Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) is a set of international guidelines and standards for designing, implementing, and evaluating livestock interventions to help people affected by humanitarian crises. LEGS is based on three livelihoods objectives: to provide immediate benefits, to protect livestock assets, and to rebuild the livestock assets of crisis-affected communities.

LEGS supports the saving of both lives and livelihoods through two key strategies:

- LEGS helps identify the most appropriate livestock interventions during emergencies.

- LEGS provides Standards, Key actions, and Guidance notes for these interventions based on good practice.

LEGS can be used by anyone who is involved in livestock-related projects in emergencies. In particular:

- LEGS is aimed at people who provide emergency assistance in areas where livestock make an important contribution to human livelihoods; that is, aid organizations, bi- and multilateral agencies, and governments.

- LEGS is also relevant to policy and decision-makers in donor and government agencies whose funding and implementation decisions affect emergency response.

- A third audience for LEGS includes educational institutions and community-based organizations. 

Avaliable in English, French, Spanish and Arabic.

• Organization: The LEGS Project
• Pages: 312
• Year of publication: 2014
• Copyright: Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Project, 2014
• Url: http://www.livestock-emergency.net/resources/download-legs/