[IYRPsupportgroup] [pastoralist-hub] A wonderful video from Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza

Fri Oct 23 15:53:40 MST 2020

Dear Ilse,

I am absolutely fascinated and touched by the two films you put under your
signature.

In fact, I feel you are saying about the Indian nomads, something that is
for all nomads or mobile pastoralists (transhumants) of the world.

The same you tell in your TED interview about the Indian Raikas can be said
about Carmelina Colantuono and Nunzio Marcelli, the two Italian herders
which are cited in the National Geographic document you shared in your last
email. (
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2020/05/what-you-learn-when-you-follow-the-herd-in-italy-feature/
)

Herders all over the world love their animals, and do everything they can,
for their health and for their wellbeing. Healthy and happy animals will
give us high quality meat and dairy products, so we will also stay healthy,
and this is a sustainable way of life, that can be (and has been) inherited
for centuries.

Intensive livestock keeping, as well as many laws concerning modern safe
slaughtering and animal transport etc worldwide are conceived with economic
goals, not considering animal welfare. Animals are seen only as a resource
to be used and exploited.

What you tell about the Raikas, (who never sell the female camel, nor sell
their milk, because these are a gift they received from Heaven, and
therefore they feel they have the obligation to preserve it), is the
demonstration of a world, that has been living in balance with Mother Earth
and Nature for centuries, and which is in great danger to disappear.

Therefore, the work of all of us, who know and understand the importance of
Rangeland and Pastoralism, is urgent and fundamental for the survival of
Biodiversity and Nature in many regions of the world.

As you say, Ilse, in your TED interview, if these Raikas and their
traditional knowledge disappear, this will have deep unforeseeable and
irreversible consequences. This statement is perfectly valid for the
knowledge of traditional rangers, herders and pastoralists all over the
world.

One of the most important goals of this objective we have of 2026 IYRP, is
the worldwide connections and relationships, and collaborations it is
creating.

We are many, who are working worldwide to support and protect mobile and
extensive pastoralism, in our regions or countries, but alone we cannot
achieve as much, as what we will, now, as soon as we are almost all
connected and able to create together, and send at the same time, the same
urgent and important message all over the world.

To organise flocks crossing important cities or capitals is something that
actually costs a lot of work for its preparation and coordination. It is
also very stressful for the animals, and for the shepherds, but the media
impact it can have worldwide is so important to create awareness about the
existence and importance of mobile pastoralism, as you can see, for
example, in this BBC article about transhumance passing through the very
centre of Madrid in 2019: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50115974).

Therefore, it is important we go for it, as you suggest Fiona, Ilse and
Dana, and we will be pleased to receive all the financial and institutional
support that is needed to realise this transhumance passing also through
Rome, and other capital cities worldwide.

When Jesus Garzón, many of you know, in 1993 realised again, after more
than one century, Transhuming sheeps walking on the drove (existing since
roman times) that crosses the city of Madrid, honouring a 1418 agreement
with the city's council where the price of “50 *maravedís al millar”* (50
coins per thousand heads of livestock) was set for the animal traffic
through city, he received a lot of letters from different embassies, asking
why they allowed these “uncultured and ignorant shepherds” to bring their
animals through an European capital. These letters were sent from countries
were they were trying to stop or at least limit nomadism and mobile
pastoralism, and they were shocked about this initiative in a modern
capital of an EU country like Spain.

Now, almost 30 years later, the importance of pastoralism is known much
better, and the moment has come to revalorise this traditional and
worldwide important activity, and to recognise and promote its social,
environmental and economic importance, as well as its long term
sustainability and capacity to adapt to climate change.

Warm regards

Francesca

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Francesca Pasetti Bombardella PhD
Tel: 0039 380 6337 111
Tel: 0049-1520 840 4438
Email: fpasettib at gmail.com

El vie., 23 oct. 2020 a las 3:03, Ilse Köhler-Rollefson (<
ilse.koehlerroll at googlemail.com>) escribió:

