Events| International Year of Camelids (IYC) 2024 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Hybrid Event, Puno (Peru)

Celebration of National Vicuña Day: National Vicuña Forum

14/11/2024 - 15/11/2024

Through Ministerial Resolution No. 0458-2017-MINAGRI, November 15 of each year is the “National Vicuña Day”, with the purpose of revaluing this wildlife...

Arequipa (Peru)

II National Seminar on the meat of domestic South American camelids

08/11/2024

The event will convene actors in the meat value chain of domestic South American camelids (alpaca and llama) to evaluate the progress and limitations...

Arequipa (Peru)

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

01/10/2024

Chaccu is an ancestral activity inherited from the Inca empire that consists of herding, capturing live vicuñas with the aim of extracting their...

Ayacucho (Peru)

I International Symposium of Guanaco

24/09/2024

Within the framework of the International Year of the Camelids and the inclusion of the guanaco in Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation...

(Peru)

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

13/09/2024 - 14/09/2024

Chaccu is an ancestral activity inherited from the Inca empire that consists of herding, capturing live vicuñas with the aim of extracting their...

Puno (Peru)

National Fair of South American Camelids, Agricultural and Handicraft Products Macusani, Carabaya - FECASAM

24/08/2024 - 29/08/2024

Fair of regional and national importance that takes place in August at the “Julio E. Barreda Aragón” fairground in the district of Macusani, province...

Arequipa (Peru)

National Guanaco Festival

23/08/2024 - 24/08/2024

Within the framework of the International Year of Camelids 2024, it is of utmost importance to recognize the importance of the Peruvian subspecies...

Cusco (Peru)

National Agricultural, Agroindustrial, Artisanal, Gastronomic and Cultural Fair "Señor de Pampacucho"

07/08/2024

Fair of regional and national importance that takes place in August at the “Señor de Pampacucho” fairground in the district of Sicuani, province...

Cusco (Peru)

International Camelid Festival, Cusco 2024

01/08/2024 - 04/08/2024

Event led by the Regional Government of Cusco, which seeks to promote and enhance the development of the value chains of South American camelids...

Cusco (Peru)

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

01/08/2024

Chaccu is an ancestral activity inherited from the Inca empire that consists of herding, capturing live vicuñas with the aim of extracting their...

Huancavelica (Peru)

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

20/07/2024 - 21/07/2024

Chaccu is an ancestral activity inherited from the Inca empire that consists of herding, capturing live vicuñas with the aim of extracting their...

Lima (Peru)

III International Seminar on Sustainable Production of South American Camelids: Securing Biodiversity

10/07/2024 - 12/07/2024

The III International Seminar on Sustainable Production of South American Camelids: Securing Biodiversity will be held from July 10th to 12th on...

Ninacaca (Peru)

Officialization and celebration of the National Llama Day - 1st Gastronomic Festival

28/06/2024

Peru is the second largest producer of llamas in the world. Its main product is meat, which is one of the main sources of protein...

Ayacucho (Peru)

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

22/06/2024 - 24/06/2024

Chaccu is an ancestral activity inherited from the Inca empire that consists of herding, capturing live vicuñas with the aim of extracting their...

Garowe (Somalia)

Somali Camel Fete 2024

21/06/2024 - 22/06/2024

The Biciid Center for Culture and Nature, the only cultural center for research, preservation and dissemination of Somali indigenous knowledge, proposes...

Virtual Event

International webinar “Camelids of the old and new world: Exchange between countries in Asia and Latin America”

31/05/2024

Within the framework of the International Year of Camelids and the inclusion of the guanaco in the Convention on Migratory Species, the International...

Hybrid Event, Lima (Peru)

Celebration for the International Day of Biological Diversity

22/05/2024

The Convention on Biological Diversity is the international instrument for the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components...

Wadi Rum Village (Jordan)

Ships of the Desert - In Celebration of Camels in Wadi Rum

16/05/2024 - 17/05/2024

Camels are the "Ships of the Desert", woven into the very fabric of Jordanian culture tracing back to the ancient Arab trade routes that bridged...

Hybrid Event, Lima (Peru)

XXI Vicuña Convention Technical Meeting

07/05/2024 - 08/05/2024

The Convention for the Conservation and Management of the Vicuña is an international agreement in which the signatory governments (Argentina, Bolivia,...

Paris (France)

Camelids Parade in Paris

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...

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