[IYRPsupportgroup] Save the date 7 Dec: IYRP presentation in Brussels at hybrid conference "Uncertainty & Devt in Pastoral Areas"

[Ann Waters-Bayer]

Uncertainty and Development in Pastoral Areas 

Hybrid Conference, 7 December 2022, 11:00–12:30 CET

International Partnerships InfoPoint, Rue de la Loi 43, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

 

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’. 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.

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.

The panel discussion is convened by PASTRES <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pastres.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7CMichele.Nori%40eui.eu%7C185b4ffe48044b26527d08dac1e2d411%7Cd3f434ee643c409f94aa6db2f23545ce%7C0%7C0%7C638035477220987827%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=45x%2B0WQVBJP%2FnsUHB%2F4aTGvstW%2FjqmBdtnMpqhGQ4LY%3D&reserved=0>, 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 <http://www.iyrp.info/> 2026. 

Speakers: 

Michele Nori, socio-agronomist, agro-pastoral livelihoods, PASTRES <https://pastres.org/>
Ann Waters-Bayer, agricultural sociologist, AGRECOL <https://agrecol.de/>/CELEP <https://www.celep.info/>
Nitya Ghotge, veterinarian, writer, filmmaker, ANTHRA <http://www.anthra.org/> 
Emmanuel Emaruk, Uganda project manager, VSF-Belgium <https://vsf-belgium.org/>Moderated by Michele Nori

More info - including registration details - coming soon. 

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