articles by LPPS. In one, LPPS’s Namitha Dipak interviews Dr Mannava VK Sivakumar, Chief of the Agrometeorology Division of the World

LPP’s Ilse Koehler-Rollefson (right) discusses with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje Vasundhra Raje promises support for camels Thousands of Raika commemorated the death of Bhopala Ram Raika 11 January 2008

“For the camel breeders from Jojawar, this year’s trek to the Pushkar fair with their young camels could be their last one,” says an article in the Indian magazine Tehelka.