> Dear Francesca,
> yes, absolutely fascinating history! So important to look into the
> difference between countries! I am totally intrigued!
>
> Warm regards,
> Ilse
>
> On Fri, 23 Oct 2020 at 03:09, Francesca Pasetti <fpasettib at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Fiona,
>> Thank you for your suggestion concerning doing something similar in Rome,
>> as it has been done in Madrid since 1990: transhumance passing through the
>> capital using traditional droves.
>>
>> Thank you Pablo, for your clarification: in fact Nicola di Niro and
>> myself are working on transhumance in Italy, and the recuperation of
>> italian droves (italian name: tratturi).
>>
>> As you suppose, Fiona, through Rome there is an ancient drove, which was
>> bringing trashuming sheep from Vatican city to the Abruzzo mountains. This
>> drove was passing in a part of Rome actually called EUR.
>> At that time the Region that today is called Abbruzzo, was belonging to
>> the Vatican State (Which included the regions today called Abbruzzo and
>> Lazio).
>>
>> Three years ago it was tried to realise again this transhumance passing
>> through the EUR, in Rome, but it has not been possible because the
>> shepherds did not agree with the conditions they were offered to realise
>> it.
>> For this year 2020 it was foreseen to pass with transhuming sheep on the
>> ancient transhumance drove which passes through the city of Foggia, but
>> because of the actual COVID situation, it could not be realized.
>> Foggia was in ancient times the most important drove centre, a
>> transhuming crossroad, of South Italy. In fact in Foggia there is actually
>> the most important italian library with documents concerning transhumance,
>> traditional animal breeding, and ancient legislation about droves.
>> Therefore it is important also to allow again transhuming animals to use
>> these droves crossing Foggia.
>>
>> There is a great difference between the possibility to organise a
>> trashumance passing through a city in Spain and in Italy: Spain already has
>> a very ancient (created in 1273, and renewed/actualised in 1995) current
>> law protecting its 125.000 km of doves. Italy has not.
>> Like in Spain, also in Italy droves are used by transhuming animals since
>> prehistory (Therefore in both countries you have many megalithic stones of
>> the prehistoric shepherds).
>> In Italy the first registered protection of droves was a law of
>> Theodosio, in the year 400. Shepherds and their flocks were protected up to
>> Napoleon, who in 1806 made a law privileging farmers, and up to today,
>> there has never again been realised any law protecting shepherds. From then
>> onwards in Italy transhumance began to reduce drastically everywhere.
>>
>> Therefore to pass with transhuming animals through villages and cities in
>> Spain is actually almost easy, in Italy it is very difficult to organise.
>> Actually the still few transhuming shepherds in Italy have it each year
>> more difficult to realise their transhumance, which has been done for
>> centuries.
>>
>> The nomination of Transhumance as UNESCO World Heritage last december
>> 2019, and now the IYRP are both very important also for Italian shepherds:
>> Worldwide the protection of shepherds rights, as well as the acknowledgment
>> of policy makers (and general population) about the importance of
>> pastoralism is of vital importance.
>>
>> We were already thinking to suggest again Rome for a transhuming flock
>> passing through the city the next years: with the support of the
>> organisation of IYRP and FAO, it will be certainly easier to realise it for
>> 2021
>>
>> Warm regards
>> Francesca
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Francesca Pasetti Bombardella PhD
>> ASviR-MoliGal - Italia
>> Tel: 0039 380 6337 111
>> Tel: 0049-1520 840 4438
>> Email: fpasettib at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> De: Pablo Manzano Baena <pablo.manzano.baena at gmail.com>
>> Date: mar., 20 oct. 2020 a las 10:00
>> Subject: Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] [pastoralist-hub] A wonderful video from
>> Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza
>> To: Flintan, Fiona (ILRI) <F.Flintan at cgiar.org>
>> Cc: iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu <
>> iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu>, Ganbayar G <rome2 at mfa.gov.mn>,
>> Francesca Pasetti Bombardella <fpasettib at gmail.com>, Nicola Di Niro <
>> nicoldin29 at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Hi Fiona.
>> Regarding mobile pastoralism in Italy, there are people actually working
>> on that.  I think Francesca Pasetti is in the group but I CC her just in
>> case - she works with Nicola di Niro (CC'd also) in recovering Italian
>> tratturi.
>>
>> El mar., 20 oct. 2020 a las 9:30, Flintan, Fiona (ILRI) (<
>> F.Flintan at cgiar.org>) escribió:
>>
>>> *Gregorio and Mr Ganbayar - we should organise the same kind of event
>>> (droving of sheep through the city - for sure there are some ancient routes
>>> to follow) in Rome for IYRP!!*
>>>
>>>
>>> *To:* Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub <
>>> pastoralist-hub at dgroups.org>
>>> *Subject:* [pastoralist-hub] A wonderful video from Asociación
>>> Trashumancia y Naturaleza
>>>
>>> A wonderful video from Asociación Trashumancia y Naturaleza:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vygf3u3HCzE
>>>
>>> "Transhumance is a fundamental tool in land management and soil
>>> recovery; improvement of natural resources; water management; forest fire
>>> prevention and also in creating employment in rural areas. We must continue
>>> to work to make the authorities fully aware of the importance of its role
>>> in retro-innovation as a measure to combat the economic and climate
>>> crises…”
>>>
>>> In honor of all Transhumance Festivals that TyN has been organizing for
>>> 27 years in Madrid, this past weekend they have presented a short
>>> video-documentary "Transhumance: walking and sowing for a sustainable
>>> future" (with English subtitles)
>>>
>>> Full programme and more more amazing videos and photos during this week
>>> on Twitter https://twitter.com/Trashumanc.../status/1318101429349982208
>>>
>>>
>>> In case you want to join the online activities on 24 and 25 October
>>> (workshops on cooking, wool...) (and practice your Spanish) just use the
>>> link to youtube channel https://bit.ly/356ky1x
>>>
>>>
>>> Engin Yılmaz
>>> Yolda Initiative
>>> T +90 549 860 27 66
>>> www.yolda.org.tr | engin at bican.net | engin at yolda.org.tr
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