[IYRPsupportgroup] Information about IYRP for pastoralist organisations - call for letters of support/commitment & visual materials for website

Ann Waters-Bayer waters-bayer at web.de
Wed Sep 2 04:27:07 MST 2020


Then we can simply add, in the box with definitions, that the word
"pastoralists" includes also ranchers and graziers and all other
synonyms used in region- or country-specific English.

Surely ranchers will recognise themselves in the definition that has
been given for pastoralists.

Cheers,

Ann


On 02/09/20 12:45, James T. O'Rourke wrote:
> The word pastoralist is not used by U.S. ranchers, and in fact not
> understood.  They would not understand that they are pastoralists
> without considerable explanation.
>
> Cheers!  Jim
>
>
>
> --- waters-bayer at web.de wrote:
>
> From: Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de>
> To: Jurgen Hoth <jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu"
> <iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu>
> Subject: Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] Information about IYRP for pastoralist
> organisations - call for letters of support/commitment & visual
> materials for website
> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 09:46:13 +0200
>
> Many thanks for this, Jürgen!
>
> The word “pastoralist” as defined in the box (“people who – as their
> primary source of living – raise livestock, wild or semi-domesticated
> animals on plants that grow naturally, often called rangelands and
> grasslands”) includes all the different types of pastoralists in
> different countries which, in English, may also be known as “ranchers”
> (USA) or “graziers” (Australia). Indeed, the Australians also use the
> term pastoralist - see wikipedia referring to Australia "The owner of
> a station is called a pastoralist or a grazier (which corresponds to
> the North American term "rancher"). Some people also use the
> word “herder”, who would also be regarded as part of the pastoralist
> group, but this word refers - strictly speaking - to the people
> actually doing the herding (family members or hired) and would not
> include the other members of pastoralist families who take on other
> tasks in the production and livelihood system. Although, of course,
> the word can be defined differently, but then it should be defined
> explicitly when used.
>
> Actually, we have been doing a lot of thinking about this: a group of
> us is currently working on a glossary of “people” terms related to
> rangelands and pastoralism. We should hurry up and get it out!
>
> This mail is going to the entire ISG, and I am curious to see what
> reactions there are, as this will help us in finalising the glossary.
>
> And I would be very interested to know what the difference is, in
> Mexico, between a “pastoralist” and a “rancher” (in the equivalent
> Spanish terms).
>
> Cheers
> Ann
>
>     On 1 Sep 2020, at 23:21 PM, Jurgen Hoth <jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Ann and all,
>     Please find the version translated into Spanish.
>     Please note, as much in English as in Spanish and very likely in
>     all other languages, I would much recommend to explicitly
>     acknowledge “ranchers”.  In Mexico, for instance, pastoralists
>     presence and impact at the grassland ecosystem level is negligible
>     compared to the role of ranchers, small and large.
>     Most certainly, only seeing “pastoralists” may unnecessarily
>     hinder the participation of such an important group as are
>     the*ranchers*of the world.
>     Food for thought.
>     Best,
>     Jürgen
>     P.S, Can you please send me the figure of the last page in PPT so
>     that I can translate it using the same layout? Thank you.
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>     *From:*IYRPsupportgroup
>     <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu
>     <mailto:iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu>> on behalf
>     of Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de <mailto:waters-bayer at web.de>>
>     *Date:*Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 4:17 PM
>     *To:*"Ferrari, Serena (NSAG)" <Serena.Ferrari at fao.org
>     <mailto:Serena.Ferrari at fao.org>>
>     *Cc:*"iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu
>     <mailto:iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu>"
>     <iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu
>     <mailto:iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu>>
>     *Subject:*Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] Information about IYRP for
>     pastoralist organisations - call for letters of support/commitment
>     & visual materials for website
>     Thanks ever so much for the corrections, Serena! I did not have a
>     chance to have the text checked by a native French speaker.
>     I hope that others in the ISG can make translations into Spanish,
>     Arabic, Chinese etc. If any of you do, please share the
>     translations with us all!
>     Cheers,
>     Ann
>
>         On 1 Sep 2020, at 22:13 PM, Ferrari, Serena (NSAG)
>         <Serena.Ferrari at fao.org <mailto:Serena.Ferrari at fao.org>> wrote:
>         Dear Ann,
>         Many thanks for this document, it’s very well written. We are
>         going to disseminating through the PKH subscribers’ group.
>         You can find herewith the document in French with some – small
>         – corrections.
>         Best wishes,
>         Serena
>         Serena Ferrari
>         Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
>         Animal Production and Health Division
>         Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
>         <image001.jpg>
>         *De :*IYRPsupportgroup
>         <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu
>         <mailto:iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu>>*De la
>         part de*Ann Waters-Bayer
>         *Envoyé :*mardi 1 septembre 2020 09:59
>         *À :*iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu
>         <mailto:iyrpsupportgroup at list.cals.arizona.edu>
>         *Objet :*[IYRPsupportgroup] Information about IYRP for
>         pastoralist organisations - call for letters of
>         support/commitment & visual materials for website
>         *Importance :*Haute
>         Dear all,
>         Attached please find a 3-pager with current information about
>         the IYRP - drafted specifically for sharing with pastoralist
>         organisations and with organisations working directly with
>         pastoralists at the grassroots. I also tried to make a French
>         translation (which comes to 4 pages). I have deliberately not
>         made a pdf out of this, as the text is meant to be adapted for
>         different areas and in different languages (and please correct
>         the French before sending it on to French speakers!).
>         Two members of the ISG - Greg Perrier and Fernando Garcia-Dory
>         - had pointed out that the type of information we had thus far
>         as PR materials did not make very clear to pastoralists what
>         they could gain from supporting and being involved in an IYRP.
>         Therefore, with their help, I put this together.
>         Please share the text - adapted as need be - with pastoralist
>         organisations in your networks - and encourage them to:
>
>           * send to the FAO COAG Secretariat their letters of support
>             for the IYRP or even commitment to contributing to the
>             IYRP (we can send examples, if you want)
>           * send visual materials about pastoralism (videoclips,
>             photos etc) for the online “website-booth” that we are
>             setting up because the meeting of the COAG will be
>             virtual, so we cannot have a physical booth and events in
>             Rome during the week of the meeting - please send the
>             materials to Barbara Hutchinson (BarbaraH at cals.arizona.edu
>             <mailto:BarbaraH at cals.arizona.edu>) or me
>           * join the regional groups that are being set up to prepare
>             for the IYRP (in the hopes that it will be approved by the
>             COAG on 2 October) - Maryam Niamir (mniafull2 at gmail.com
>             <mailto:mniafull2 at gmail.com>) can provide more information
>             about these groups.
>
>         The COAG Secretariat has already received several letters of
>         support or commitment, including from some pastoralist
>         organisations and networks in Africa, CentralAsia, Europe, the
>         Middle East and South America, but more letters would give
>         more weight to the request by the Mongolian Government that an
>         IYRP be designated.
>         Thanks in advance!
>         Ann
>         /Dr Ann Waters-Bayer/
>         /Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology/
>         /Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism
>         (CELEP)/
>         /E:waters-bayer at web.de
>         <mailto:waters-bayer at web.de>/waters-bayer at agrecol.de
>         <mailto:waters-bayer at agrecol.de>/
>         /S: ann-waters/
>         /W:www.agrecol.de <http://www.agrecol.de/>/www.celep.info
>         <http://www.celep.info/>/
>
>         <IYRP informations pour les organisations pastorales
>         01-09-20.docx>
>
>     <2020 08 31 IYRP information for pastoralist organisations SP-1.docx>
>
>
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