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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
©Michael Benanav
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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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5. Communication
©Michael Benanav
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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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6. Technical activities
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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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Thank you for your attention!
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fao.org/pastoralist-knowledge-hub
A special thanks to: