pastoralist knowledge hub
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Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
Oliver Mundy and Badi Besbes
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Pastoralists worldwide demanding for recognition
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Increasing recognition for pastoralism
“In Africa, we have not invested enough
in pastoralism“
Ibrahim ThiawDeputy Executive Director of the
United Nations Environment Programme
Liberation – 24 Nov 2015
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• Livestock keepers (cattle, sheep, goats, dromedary, rein deer, yaks…) • Several hundred million pastoralists worldwide • Manage rangelands covering about a third of the Earth’s land surface • Mostly mountainous areas, drylands and cold areas • Livelihoods depend on and are characterized by mobility of livestock
Who are pastoralists?
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Global rangelands and livestock production
Rangelands
Source: IUCN/UNEP (2014): Pastoralism and the Green Economy – a natural nexus?
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• Disruption of migration routes• Loss of or exclusion from rangeland • Bad access to public, health and education facilities• Often misunderstood and marginalized • Excluded from political dialogue
Common challenges worldwide
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• Pastoralists have been more independent than other groupso Living in remote areaso Having own strong governance structureso Being self sufficient
• In a more connected world, this poses a challenge as participation is increasingly required
Common challenges worldwide
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• Important providers of meat, milk, skins and hides • Produce food where no rain-fed crops can grow • Provide important eco-system services • Rich legacy of traditional knowledge and culture
Pastoralism has many benefits
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Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
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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• to enhance pastoral development and pastoralist-friendly policy interventions
Objectives of the Hub
Pastoralist networks
Global policy dialog
Pastoralist Knowledge Hub
Knowledge Networks Partners
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Bringing pastoral voices to the global stage
Objectives of the Hub
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A strong and organized pastoralist civil society is needed
Objectives of the Hub
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• A database that classifies and provides access to literature on pastoralism• Technical documents, videos, policies and legislation…
Knowledge repository
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Communication tool • for pastoralists, their networks and
partnering organizations• Using dgroups (an email based discussion
tool)
You can• share news, events and experiences • consult pastoralist networks and
organizations• discuss pastoral concerns and organize
participation in policy dialogue
Forum
Pastoralists, their networks, experts,
researchers, individuals, …350 members
Pastoralist networks
128 members
Develop-ment
partners152 members
Regional groups, youth,…(future)
Dgroups
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All major organizations in pastoralism involved • Search and find pastoral networks
through the Hub• Showcase their work on
pastoralism • Consult pastoral networks for
pastoralist-friendly interventions and practices
• Engage pastoralist representatives in political decision-making processes and conferences
Partners
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• Seven regional networks are being established • Developing a mechanism – transparent, inclusive and democratic – for
pastoralists to nominate their own representatives at global forums• Hub coordinates opportunities for policy dialogue
Pastoralist networks
Regional pastoralist gatherings
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Committee on World Food Security• FAO CFS 42, 12-16.10.2015
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification• UNCCD COP 12, Turkey 12-23 October 2015• Land management, desertification
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change• UNFCCC COP 21, Paris, Nov/Dec 2015 • New international agreement on climate
Examples for policy dialogue opportunities
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South Asia gatheringGujarat, India - 9-11 March 2015
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Primer encuentro de la red de pastoralismo de Latinoamérica “pastoraméricas”
Santa Cruz, Bolivia – 26-28 May 2015
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Central Asian meeting of pastoralists Hustai National Park, Mongolia – 25-29 July 2015
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European pastoralist gathering Koblenz, Germany – 26-28 June 2015
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Bamako
Atelier sur le développement durable du pastoralisme en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
Bamako, Mali – 7-9 January 2016
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• Ongoing regional meetings• Ongoing mapping of pastoralist organizations in collaboration with VSF • Feeding the knowledge repository• Arranging further policy dialogue opportunities • Strengthening of collaboration of the Hub’s partners
Current status
©Michael Benanav
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Thank you for your attention
Oliver Mundy and Badi Besbes Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Website: www.fao.org/pastoralist-knowledge-hub