<div dir="ltr">That's an interesting comment. In Eastern and Southern Africa initiatives mushroom that combine income at the landscape scale from both ecotourism and pastoralism, and there are some economic analyses. It's true that it would be interesting to apply that angle to the huge birdwatching sector in the Americas.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El mié., 28 oct. 2020 a las 10:54, Jurgen Hoth (<<a href="mailto:jurgenhoth1521@gmail.com">jurgenhoth1521@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks, Gregorio, and congratulations on such a timely and important document.<span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It has a huge gap, however. <span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">No mention is made about the economic benefits of wildlife-related tourism, which just in the US generates yearly an economy of $80 billion US (latest report:
<a href="https://www.fws.gov/wsfrprograms/Subpages/NationalSurvey/nat_survey2016.pdf" target="_blank">
USFWS et al., 2016</a>). US birdwatchers contribute to the rapidly growing nature-based tourism sector in Argentina- one of the countries assessed in your study.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the context of the 2026 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) I think this is an amazing opportunity for FAO to help make the case about the contribution of wildlife in all its accounting related to the sound use
of the grasslands and rangelands …and let the world know about it.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Over the last 60 yrs of census work, we know that grassland birds are declining the most throughout North America (Canada, US and Mx). Very likely this trend is happening in most other regions of the world where grassland birds have become
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hopefully next time FAO talks to Birdlife international or WWF or any of our IYRP partners, and incorporates the all-important wildlife component, which goes hand-in-hand with the actual and potential economic benefits of sustainable grassland
and rangeland use to pastoralists and to the nations´ economies.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many of us in this group can gladly help you fill the gap.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:rgb(29,29,29)" lang="EN-GB">Jürgen Hoth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:rgb(29,29,29)" lang="EN-GB">, <i>Biol.,</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">IYRPsupportgroup <<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>> on behalf of Gregorio Velasco Gil FAO-AGAG <<a href="mailto:Gregorio.VelascoGil@fao.org" target="_blank">Gregorio.VelascoGil@fao.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 4:02 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[IYRPsupportgroup] Just released: "The Economics of Pastoralism. Market participation and multiple livelihood strategies"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="IT">Dear all,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Just</span><span lang="EN-US"> released!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Have a nice reading,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black" lang="IT">Gregorio</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_-3552396289248013448xxmsonormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:rgb(148,32,147)" lang="EN-GB">“The economics of pastoralism.
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Market participation and multiple livelihood strategies <br>
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<span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">With Argentina, Chad and Mongolia as pilot cases, this study by CIRAD, commissioned by FAO, funded by IFAD and facilitated by pastoralist associations (Fundación Gran Chaco, Réseau
Billital Maroobé, and the National Federation of Pasture User Groups), aimed to fulfil the knowledge gap about the economics of pastoralism, through a multifunctional assessment of pastoral production systems and their economic contribution.</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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