For centuries, pastoralists achieved a social, cultural, environmental and economic balance in these unpredictable ecosystems by developing highly adaptable and sustainable livestock production systems. However, pastoralists remain largely unheard and unseen due to their mobility with livestock in search of pastures, water sources and markets. The current dominant narratives on pastoralism fail to acknowledge their contributions to society, economy and environment.
This report highlights the benefits of pastoralists’ participation in society and vice-versa. It discusses the mechanisms to enhance pastoralist participation in policy dialogue.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: برنامج الأمم المتحدة للبيئة
Topic: مشاركة, القيمة المضافة
Language: English
Type of document: تقني
Geographical coverage: مناطق العالم
The landscape in Sierra de Gredos was modelled largely by the livestock that traditionally grazed in mountain pastures in the summer and descended to the valleys when the snow came. In this video, one of the few goat farmers left in this Natura 2000 site explains their pastoral management and the impact of recent policy developments.
Year of publication: 2015Organization:
Topic: الخدمات البيئية
Language: English, Español
Type of document: فيديو
Geographical coverage: أوروبا
Le terme foncier pastoral recouvre des réalités complexes qui renvoient à une gamme diversifiée de ressources localisées dans diverses zones dont l’accès est régi par droits divers. L’objectif de cette synthèse est d’analyser les politiques, les cadres juridiques et réglementaires relatifs au foncier et au pastoralisme mis en place par les États et les institutions de la région et d’examiner les initiatives récentes des partenaires en appui au pastoralisme. Elle vise à en tirer des leçons pour mieux envisager l’avenir du pastoralisme et les voies pour sécuriser la mobilité et renforcer la résilience.
Year of publication: 2015Organization:
Topic: نوع الملكية, مشاركة
Language: Français
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: غربية افريقيا
This study aims to strengthen peacebuilding through education initiatives designed to increase access to quality education for remote and marginalized communities, particularly nomadic pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. It explores how education might advance peacebuilding and community resilience in vulnerable contexts prone to conflict through UNICEF supported Alternative Basic Education (ABE) centers for pastoralist and agro-pastoralist children and youth.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: منظمة الأمم المتحدة للطفولة
Topic: صراع, التعليم, مرونة
Language: English
Type of document: تقني, علمي
Geographical coverage: شرق أفريقيا
This report reviews and analyzes in brief the actual and potential conflicts of pasture use, mining and protected areas development with wildlife conservation and sustainable use through hunting in Kyrgyzstan. It identifies issues to be considered in future projects on integrated land and natural resources management as well as in sector specific projects. Wild animals, including game species used for hunting, are an integral part of ecosystems and essential for their functionality and resilience. Given the uncertainties about the impacts of climate change, conservation and sustainable use of wild animals is an important element of adaptation. This is because it retains options for future land-use and increases the resilience of ecosystems and land-use systems.
Year of publication: 2015Organization:
Topic: صراع, الخدمات البيئية, نوع الملكية
Language: English
Type of document: علمي
Geographical coverage: آسيا الوسطى
On Tuesday 8th September 2015 a meeting was held on the “Importance of Livestock Routes for Local, National and International Development: Their Mapping Servicing and Protection.”The meeting was organised through the Rangeland Management Platform – a forum organised by the Pastoral Livestock Development Directorate, State Ministry of Livestock Development Sector (MoA) and the Ethiopian Society of Agricultural Production/Pasture Rangelands Forum Ethiopia. The objectives of the meeting were: • To share experiences of mapping, servicing and protecting livestock routes in Ethiopia and neighbouring countries; and • To identify opportunities for better understanding, servicing and protecting livestock routes in future, and suggestions as to how this could be achieved in Ethiopia.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: كتاب مستقلون, الائتلاف الدولي للأراضي, المعهد الدولى لبحوث الثروة الحيوانية, الوكالة الأمريكية للتنمية الدولية
Topic: اقتصاد, الخدمات البيئية
Language: English
Type of document: تقني
Geographical coverage: شرق أفريقيا
This declaration, prepared at the meeting of Central Asian pastoralists in July 2015, calls on national governments, international organizations, the United Nations and civil society organizations to consult and include the Central Asian pastoralist network in workshops, conferences, policy processes and programmes that may affect pastoralism in Central Asia.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: اللجنة الاقتصادية لأفريقيا
Topic: مشاركة
Language: English, Русский
Type of document: السياسات والتشريعات
Geographical coverage: آسيا الوسطى
In China, three major rangeland management policies have caused dramatic social, economic, and ecological changes for pastoral regions in the past 30 years: the Rangeland Household Contract Policy (RHCP), Rangeland Ecological Construction Projects (RECPs), and the Nomad Settlement Policy (NSP). The impacts of these policies are greatly debated. This paper conducts a systematic review of academic perspectives on the impacts of the three policies on: the ecosystem, animal husbandry, pastoralist livelihoods, and pastoral society among other rangeland issues. In addition, it systematically reviews the causes of ineffectiveness and negative effects. As these three policy approaches are applied in rangeland management and pastoral development worldwide, this paper may provide useful implications for future policy development in pastoral regions on a global scale.
Year of publication: 2015Organization: كتاب مستقلون
Topic: الخدمات البيئية, نوع الملكية
Language: English
Type of document: تقني
Geographical coverage: آسيا الوسطى