[IYRPsupportgroup] Comments needed: IRC 2025 draft Resolutions

Tue May 6 07:25:11 MST 2025

Dear Maryam,

I suggest the following change under Resolution 4, ‘… recognise Indigenous and Traditional Peoples as the custodians…’. 

Several countries (especially in Africa) do not recognise pastoralists as Indigenous Peoples. In Brazil, on the other hand, about 4 million people in the Cerrado and Caatinga regions rely on pastoralism for their livelihoods (with or without crop farming, but not ranching), are not indigenous, and are almost invisible in the international literature on pastoralism. Nevertheless, they are recognised in Brazilian law as Traditional Peoples, referring to groups that have a culture that is different from the prevailing local culture and that maintain a way of life closely linked to the natural environment in which they live, using knowledge transmitted orally and in daily practice. 

My understanding is that they generally operate with extensive livestock keeping systems based on a high level of ecological integration — this includes managing climatic variability and even turning it into a resource, like the the Amazonian ribeirinhos who during the seasonal flooding of the river margins sustain their cattle on floating ‘grass islands’.

The term ‘traditional’ is also used in Indian law to describe pastoralist communities, e.g. as ’traditional knowledge holders, or ’traditional forest dwellers’.

If 'traditional peoples' could be added to Resolution 4, it would be a step forward to help these pastoralists communities to gain some visibility.

Kind regards,
Saverio

> On 29 Apr 2025, at 14:46, Maryam Niamir-Fuller <mniafull2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear IYRP Friends
> 
> The International Rangeland Congress is meeting 2-6 June 2025 in Adelaide Australia. 
> The theme of the Congress is ‘Working Together for our Global Rangelands Future’.
> (https://irc2025.rangelandcongress.org <https://irc2025.rangelandcongress.org/>).  The Congress sub-themes include: 
> > Valuing rangelands and pastoral systems for their societal contribution; 
> > Co-design, partnerships, and incorporating traditional knowledge for more enduring rangeland outcomes
> > Technology, information systems, communication, and big data to aid monitoring and decision making
> > Integrating rangeland ecology into management
> > Managing risk – climate and other system shocks and trends
> > Livestock production systems in a world of changing drivers
> > Multi-functional land use in rangelands – moving beyond niche opportunities
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> The IRC 2025 is an important event that can contribute to achieving positive impact on healthy rangelands and livelihoods of pastoralists in 2026 and beyond. Many members of the IYRP Global Alliance are attending the congress in person. 
> 
> The IYRP Global Alliance has an opportunity to submit draft resolutions that will be considered and voted upon by delegates at the end of the Congress. A draft of 5 possible resolutions has been drawn up by the IYRP Global Secretariat as a starter, and we seek your inputs as members of the IYRP Global Alliance to refine and improve it. Please add more resolutions if you feel something is missing. 
> 
> All comments received by 14th May 2025 will be incorporated into a final set of resolutions and submitted to the Congress by the Co-Chairs of the Global Alliance.
> 
> Thank you.
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> Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller
> Senior Advisor
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IUAES Commission on Nomadic Peoples
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