Pastoralists plan knowledge hub in Mongolia07.08.2015The Central Asian Meeting of Pastoralists was held in Hustai National Park in Mongolia to set up the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub on 26-29 July 2015. Around 40 representatives of pastoralist communities and pastoralist leaders from eight Central Asian countries - the Altai Republic of the Russian Federation, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - gathered to come up with a regional scheme for knowledge management on nomadic pastoralism. The meeting opened with the traditional long song accompanied by the traditional horse fiddle, a two-string traditional musical instrument. The herders and their leaders were welcomed by the Deputy Minister for Agriculture of Mongolia, staff members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) who work on indigenous peoples and pastoralist issues and the head of the Mongolian Alliance of Native and Indigenous People (MANIP), co-organizers of this event, who reiterated their will and support for preservation of nomadic pastoralism as a unique and sustainable livelihood system that is in harmony with nature. The herders from the various countries shared their experiences and worked in parallel working groups to identify their needs and priorities for future collaboration and shared their vision of the new set up. They also discussed the experiences of similar networks, such as Tajikistan's Pasture Network, represented by Umed Vakhdodov, and the Mountain Partnership Central Asia Hub hosted by University of Central Asia, represented by regional coordinator Elbegzaya Batjargal. |
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