Round Table on “Challenges in the Vicuña Fiber Market”

Lima (Peru), Hybrid Event, 12/04/2024

The Round Table on "Challenges in the Vicuña Fiber Market" has been organized within the framework of the International Year of Camelids. Its objective was to address issues and propose strategies for the commercialization of vicuña fiber and its products, as well as the generation of added value. Challenges were also addressed from the perspective of producers, exporters, processors, univer...

Problemática de la Crianza de la Alpaca y Llama con la Intervención de la Minería

Puno (Peru), 12/04/2024

Se organiza el primer foro sobre la problemática de la crianza de los camélidos sudamericanos, tales como la alpaca y llama, y los efectos que causa la intervención de la minería, en los procesos productivos alpaqueros.

A este importante evento participan profesionales, productores, municipalidades, proyectos (PECSA), la Direcciond e Camelidos (DRA), CITE Camélidos, Técnicos y Publico...

Schoolchildren and camelids in Santa Catalina, Jujuy, Argentina

Santa Catalina (Argentina), 09/04/2024

Vicam organized the first workshop with Puna school children, celebrating the International Year of the Camelids 2024. The workshop involved girls and boys from the 6th and 7th grades of the Santa Catalina primary school in Jujuy Province, Argentina. During the workshop, students built an "articulated camelid" by drawing camelids on a poster and instead of painting them...they glued camelid ...

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.

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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...

GECS News №11

Virtual Event, 01/04/2024

GECS News is an annual publication of the South American Camelid Specialist Group (GECS), which is part of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The magazine is intended for the dissemination of knowledge and news that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of wild vicuñas and guanacos. We intend that GECS News will be usefu...

Officialization and establishment of the Multisectoral Commission in the framework of the International Year of Camelids 2024

Lima (Peru), 29/03/2024

The Commission will be made up of the ministries of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, Production, Foreign Trade and Tourism, and Foreign Relations. Its functions will be: (i) to prepare a technical report that contains the proposal for the program of official activities to be carried out in response to the declaration of 2024 as the “International Year of Camelids”; (ii) propose the necessar...

"The Moral Economy of Camel Milk Marketing" Seminar

Virtual Event, 21/03/2024

In the context of the International Year of Camelids, the University of Nairobi’s Institute of Development Studies held a seminar on camel milk marketing, focusing on the roles of camels in pastoral areas, the drivers of camel milk production and marketing, and the complex networks of local relationships and contracts that underpin these activities. The session drew insights from resear...

Vicuñas and Llamas at School

Santa Catalina (Argentina), 15/03/2024 - 15/12/2024

We will develop workshops on environmental education for students and teachers in the altiplano schools in northwestern Argentina, particularly in the province of Jujuy. Activities to celebrate the international year will include spinning contests and artistic and cultural events.

Hybrid Camels in Western Anatolia. Lecture by Onur İnal - On the Backs of Camels

Vienna (Austria), 12/03/2024

The Anatolian or so-called Turkmen camel is a cross between a male two-humped Bactrian camel and a female one-humped dromedary (Arabian camel). The hybridized Anatolian camel was a much sought-after farm animal in Ottoman times, as it was stronger than purebred camels and therefore better suited to carrying loads. As early as the seventeenth century, the Anatolian camel was an important play...