outcomes of 2016/17 of the pastoralist knowledge hub

PKH Partners’ Meeting • FAO, Rome • April 3, 2017

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Outcomes of 2016/17

Partners’ meeting of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub

Gregorio Velasco-Gil and Oliver Mundy

A special thanks to:


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1. Introduction

2. Partners

3. Policy advocacy

4. Strengthening pastoral networks

5. Communication

6. Technical activities

Content

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1. Introduction

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The Hub aims to be a facilitating mechanism

• bringing together pastoralist networks and organizations working with them

• promoting cooperation and coordination

• enhancing pastoral development and pastoralist-friendly policy interventions

• Develop technical knowledge on pastoralism

Objectives of the Hub

Pastoralist networks

Global policy dialogue

Pastoralist Knowledge Hub

Knowledge Networks Partners


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Activity overview

•Representing pastoral interests

•Organizing events•Supporting pastoral participation

•Fostering network formation through regional meetings and community dialogues

•Hosting discussion forums

•Providing information

•Coordinating studies

•Developing methods to measure and support pastoralism

Policy advocacy Capacity building Communication Technical activities


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2. Partners

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All major organizations in pastoralism involved

• Share knowledge

• Share work plans

• Search and consult pastoral organizations and networks

• Advocate pastoralism

Partners


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Steering committee membership

• Global Rangeland Initiative

• WOCAT project: “Selected good sustainable rangeland management practices in sub-Saharan Africa”

• GEF project: Participatory assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management in grassland and pastoral systems

Involvements

Coalition partner

• To designate 2024 as an UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

Multi-stakeholders platforms:

• Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP)

• Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL)

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3. Policy advocacy

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International engagements

COP 13Participation at the

Convention on

Biological Diversity

that resulted in the

Cancun statement

IRCParticipation at and

support of the

International

Rangelands

Congress 2016

UNEA 2Participation at the

United Nations

Environment

Assembly resulting

in the resolution for

sustainable

pastoralism

CFS 43Co-organized side

event on climate

change and conflict

in pastoral areas in

Africa held at the

Committee for World

Food Security

COAG Speaker’s corner on

technical guide

“Improving

governance of

pastoral lands” at

Committee on

Agriculture

Land and poverty

conference-World

Bank: Master class

on Technical

Guidelines


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Regional engagements

North Africa Regional meeting in

Tunis, Tunisia with

Maghreb countries to

assess the needs for

rangeland

management and

pastoral support

EuropeBiannual meeting on

“Mountain pastures

and livestock farming

facing uncertainly”

organized by the

European Mountain

Pastures Network in

Zaragoza, Spain

West Africa

Present during the

first seminar on “The

way for securing

rangelands” of the

Regional Sahel

Pastoralism Support

Project (PRAPS)


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National engagements

NigerBilateral meetings

with the Ministry

Agriculture

FranceParticipation at Salon

de Paris-CORAM

AngolaIYRP promoted at

workshop on the

technical guide

“Improving

governance of

pastoral lands”

MongoliaBilateral meeting at

FAO with the

Director General of

the Livestock Policy

Implementation and

Coordination

Department

MauritaniaBilateral meetings

with the Ministry of

Agriculture and

GNAP (a national

pastoral

organisation)

Mali, Niger,

SenegalStudy on gender and

pastoralism


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4. Strengthening pastoral networks

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• The PKH supports seven regional pastoralist networks and coordinates opportunities for policy dialogue

Pastoralist networks

Regional pastoralist networks Policy dialogue opportunities


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South Asia gathering• Gujarat, India - 9-11 Mar 2015• Creation of the South Asian Pastoralist

Alliance (SAPA)

Regional meetings

Primer encuentro de la red de pastoralismo de Latinoamérica• Santa Cruz, Bolivia – 26-28 May 2015• Creation of Pastoraméricas

Central Asian meeting of pastoralists • Hustai, Mongolia – 25-29 Jul 2015• Creation of the Pastoralist Assembly of

Central Asia (PACA)+Hustai Declaration

European pastoralist gathering • Koblenz, Germany – 26-28 June 2015• Koblenz Declaration

Atelier sur le développement durable du pastoralisme en Afrique de l’Ouest• Bamako, Mali – 7-9 Jan 2016• Déclaration de Bamoka

North African and West Asian meeting of pastoralists• Hammamet, Tunisia – 14-16 Jan 2016• Déclaration de Hammamet

Eastern and Southern African pastoralist gathering• Lukenya, Kenya– 21-22 Jan 2016• Lukenya Declaration


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Regional meetings

Outcomes

5 declarations 3 new regional networks Roadmap for network formation


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• Meetings to strengthen network formation in 6 regions

• Awareness raising

• Increasing membership

• Supporting the World Yak Herders Association

Community dialogues

Latin America

High Asia

South Asia


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• Online database with over 400 organizations

• Search and find organizations working in pastoralism

• Currently developed with VSF International

Database of organizations


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Providing information

Knowledge repository

• > 300 technical documents, videos, policy briefs and guidelines

• > 500 legislations

News and events

• > 30 FAO news articles

• > 40 newsletters with over 700 press articles and 50 events


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Providing platforms

Discussion forum

• Email discussion group on pastoralism

• > 700 pastoralists, experts, researchers, …

Some topics

• International Year of Pastoralism and Rangelands

• Land tenure

• Conflicts

• Misconceptions on pastoralism

• ….


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Website


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• Tablet application: Self-evaluation and Holistic Assessment of climate Resilience of farmers and Pastoralists (SHARP)

• Study on transboundary movement

• Contributing to the Global Livestock Environmental Assessment Model (GLEAM) that models livestock mobility patterns, feed ratios and breed distribution

Technical activities


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