Центр знаний о пастбищном животноводстве

Go Nomad

Acronym: GN
Region: North Africa and West Asia
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Address: Chaharmahal o Bakhtiyari, Juneghan
Phone number: +98 9133681351
Email address: [email protected]

Organization profile

Type of Organization: Private sector
Year of establish: 2015
Objective: Their mission is to develop nomadic areas of Iran into a unique preferred tourism destination of choice in order to prevent immigration of nomadic families to megacities and to increase nomads’ contribution to the local as well as national economic growth through active financial involvement of the nomads for the sustainable utilization of tourism resources. Their goal is to ensure a healthy environment, respect for the rights of nature as well as the nomadic people living in that environment. This will ensure a sustainable model of balanced and environmentally friendly development of cultural diversity, conserve biodiversity and natural regeneration capacity of ecosystem and ensure the satisfaction of needs of present and future generation of the Iranian nomads.

Areas of work

Diversification of income
Tourism
Civic and legal services

Secondary informations

Number of pastoralists covered: 126000
Communities covered: Bakhtiari
Networks / partners: The International Ecotourism Society, Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (VSF), The World Indigenous Tourism Alliance (WINTA)

First contact person

First name: Atabak
Family name: Jahanbaz Fard
Position: Managing Director
Phone number: +98 9133681351

Second contact person

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