<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you missed the mini-conference “<b class="">Pastoralists, embracing uncertainty in a turbulent world</b>” at the International Partnerships InfoPoint in Brussels on 7 Dec 2022, you can watch the video recording to be found at the bottom of this webpage:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/news-and-events/events/infopoint-conference-pastoralists-embracing-uncertainty-turbulent-world-2022-12-07_en" class="">https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/news-and-events/events/infopoint-conference-pastoralists-embracing-uncertainty-turbulent-world-2022-12-07_en</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><p class="">The panel discussion is convened by PASTRES, 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 2026.</p><h2 class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Speakers</span></h2><ul class=""><li class=""><p class="">Xavier Pavard, Policy Officer, INTPA F3- Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries</p></li><li class=""><p class="">Michele Nori, Socio-agronomist, agro-pastoral livelihoods, PASTRES</p></li><li class=""><p class="">Ann Waters-Bayer, Agricultural sociologist, AGRECOL/CELEP</p></li><li class=""><p class="">Nitya Ghotge, Veterinarian, writer, filmmaker, ANTHRA</p></li><li class=""><p class="">Emmanuel Emaruk, Uganda country director, VSF-Belgium</p></li></ul><div class="">plus two 2-min films:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">Pastoralism is the future: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeqITzac9Ac</a></li><li class="">International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zToSadWebwc&list=PLgz33fsrwiVkGSJE-I84wsKL8nOfRPdyU&t=31s" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zToSadWebwc&list=PLgz33fsrwiVkGSJE-I84wsKL8nOfRPdyU&t=31s</a> </li></ul></div><div class="">Attached is also a file with the chat messages that included questions and/or links.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></div></body></html>