Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards ( LEGS )

LEGS is underpinned by a livelihoods approach and is based on three livelihoods objectives:

• Providing immediate benefits to crisis-affected communities
• Protecting the livestock-related assets of crisis-affected communities
• Assisting the re-building of key assets among crisis-affected communities

LEGS has a global scope and focuses on the process of identifying needs and analysing which interventions are most appropriate to support the livelihoods of the affected populations, at which times, and in which emergencies. LEGS recognizes that climate change is resulting in more complex and unpredictable types of disaster.

Hence guidance on options (‘decision-making trees’) forms the basis of the main sections, with references to where detailed technical guidelines and other materials may be obtained. The key technical areas covered within the three livelihoods objectives are: destocking, veterinary care; supplementary feeding; provision of water; livestock shelter and settlement; and provision of livestock or restocking