BLOG: Valuing a traditional lifestyle: how Maasai herders are being paid to protect nature and combat climate change --> iied.org/valuing-tradit… Guest blogger Jo Anderson shares how a community-run conservation area becomes financially sustainable thanks to carbon revenues.

NEW POST! The anti-meat narrative neglects the rights and values of pastoralists that are most affected by climate change. Centring pastoralists in debates ensures climate just policies that safeguard both livelihoods and the environment. 🧑‍🌾🐏👩‍🌾🐐 Read: tinyurl.com/3smrx45m

A warm invitation to anyone who will be in Brussels on 8 Dec to join this event - as well as the mini-conference on pastoralism at the EC InfoPoint on 7 Dec at 11:00 CET.

Science Magazine ipbes UN Land and Drought Pastoralism & Uncertainty Rangelands_global Rangelands_Initiative Pastoralism Centre Center for Climate-smart Pastoralism CELEP Maestre Lab Universidad de Alicante UA 3) We also found positive relationships among plant species richness & soil carbon storage (CS), organic matter decomposition (OM), erosion control and forage quality/quantity, between belowground diversity & OM, and between herbivore richness & CS regardless of grazing pressure

Science Magazine ipbes UN Land and Drought Pastoralism & Uncertainty Rangelands_global Rangelands_Initiative Pastoralism Centre Center for Climate-smart Pastoralism CELEP Maestre Lab Universidad de Alicante UA Our findings emphasize the importance of accounting for interactions between grazing and local abiotic and biotic factors when assessing ecosystem service delivery in drylands, which collectively constitute the largest rangeland area on Earth and host over 50% of total livestock

On 8 December, reindeer herder Bayandalai will take you to the farthest reaches of the Mongolian taiga. Join CELEP at the "Perspectives on Pastoralism" film festival. 👉More info and registrations: bit.ly/perspectiveson…

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🚨 Folks in #Brussels , do join Pastoralism & Uncertainty and partners Vétérinaires sans Frontières International & CELEP in a series of events next week! See the 🧵for details and register to attend! All in support of International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists Institute of Development Studies European Research Council (ERC) The Robert Schuman Centre

30 films - multiple perspectives - worldwide coverage🌍 Discover the diversity of pastoralism through pastoralistfilmfestival.com 4 films shown in Brussels on 8 December. Reserve your seat(s) now: bit.ly/perspectiveson… Interested in organising your own screening? Get in touch!😉

In "An afternoon on the Pasture" the Hungarian herder László Sáfián explains how he practices close-herded grazing on a patchy semi-natural pasture. 👉Discover the secrets of traditional Hungarian herding through the #perspectivesonpastoralism Film Festival #IYRP2026

If you are in #Brussels please come along to a film festival and photo exhibition plus a conference European Research Council (ERC) CELEP Vétérinaires sans Frontières International vsf-belgium.org/news/perspecti…

Pastoralists, embracing uncertainty in a turbulent world 📅Today 7 Dec 11 AM CET at the #EC #InfoPoint - hybrid conference - register here: bit.ly/3ULKMyc 📅Tomorrow 8 Dec 6 PM CET at CINEMA GALERIES in Brussels - more info and registration here: bit.ly/3iIyadL

If you are in Brussels, do not miss this film festival: #Pastoralism has to do with a lot more than you think! The project Pastoralism & Uncertainty will be featured too 👇 GlobalGovernanceProg European University Institute DZG-VSF Belgium

The Maasai have lived in Loliondo and Ngorongoro for many generations in harmony with the land, wildlife and biodiversity. PASTORALISTS DON'T DESTROY NATURE - COLONIAL CONSERVATION DOES More info👉pingosforum.or.tz/speakers-tour-… #MaasaiShallNotDie #DecolonizeConservation #OurLandOurLife

Maasai demand an end to human rights violations at the European Parliament today: Forced Evictions of the Maasai in the Name of Conservation - the Role of the EU. Read demands here: fian.de/wp-content/upl…

We are delighted to announce that our much awaited book 'Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development' edited by Ian Scoones is now available as a downloadable Open Access book at Practical Action Publishing Download now: practicalactionpublishing.com/book/2667/past…

A timely and important book, "Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development," edited by Ian Scoones Eager to dig in on the #Africa case studies and kudos to Pastoralism & Uncertainty

UN human + IPs’ rights declarations give local communities such as Maasai the right to free, prior & informed consent to land expropiation. The Tanzanian Government breaches this human right! 👉 pingosforum.or.tz/speakers-tour-… #MaasaiShallNotDie #DecolonizeConservation #OurLandOurLife

UN human and indigenous people’s rights declarations give the Maasai the right to free prior and informed consent before their land can be taken away. The Tanzanian government breaches this human right! 👉 pingosforum.or.tz/speakers-tour-… #MaasaiShallNotDie #DecolonizeConservation