To counter the "rearing animals is bad for the planet" narrative, we need to understand nomadic pastoral systems in ways that begin with, and respect, local knowledge and context pastres.org/2021/11/12/why… (Pic by co-author Ian Scoones )

The most hit and vulnerable communuties of climate change in Somalia are agro-pastoralists as they encounter most of climate risks such as droughts, floods & rainfall failure so employing climate-resilient agriculture would a sustainable practice for them to deal with the crisis.

Pastoralism has always been a way of life. Thanks for your voice and knowledge

Jiilaal iyo abaar kala duwan. Jiikaalka waxaa la helaa caleen iyo cows qalleyl ah. Abaarta waxba lama helo. Allow #Somalia u naxariiso

Without #Pastoralism our planet will die. How many policymakers understand this?

Happy 2022! The year kicks off with the Oxford Real Farming Conference ORFC - today includes talks on 'fake food', land justice, environmental degradation and agroecology. Our recent report explores the debates on pastoralism and climate change: pastres.org/livestock-repo… #ORFC22

Empowering climate-vulnerable people is key in accelerating transformative climate action. #ClimateAction #WomenEmpowerWomen International Fund for Agricultural Development World Pastoralist Forum (WPF)

How do we transform the livestock sector through sustainable development goals? #ARFSD2022 ECA World Food Programme Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative

Pastoralists turn to charcoal burning to absorb drought shocks in Northern Kenya standardmedia.co.ke/north-eastern/…

Great work!

Things Fall Apart....

#celebration as the long waited rains come before its time in the central #Somalia Abdiah Lalaikipian World Pastoralist Forum (WPF) Pastoralism & Uncertainty Pastoralist Heritage Development Alliance Pastoralist Heritage Development Alliance SPARC_Ideas CORET

Seasons of #Somalia • Gu (Spring) The rainy season (April-May-June). • Xagaa (Summer) A cold season with few rains (July-Aug-Sept.) • Dayr (Automn) The 2nd rainy season, heavier in short time causing floods (Oct-Nov-Dec.) • Jiilaal (Winter) Hot and dry season (Jan-Feb-March)

#pastoralism is a good way of #life but with #ClimateCrisis, it needs #Land, #water and pasture #management Ilse Köhler-Rollefson Pastoralist Heritage Development Alliance Masresha Taye - Gayo Milena Acha, PhD CELEP Pablo Manzano 🦋 & 🦣 Indigenous Women and Girls Initiative Pastoralism & Uncertainty Abdiah Lalaikipian

#DYK Nomads spend $6 annually to water each goat. Travelling many kilometers for free #water takes courage and a minute silence by the goats who have made safely to the river

Solutions to pastoralism

Tax burden keeping Ugandan pastoralists offline despite growing social media opportunity sparc-knowledge.org/news-features/… Ilse Köhler-Rollefson Tito Magoti Pablo Manzano 🦋 & 🦣 Center for Climate-smart Pastoralism SPARC_Ideas

#DYK camels are bigger than cattle but eat and drink less than cattle. Camel dropping is used to treat ringworms in nomad children. When camel dropping is anaerobically digested, no sign of burning fuel/methane is released. However, both are kind.

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 @NicolasPGross David John Eldridge ManuDelgadoBaquerizo Hugo Saiz Miguel Berdugo Emilio Guirado Juan Gaitan Victoria Ochoa César Plaza ana rey European Research Council (ERC) BIODESERT Generació Talent GenT @GVAinnova Generalitat Humboldt-Stiftung Premios Rei Jaume I iDiv Biodiversity Research Figshare Web Ecology If you want 2 know more about this work pls watch this video by Cirenia Arias Baldrich 👁‍🗨✏️ 👇 & read the full Science Magazine article science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… #ScienceResearch @UNCCDLibrary Ibrahim Thiaw Fundación Biodiversidad Thanks for reading & I hope you will find this work interesting. Fin!

Some want to remove livestock from the planet, but in fact we need many more animals on the planet. In #Hoofprints I explain why.Frédéric Leroy Sam Osborne Susan MacMillan ILRI.org Professor Claire Heffernan @