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Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC) is pleased to share a comprehensive guide to all its resources - more than 200 - regarding pastoralism in the drylands of Africa and the Middle East. SPARC ended in December 2025. You can find more information here about SPARC’s resources and how to navigate them. SPARC’s documentary "Charting new futures in Africa’s drylands" is now online.
Un groupe de travail pluridisciplinaire d’une trentaine de personnes des UMR INRAE de différentes disciplines (zootechniciens, généticiens, économistes, agronomes, écologues, sociologues, géographes) structure une réfl exion sur la contribution de la recherche à la préservation, l’adaptation et au développement du pastoralisme.
A working group of around 30 people from different disciplines in INRAE’s Joint Research Units (animal scientists, geneticists, economists, agronomists, environmental scientists, sociologists, geographers) is structuring a reflection on the contribution of research to the preservation, adaptation and development of pastoralism. Contents: "Form of livestock farming subject to many change drivers" and "What are the topics of interest for the future"?
This article provides an overview of the current state of knowledge on pastoral systems and territories in France, focusing on the key issues that affect them. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the factors contributing to the decline of pastoralism in a context of intensified production and herd expansion, adaptation to climate change and market fluctuations, and the return of wild predators.
French version. Cette synthèse dresse un état des lieux des connaissances sur les systèmes et territoires pastoraux en France au prisme des principaux enjeux qui les traversent. Le repli pastoral en situation d’intensification de la production et d’agrandissement des troupeaux, l’adaptation au changement climatique et aux fluctuations des marchés, ou encore le retour de prédateurs sauvages sont particulièrement discutés.
Global Landscapes Forum Article - https://thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/101185/what-are-rangelands-and-pastoralism/?utm_campaign=GLF_Newsletter
44-page report by Mohamed Fadal, Thomas Hoerz, Anita Idel & Louise Wiuff Moe; commissioned by Martin Häusling, MEP; published by The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament
This article introduces the IYRP and associated Global Alliance by describing their origins, goals and activities.
Screening & discussion of Canadian film “Singing Back the Buffalo” on 8 Dec 2025 in Witzenhausen, Germany
Authors: Rubén Serrano-Zulueta, Antonio Gómez-Sal, Ferrán Pauné, Elena Velado-Alonso, Jesús Garzón, Agustín del Prado, Pedro María Herrera, Julio Majadas, Francesca Pasetti, Esther Prada-Llorente, Pablo Manzano
Pablo Domínguez, Didier Genin & Montserrat Ventura (eds) 2025. "Comunales, un patrimonio biocultural para el siglo XXI: el caso de los pastores trashumantes de las sierras de Andalucía nororiental (Castril, Santiago de la Espada, and Pontones)". Barcelona: Bellaterra Edicions. ISBN: 979-13-87639-21-1. Note: Link to Index
Poem in Hungarian with English subtitles: Watch the video
This quiz, developed by Paul Mundy, League for Pastoral Peoples, consists of cards with a photo on one side and questions on the other. The questions are at different levels; the game facilitator chooses what is appropriate to ask. This is the English version with questions and answers. The cards made to use for a game would not include the answers; only the game facilitator would have these.
Paul developed the quiz first in German for the Children's Animal Day in Lindlar, Germany, but it could be adapted to other countries and in other languages.
L’année 2026 a été proclamée Année internationale des pâturages et du pastoralisme (IYRP 2026) par l’Organisation des Nations unies. À cette occasion, la BULAC met en avant les travaux photographiques de l’anthropologue Michaël Thevenin consacrés aux bergers et bergères du Petit Caucase (Arménie et Azerbaïdjan), du Taurus et du Zagros (est de la Turquie et Kurdistan irakien). L'exposition s'est tenue à Paris, mais elle reste accessible en ligne pour que chacun puisse la découvrir et l'apprécier : https://www.bulac.fr/transhumances-une-geopolitique-du-mouton-armenie-azerbaidjan-kurdistan-irakien-turquie
The year 2026 has been designated the International Year of Ranges and Pastoralism (IYRP 2026) by the United Nations. To mark this occasion, BULAC is showcasing the photographic work of anthropologist Michaël Thevenin, which focuses on shepherds and shepherdesses in the Lesser Caucasus (Armenia and Azerbaijan), the Taurus Mountains, and the Zagros Mountains (eastern Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan). The exhibition was held in Paris, but continues to live online for all to explore and enjoy: https://www.bulac.fr/transhumances-une-geopolitique-du-mouton-armenie-azerbaidjan-kurdistan-irakien-turquie
As part of the Désertif'actions summit from 25 to 28 March 2026 dedicated to "Territorial Resilience in the Face of Crises", a public awareness campaign was launched based on press cartoons in the form of a prize-winning competition. The theme of the Désertif'actions 2026 summit cartoon competition focused on "pastoralism, mobility at the heart of balance". "Choosing pastoralism as the theme for a press cartoon competition highlights its richness and complexity, its deep roots in the history of these regions, and the challenges and solutions it presents for millions of people living on land and in natural spaces that have not yet been developed." - (CARI). See the winners - https://desertif-actions.org/en/pastoralism-in-bubbles-and-feathers-the-huge-success-of-the-desertifactions-2026-competition/
