Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and Value-added Tourist Route

Ondores (Peru), 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 fine fiber and finally releasing them, without altering their population, behavior and reproduction capacity. This activity allows for the supervised shearing of live vicuñas.

To this end, the regional governments supervise the capture and she...

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

Cusco (Peru), 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 fine fiber and finally releasing them, without altering their population, behavior and reproduction capacity. This activity allows for the supervised shearing of live vicuñas.

To this end, the regional governments supervise the capture and she...

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

Huancavelica (Peru), 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 fine fiber and finally releasing them, without altering their population, behavior and reproduction capacity. This activity allows for the supervised shearing of live vicuñas.

To this end, the regional governments supervise the capture and sh...

Chaccu - Vicuña Ecotourism Festival and value-added tourist route

Ayacucho (Peru), 28/06/2024 - 30/06/2024

Chaccu is an ancestral activity inherited from the Inca empire that consists of herding, capturing live vicuñas with the aim of extracting their fine fiber and finally releasing them, without altering their population, behavior and reproduction capacity. This activity allows for the supervised shearing of live vicuñas.

To this end, the regional governments supervise the capture and sh...

National Guanaco Festival

Arequipa (Peru), 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 of guanaco (Lama guanicoe cacsilensis), given the current categorization of its populations as a “critically endangered” species, in accordance with the Supreme Decree No. 004-2014-MINAGRI.

The importance of the guanaco is based on a set o...

International Camelid Festival, Cusco 2024

Cusco (Peru), 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 to improve the livelihoods of high Andean breeders. It will be held from 1-4 August 2024, in the “Jardín de la Cerveza Cusqueña” located in the historic center of the city of Cusco. The event will cover the following themes:

1) advances in th...

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

Cusco (Peru), 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 of Canchis, in the department of Cusco. This year it joins the activities of the International Year of Camelids and takes on greater relevance as it is its 50th Anniversary. Through this event, the participation of alpaca and llama breeders is...

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

Puno (Peru), 17/08/2024 - 24/08/2024

Fair of regional and national importance that takes place in August at the “Julio E. Barreda Aragón” fairground in the district of Macusani, province of Carabaya, in the department of Puno. Through this event, the participation of alpaca and llama breeders is promoted at the local, regional and national level, providing them with a means to publicize their products and services. Likewise, it...

Celebration of National Vicuña Day: National Vicuña Forum

Puno (Peru), Hybrid Event, 20/11/2024 - 22/11/2024

Through Ministerial Resolution No. 0458-2017-MINAGRI, November 15 of each year is the “National Vicuña Day”, with the purpose of revaluing this wildlife resource, as well as the ancestral practice for its management and conservation carried out by peasant organizations and raise awareness of the potential of this resource and its protection against poaching and trafficking of its fiber.

Symposium on Genetic Resources and Management of Biological Diversity in Andean Camelids

Lima (Peru), Hybrid Event, 22/05/2024

The Convention on Biological Diversity is the international instrument for the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits derived from the use of genetic resources, which has been ratified by 196 countries.

Within the framework of the celebration of Biological Diversity Day and the International Year o...

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

Virtual Event, 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 webinar will allow to exchange experiences and technical information between Asian and Latin American countries where old and new world camelids are found. The participants will be the IUCN - Large Ungulates Technical Group and the countries Ka...

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

(Peru), Hybrid Event, 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...

XXI Vicuña Convention Technical Meeting

Lima (Peru), Hybrid Event, 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, Chile, Ecuador and Peru) consider that the conservation of the vicuña constitutes an economic production alternative that benefits the Andean population. Likewise, they recognize that there is a need to assume a commitment to its protection an...

Webinar Storia dell'Alpaca

Virtual Event, 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.

Informazioni utili...

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

Wadi Rum Village (Jordan), 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 the East and the West. Camel caravans laden with silk, spices, foods, plants, perfumes, incense, and other luxury goods embarked on epic odysseys over vast distances through South Arabia and Bilad Al Sham across the Silk Road, Spice Route, and Ince...

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

Moscow (Russia), Hybrid Event, 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

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...

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...

Camelids | Heroes of Deserts and Highlands: Nourishing People and Culture

Armagh (United Kingdom), 20/01/2024 - 29/06/2024

In our new temporary exhibition we look at evidence of awareness of camelids in the Western world through printed sources available in the Library. Come and learn about the fascinating Camelid family that includes dromedaries, wild Bactrian camels, Bactrian camels, guacanos, llamas, vicuñas, alpacas! 

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