[IYRPsupportgroup] Press release on Dana Declaration+20: Launch of Manifesto on Mobile Peoples

[Ann Waters-Bayer]

Dear all,

Further to Ariell’s message, here is the press release (also attached with photo of participants) that you can find in the social media pack to which Ariell gives a link. This news plus the workshop report and manifesto are also posted on the Dana Declaration webpage of the IYRP website (https://iyrp.info/dana-declaration-mobile-peoples-conservation <https://iyrp.info/dana-declaration-mobile-peoples-conservation>).

Dana Declaration + 20 press release

The 20th anniversary of the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation <https://www.danadeclaration.org/> was marked in Wadi Dana, Jordan, on 7–10 September 2022 with the event titled Dana+20: Mobile Indigenous Peoples, Conservation, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Two Decades after the Dana Declaration. Working with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN, Jordan), representatives of the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP), concerned practitioners and academics, and representatives of Mobile Peoples from around the world – including Mongolia, Malaysia, India, Iran, Jordan, Sweden, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia and Peru – came together to discuss shared concerns. What emerged was the Dana+20 Manifesto on Mobile Peoples, <https://www.danadeclaration.org/dana-20-manifesto> a call to action for governments, conservationists, environmentalists, corporations and international stakeholders to recognise and respect the rights of Mobile Peoples and to deepen mutual understanding about the place of mobile ways of life in the future of our world.

Under the patronage of the HRH Princess Basma bint Talal of Jordan, the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation, emerged in Wadi Dana, Jordan 2002 in response to forced evictions of Mobile Peoples globally – including Indigenous, traditional, nomadic and tribal peoples – from their homelands in the name of environmental conservation. It established key principles to ensure that conservation policies respect the rights of Mobile Peoples and work together with such Indigenous and traditional communities to maintain the earth’s ecosystems and biodiversity.

Now, 20 years later, delegates met in Wadi Dana, Jordan, to take stock of progress as well as the continuation and exacerbation of challenges to their territories of life and mobile lifeways, including ongoing forced evictions, land grabbing and enclosures due to mineral extraction, agri-business, renewable energy development, conservation, tourism, international conflicts and the securitisation of borders. New challenges were addressed, including the impacts of climate change, exacerbated by ongoing emissions from the global use of fossil fuels. The event also critically engaged with the role of research and the nature of research collaborations with Mobile Peoples, with an emphasis on the development of equitable partnerships. In addition to the Dana+20 Manifesto on Mobile Peoples, participants developed a detailed action plan to contribute to the International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralists <https://iyrp.info/> and to develop a broader coalition for Mobile Indigenous Peoples – including those living in forests <https://www.forestpeoples.org/> – to work towards shared objectives.

The Refugees Studies Centre together with the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University, co-organised the event in collaboration with Mobile Peoples delegates representing organisations such as the Confederation of Traditional Stockbreeders Organisations (CORET), the World Alliance on Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP), the Sámi Youth Association, the Union of Indigenous Nomadic Pastoralists (UNINOMAD – Iran), Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS – India), CENESTA, Steps without Borders (Mongolia), the Mbororo Social & Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA – Cameroon), Traditional Ecosystems Survival Tanzania (TEST), the Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partnership (ILEPA – Kenya), the PASTROAMERICAS Network, as well as tribes and Indigenous groups from across the world. These delegates were joined by participants from the Forest Peoples Programme (UK), the University of Roehampton (UK), the University of Colorado (USA), the Rights and Resources Institute (RRI), the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) and JOHUD (Jordan).  

The event was made possible through funding from the Centre for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Misereor, the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the Wenner Gren Foundation, Oxford’s Department of International Development, PASTRES, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the University of Nevada’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources.

Further information on the Dana Declaration: https://www.danadeclaration.org


> On 5 Oct 2022, at 13:12 PM, Ariell Ahearn Ligham <ariell.ahearn at ouce.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>  
> The Standing Committee for the Dana Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation, which was set up 20 years ago, is pleased to announce its newly designed and updated website (www.danadeclaration.org <http://www.danadeclaration.org/>), which includes the Dana+20 Manifesto on Mobile Peoples: Mobile Indigenous Peoples, Conservation, Sustainable Development and Climate Change 20 Years after the Dana Declaration, an executive summary, and the workshop report from our recent workshop in Wadi Dana, Jordan from 7-10 September 2022.
>  
> We hope you find this newly designed website easy to navigate and compelling, and would appreciate it if you could share the word about the launch of the new website on your social media channels - here is a social media pack <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V0bun_Vc9Y_FctXIsyhtsp3vjKHmTLUf/edit> you can use.
> 
> Also please find attached the PDF of the Dana+20 Manifesto on Mobile Peoples and the Executive Summary and the workshop report. 
> 
> The Dana+20 Manifesto on Mobile Peoples is in the process of being translated into multiple languages. The translations will be available on the website when they are completed. 
> 
> Thank you for your support and solidarity! 
>  
> Ariell Ahearn and Dawn Chatty
> Co-Chairs of the Dana Declaration Standing Committee
> 
> <Dana Manifesto_FINAL FOR DISTRIBUTION.pdf><Dana+20 Workshop Report_FINAL.pdf>_______________________________________________
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