The Fulani, Tuareg and Wodaabe peoples, among others, may lose their nomadic way of life as a result of severe drought and locust infestation.

We can help save these beautiful people from extinction.

"Throughout the course of the History, nomadic populations played a considerable role in the evolution of human and arts and in the exploitation of territories and natural resources. It is necessary to preserve from the extinction that system of life that is a part of the common cultural heritage of humankind. Moreover, nomadic populations, for their knowledge and traditional practices, may play an important role in respect to the question of constructing a sustainable development. Thus, in some respects nomadic societies have still something to teach to the settled. Above all, in the actual changing world, in which the mobility of peoples of different culture and the withdrawal of boundaries between different States, brings our life system together with theirs." (INTERNATIONAL LAW and NOMADIC PEOPLE By Marco Moretti)

 

extinction: The disappearance of a species or a population.

nomadic: Having to do with nomads, people who live in no fixed place but move in search of food or grazing land for their animals; of a wandering lifestyle.

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