Special Focus: 2024 - UN International Year of Camelids (International Society of Ethnobiology Congress)

Marrakesh (Morocco), 19/05/2024

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...

3° Congreso Internacional de Ganadería Camélida

San Pedro de Atacama (Chile), 14/05/2024 - 16/05/2024

La Asamblea General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), a iniciativa de Bolivia, aprobó en 2017 la Resolución A/RES/72/210 que de...

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...

MINEC and FAO Promote the Importance of Camelids in Food Security

Caracas (Venezuela), 30/04/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of People's Power for Ecosocialism, held an event on the importance of camelids in food security. The event was held at the Caricuao Zoo in Caracas, which is home to dromedaries, llamas and alpacas.

Celebrating the International Year of Camelids: Vicuñas and Llamas in Argentina

Buenos Aires (Argentina), 29/04/2024

During the Book Fair in Buenos Aires, VICAM (Vicuñas, Camelids and Environment) research group presented activities related to  the vicuñas and llamas of the altiplano of the northwest provinces of Argentina at the CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina) space. The presentation included interactive activities with school students, such as demonstrating llama...

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

Moscow (Russia), Hybrid Event, 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 ...