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"Transhumantes: Suso y Eliseo" wins Best Latin American Feature Documentary at Festival Internacional de Cine en las Montañas in Salento, Colombia! This fantastic film follows the lives of Eliseo, an Argentine goat herder, and Suso, a Spanish shepherd. Both are transhumant herders seeking to prevent the extinction of their ancestral culture. They come together in Madrid for the Transhumance Festival and show the world how important pastoralism is to maintaining healthy, biodiverse rangeland.

¡«Transhumantes: Suso y Eliseo» gana el premio al Mejor Largometraje Documental Latinoamericano en el Festival Internacional de Cine en las Montañas de Salento, Colombia! Esta fantástica película narra la vida de Eliseo, un cabrero argentino, y Suso, un pastor español. Ambos son pastores trashumantes y trabajan para evitar la extinción de su cultura ancestral. Los dos pastores se reúnen en Madrid para el Festival de la Trashumancia y le muestran al mundo lo importante que es el pastoreo para mantener paisajes de pastizales saludables y con biodiversidad.

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Agrecol Association´s meeting on 18-20 Sept in Göttingen, Germany, focuses on pastoralism in this IYRP2026. We look at diverse realities of herding communities worldwide and discuss how mobility, local knowledge and innovation contribute to resilience in changing environments. We also explore local examples of grazing systems, connecting global discussions with practical realities on the ground in Germany.

• SRM 2026 Renner Award press release
• SRM Renner Award introduction to winners - 8 min.
• SRM awards ceremony (YouTube) - Renner Award starts at 23 min.
• SRM Monterey Maryam Niamir-Fuller plenary speech (with notes)
• Acceptance speeches for SRM Renner Awards

This long-established charity event celebrates a Freeman’s ancient “right” to bring sheep to market over the Thames. All funds raised go towards The Woolmen Charity and The Lord Mayor’s Appeal.  The Woolmen Sheep Drive & Livery Fair - Worshipful Company of Woolmen

Key highlights covered in the webinar include: Strategic positioning: How Cirad is aligning its research on mobile livestock systems with the IYRP global mandate; and Operational projects: an overview of upcoming technical outputs, the "Transhumance 360°" digital initiative, and our participation in the International Agriculture Fair (Salon international de l’agriculture – 21 Feb – 1 March 2026). Press release: Le Cirad et l’AFD au SIA 2026 pour célébrer l’année internationale du pastoralisme | Cirad

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Le groupe est ouvert aux échanges avec d'autres groupes de recherche en France et dans d'autres pays qui adoptent une approche transdisciplinaire dans la recherche sur le pastoralisme.

The group welcomes exchange with other research groups in France and other countries that are taking a transdisciplinary approach in research on pastoralism.

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Published by LPP (League for Pastoral Peoples) 2022

by Fernando Garcia, European Shepherds Network. Nyéléni Newsletter 42 (Dec 2020), p5

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