Hoofprints Year of the Camel | Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and Yuvan Aves in conversation

Hoofprints Year of the Camel | Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and Yuvan Aves in conversation | | Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series Jaipur Literature Festival 2024
2024, the ‘International Year of Camelids,’ recognises camelids and their essential role in protecting hostile ecosystems and providing livelihood for millions of families around the world. Scientist Ilse Köhler-Rollefson is the author of Camel Karma, a narrative that traces her quest to save Rajasthan’s camels while sharing insights into connections with the Raika people and their enduring relationship with species. Her recent work, Hoofprints on the Land, is a fascinating and lyrical description of the working partnerships between people and animals. Yuvan Aves writes, teaches, learns, and lives where the landscape merges with mindscape. He is a multi-award winning writer, nature-educator and environmental defender, and the managing trustee of Palluyir Trust for Nature Education and Research. Together, Rollefson and Aves discuss the camel cultures of the world, the welfare and preservation of these animals, and the crucial role they play in questions of food security, climate change and biodiversity.
Ilse Ulrike Köhler-Rollefson is a trained veterinarian and the founder/coordinator of the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development (LPP). She is also the co-founder of India's first dedicated camel dairy in Rajasthan and the social enterprise Camel Charisma, which promotes cruelty-free and natural camel products. She has worked closely with the Raika camel breeding community for over three decades and consulted for various organisations, including the World Bank, GTZ/GIZ, Misereor, FAO, ILRI, and UNDP. She is the author of the well-received book Camel Karma: Twenty Years among India's Camel Nomads.Her latest book Hoofprints on the Land: How Traditional Herding and Grazing Can Restore the Soil and Bring Animal Agriculture Back in Balance with the Earth.
Yuvan Aves writes, teaches, learns, and lives where the landscape merges with mindscape. He is a multi-award winning writer, nature-educator and environmental defender, and the managing trustee of Palluyir Trust for Nature Education and Research.
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