[IYRPsupportgroup] Reminder: Events on pastoralism: 7-8 December in Brussels & online

[Ann Waters-Bayer]

Dear all,

These events are contributing to the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP 2026) Initiative, which will be presented at the conference on 7 December 2022.

Cheers,
Ann

 
> From: PASTRES project <steps-centre at ids.ac.uk <mailto:steps-centre at ids.ac.uk>>
> Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 12:46 PM
> Subject: Events on pastoralism: 7-8 December in Brussels & online
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> Two events in Brussels on pastoralism and uncertainty.
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> Events on pastoralism and uncertainty
> Two events in Brussels next week explore the lessons from pastoralism in responding to a turbulent world. A hybrid online/in-person conference <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=26ec1497fa&e=05987e0bf0> on 7 December explores how development and environmental programmes could work better with pastoralists. On 8 December, a film festival and exhibition <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=2bfe653dea&e=05987e0bf0> showcases the diversity of pastoral ways of life.
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> Pastoralists, embracing uncertainty in a turbulent world
> 7 December 2022, 11:00 - 12:30 CET, InfoPoint <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=4e13bca70e&e=05987e0bf0>, Brussels (and online)
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> Pastoralism – extensive, often mobile, livestock production – offers vital lessons for navigating highly variable environments. Pastoralists produce food and manage ecosystems, making use of rangelands that cover over half of the land on Earth. Despite this, they are often dismissed as destructive, backward and in need of ‘modernisation’.
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> Longstanding policy biases and negative narratives have shaped decision-making and investments in pastoral regions. A new approach is needed, informed by pastoralist knowledge and practice, to support livelihoods, to defuse ongoing conflicts, and to mitigate food and social insecurities.
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> How can development and environmental programmes work alongside pastoralist communities? What are the threats and opportunities these face around the world? This InfoPoint event brings together pastoralist perspectives from Europe, the Mediterranean, Eastern Africa and South Asia.
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> The panel discussion is convened by PASTRES, a research programme funded by the European Research Council (ERC), in partnership with VSF-Belgium and CELEP (Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism). The event is in support of the forthcoming International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026.
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> Speakers
> Xavier Pavard, Policy Officer, INTPA F3- Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries
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> Michele Nori, Socio-agronomist, agro-pastoral livelihoods, PASTRES
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> Ann Waters-Bayer, Agricultural sociologist, AGRECOL/CELEP
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> Nitya Ghotge, Veterinarian, writer, filmmaker, ANTHRA
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> Emmanuel Emaruk, Uganda country director, VSF-Belgium
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> Register (online participation)
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> Perspectives on Pastoralism
> Film festival and photo exhibition
> Thursday 8 December from 18.00 CET, Cinema Galeries <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=fe748ba42f&e=05987e0bf0> (Galerie de la Reine 26, 1000 Brussels)
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> On 8 December, the Cinema Galeries in central Brussels will host an evening dedicated to pastoralism. This event is part of ‘Perspectives on Pastoralism’, a film festival born in 2019 in an attempt to deepen understanding of this undervalued lifestyle. After a successful first edition with numerous screening across Europe, the festival is back with 18 new films to enrich its catalogue.
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> Four of them have been selected for the occasion. ‘An afternoon on the pasture’ (Hungary, 2022) offers a dive into the daily life of László, a traditional Hungarian herder practising close herded grazing. ‘Cowherds of the Savannah’ (Uganda, 2021) will then take viewers to north-east Uganda, where Karamojong herders manage to turn the driest fibres into meat and milk, while struggling with regular epidemic outbreaks and conflicts. ‘Shepherds of the Deccan’ (India, 2022) follows the Dhangar nomads on the Deccan plateau in the middle of India, where they are faced with the ever-growing threat of climate change. Finally, ‘Bayandalai: lord of the Taiga’ (Mongolia, 2018) explores the largest forest on earth through the eyes of a reindeer herder in the north of Mongolia.
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> After the screening, speakers from three continents will comment on the movies and share their own pastoralist experiences with the public. Nitya Ghotge, veterinarian, author and filmmaker, will present her movie ‘Shepherds of the Deccan’ and talk about the challenges of the people. Emmanuel Emaruk, VSF country director in Uganda <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=6fe95c0f25&e=05987e0bf0>, was born in Karamoja where herding livestock is the main livelihood. For more than ten years, he has been developing projects with the local population to enhance livestock keeping and veterinary services. The third speaker is Michele Nori (PASTRES), a tropical agronomist and rural sociologist who has devoted the past 25 years to the study of agro-pastoral livelihood systems.
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> Photo exhibition: An Uncertain World
> Increased market volatility, the climate crisis, rapid technological change, the spread of a pandemic – it’s difficult to keep up with the unfolding reality. And pastoralists are far from being spared. How do they navigate through such an uncertain world? Such will be the focus of the photo exhibition ‘An Uncertain World’, presented in the exhibition hall of the cinema. Through a curated selection of images, visitors are invited to discover the way they embrace uncertainty to meet the challenges of a turbulent world. The photographs are drawn from the wider PASTRES exhibition 'Seeing Pastoralism' <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=c30cef36d0&e=05987e0bf0>.
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> This is event co-organised by Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium, <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=f76ba4e49b&e=05987e0bf0> the Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=0945755d02&e=05987e0bf0> and the PASTRES (Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Resilience: Global Lessons from the Margins) <https://steps-centre.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9254a411e4220fde61f078a32&id=0267bd2ee0&e=05987e0bf0> research programme.
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