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

[Maryam Niamir-Fuller]

Hello everyone. Its good to review again our definitions. This issue will
come up many times as we go forward and each time we need to be both
inclusive and extensive!

I recall that when we discussed this back in 2016 (and again in 2018), we
adopted the following definition of "pastoralist" which then was inserted
in the IYRP Open Flyer:

"*Pastoralists are people who – as their primary source of livelihood –
raise livestock, wild or semi-domesticated animals on rangelands in
production systems that are extensive in terms of land use and usually
involve some degree of animal mobility. Adapted from: Pastoralism and the
Green Economy, 2014
(http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/wisp_green_economy_book.pdf)
<http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/wisp_green_economy_book.pdf)>."*

I do agree that we need to add all the synonyms and metonyms from around
the world whenever possible., and to localize it when needed.  When
Kathrine and I worked on the GAP Analysis, we found many such terms:
Ranchers, graziers, herders, shepherds, transhumants, nomads, animal
farmers, rancheros, pasteurs, etc.

It would be really good to pull together a *long* list of these synonyms
and metonyms - in all relevant languages.

Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller
Vice Chair ISG


On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 7:11 PM Jurgen Hoth <jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>
>
> Many thanks for your invaluable input and the enrichening * and educative*
> transcultural perspectives you kindly shared to which I would like to
> attempt to briefly and constructively respond:
>
>
>
>    1. As Jim mentions, our challenge is to produce a text where its key
>    terms and concepts are well understood without the need of
>    considerable explanation. Considering this, I wonder if the editorial
>    group may want to use a more all-encompassing sentence. like the one we
>    already used in our *“*Cancun Statement”
>    <http://vsf-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/The-Cancun-Statement-Endorsed-22Dec2016.pdf> (CBD´s
>    COP 13), where we wrote:
>
> “*Recognising that *more than 500 million people across the globe
> identify themselves as pastoralists – such as nomads, transhumants, herders *and
> ranchers*.”
>
>    1. Pablo,  thank you for your comments. “Tierras de pastoreo”  is
>    indeed fine and also used widely in Mx. However, any type of vegetation is
>    used as, and is therefore considered “grazing lands”; hence, I wonder if we
>    could use ““tierras de pastoreo y pastizales nativos”, to make sure that
>    the grassland (as in graminoid dominated) are explicitly mentioned and
>    included.
>
> By the way, I also very much liked Hossein Badripour´s all-encompassing
> definition of pastoralists and would like to suggest to the editorial team
> to consider weaving it into the main body of the text:
>
> “Pastoralists are those who rear livestock and their flocks, and are
> dependent mainly ( if not completely ) relying on range forage.”
>
>    1. Finally, Dana, I salute the much-needed glossary effort. It may be
>    useful to know that together with colleagues from Canada the US and Mexico
>    in 2012 we prepared for NAFTA´s Commission for Environmental Cooperation an
>    English/Spanish glossary on terminology related to ranching management
>    practices.  Although the glossary reflects the ranching culture across
>    North America, it may be applicable for other regions:
>
>
>
> Hoth, J. et al. 2012. *Grasslands Glossary.  *Commission for
> Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, Canada.
> www.nagrasslands.org/resources/introduction/
>
>
>
> I hope these points are helpful, and hopefully we can reach agreement soon
> so that we can continue with the translation effort. Thank you.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
>
> Jurgen
>
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> *______________________*
>
> *Jürgen Hoth*, *Biol.,* *M.Sc.*
>
> (819) 421 4130
>
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>
> Ottawa, ON, CANADA
>
> jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com
>
> Skype: Zacatochtli
>
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> *From: *Pablo Manzano Baena <pablo.manzano.baena at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 9:47 AM
> *To: *Dana Kelly UoQ <d.kelly at uq.edu.au>
> *Cc: *Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de>, Jurgen Hoth <
> jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com>, "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
>
>
>
> The problem for such a glossary is, it would only apply for
> English-speaking countries, right? Or how would we deal with the diversity
> e.g. in Spanish-speaking countries? If there is a way, we could do a
> compilation of terms as well as their usage.
>
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> El mié., 2 sept. 2020 a las 15:28, Dana Kelly (<d.kelly at uq.edu.au>)
> escribió:
>
> Dear Jurgen and Ann,
>
>
>
> Thanks Jurgen for raising this issue. I agree with Ann that many terms are
> used for pastoralists around the world. As David Phelps said, pastoralists
> is really only used in one state in Australia, we also use grazier and
> farmer; with farmer probably the most commonly used term. Of course, in
> Australia pastoralists do not tend to move their livestock as a regular
> activity.
>
>
>
> I would really appreciate hearing what terms other countries use for
> pastoralists, and how each country defines these peoples who are mobile and
> move around with their livestock.
>
>
>
> Comments would be very helpful in helping define this term in the
> socio-institutional glossary that we are working on!
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Dana
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu>
> on behalf of Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de>
> *Sent:* 02 September 2020 17:46
> *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
>
>
>
> 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> wrote:
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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.
>
>
>
> *______________________*
>
> *Jürgen Hoth*, *Biol.,* *M.Sc.*
>
> (819) 421 4130
>
> 145 York Street Apt 1001
>
> Ottawa, ON, CANADA
>
> jurgenhoth1521 at gmail.com
>
> Skype: Zacatochtli
>
> LinkedIn <http://mx.linkedin.com/pub/jurgen-hoth/36/b1/453>
>
> ResearchGate
> <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Juergen_Hoth_Von_Der_Meden>
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> *From: *IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu>
> on behalf of Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de>
> *Date: *Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 4:17 PM
> *To: *"Ferrari, Serena (NSAG)" <Serena.Ferrari at fao.org>
> *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
>
>
>
> Thanks ever so much for the corrections, Serena! I did not have a chance
> to have the text checked by a native French speaker.
>
>
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> 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
>
>
>
>
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> On 1 Sep 2020, at 22:13 PM, Ferrari, Serena (NSAG) <Serena.Ferrari at fao.org>
> wrote:
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> 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
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> *De :* IYRPsupportgroup <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
> *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) 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) 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
>
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> *Dr Ann Waters-Bayer*
>
> *Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology*
>
> *Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)*
>
> *E: waters-bayer at web.de <waters-bayer at web.de> / waters-bayer at agrecol.de
> <waters-bayer at agrecol.de>*
>
> *S: ann-waters*
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> *W: www.agrecol.de <http://www.agrecol.de/> / www.celep.info
> <http://www.celep.info/>*
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> <IYRP informations pour les organisations pastorales 01-09-20.docx>
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> <2020 08 31 IYRP information for pastoralist organisations SP-1.docx>
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