[IYRPsupportgroup] FYI: IIED-Misereor webinar on pastoral schools in Europe - what relevance for the Global South? Tuesday 25 Feb @ 11:00 CET

[Ann Waters-Bayer]

Dear all, 

What’s the relevance of the growing agroecological pastoralist movements in Europe to pastoralists in the Global South? What parallels exist, and how might pastoralists learn from and support each other? 

Some members of the Regional IYRP Support Group in Europe (https://www.iyrp.info/europe <https://www.iyrp.info/europe>) are or have been involved in such pastoral schools, where (mainly) young people who do not come from traditional pastoralist families can learn the art of herding as an agroecological approach to using and maintaining natural pastures. 

IIED-MISEREOR invite you to join a short webinar on the future of pastoralism in Europe through the lens of European pastoral schools and pastoralist associations. 

What to expect:
Alessandro Dessi (Italy) will provide some background on the Italian experience of collective action within the APPIA pastoralism network, together with some of the history of the Shepherding School movement.
This will be followed by a conversation with Francisco de Asis Ruiz Morales (Spain), who will share insights from a school in Andalusia in Southern Spain.
Last but not least. we aim for a lively and informative discussion with pastoralists from across the globe.

Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025 

Time: 11:00 CET

For more information, see this paper on pastoral schools in Europe “Uncertainty and the pastoral schools in the expanded European region” (https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/75566 <https://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/75566>).

If you are interested in joining this Zoom event on 25 Feb, please contact Marion Pobo (marion.pobo at iied.org <mailto:marion.pobo at iied.org>) with "Shepherding School Seminar” in the subject line.




Dr Ann Waters-Bayer
Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology
German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Research Fellow
Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) Core Group
Secretariat of International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) Global Alliance
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