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12 Themes
- Graphic 12 themes for IYRP - 2025 versions
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Publications, Presentations, & Extension Materials
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.
- Une déclinaison de l’élevage soumis à de nombreux facteurs de changement
- Quels sont les sujets d’intérêt pour l’avenir ?
A working group of around thirty people from different disciplines within 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
- What you should know about rangelands and pastoralism
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. Motivation for the IYRP emerged from the need to transform misguided myths portraying rangelands as having marginal value and pastoralism as backward and inefficient. The Alliance seeks to accomplish its goals through participation in global, regional and national events and by promoting strategic investment and policy. Policy recommendations will be presented to international and national governing bodies and at major global conferences in 2026 and beyond.
- Natural grasslands used for grazing livestock can mitigate climate change
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
- Publication: Comunales, un patrimonio biocultural para el siglo XXI
Pablo Domínguez, Didier Genin, and 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
- IYRP road map PPT 2025-2026 (10 Oct 2025)
- Next to the fire of the herders (poem in Hungarian with English subtitles)
Flyers
- Information for pastoralist organisations
K-12 Educational Materials
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/
Rangelands Myths
- Rangelands Myths Blog (REPAiR)
27 December 2025 - Amber Huff & Linda Pappagallo, "Rethinking what we think we know about rangelands and pastoralism".
9 January 2026 - Amber Huff, "Myth: The tragedy of the commons is inevitable".