Global videos on pastoralism

Nomads: Patriots of Nature

Summary of the EDUNOMAD project on the lives of nomadic-tradition peoples, in commemoration of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026, produced by YURTA Association www.nomadictraditions.org

Global Alliance Opening Film for IYRP
This video was made in support of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026 initiative approved unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly.  It was created by filmmaker Patrick Augenstein for the IYRP Support Group and the thousands of people around the world who support this important effort.
Global rangeland initiative - awareness for engagement
Singing Back the Buffalo | Official Trailer

Documentary by Cree filmmaker Tasha Hubbard following the bison on their seasonal migration across the Great Plains of Canada and the USA, while weaving in the history of this large bovine that used to number tens of millions and shaped the rangelands of North America - and is now being brought back.

Productivity and sustainability can increase at the same time

Animated video produced together with VSF Belgium as part of material for "Pastoralism in Development" MOOC by IIED/ Misereor & Saverio Krätli. Also in French [La productivité et la durabilité peuvent augmenter en même temps], translation by FARM/Inter-réseaux for programme "Et si l'élevage faisait partie de la solution ?"

Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival: trailer for 2nd edition
The 2nd edition of the film festival (www.pastoralistfilmfestival.com) was launched in Sept 2022 at the Tropentag conference in Prague, Czech Republic. The festival is organised by CELEP (Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism / www.celep.info) for the IYRP 2026.
Voices from the global rangelands
Pastoralists from USA, Argentina, Mongolia, Tanzania & Hungary talk about their lives. Clips from 5 films from the Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival and IYRP website compiled by Ann Waters-Bayer & Lauren Svejcar, edited by Patrick Augenstein, funded by Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium & CELEP for the IYRP 2026.
Pastoralism is the Future
(With Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish and Mongolian subtitles.)
Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival: trailer for 1st edition
The 1st edition of the Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival (www.pastoralistfilmfestival.com) was launched Sept 2019 at the Tropentag conference in Kassel, Germany. The festival is organised by CELEP (Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism / www.celep.info) for the IYRP.

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