Portable electric fence as a mitigation measure against predation Living with carnivores on a daily basis, mobile pastoralists have an important role in determining how best to coexist. Fragmentation or loss of habitats are the very same pressures that threaten both mobile pastoralists and nature. These are also the main drivers of the decrease in…
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ONE SQUARE METER
One Square Meter is a needle-felt sculpture which creatively demonstrates, in tangible form, the link between mobile pastoralism and the surrounding natural flora. It is comprised of a knitted carpet (base) into which 20 different species of sculpted felt plants are woven – a visual representation of the plant diversity of rangelands maintained by mobile…
Roads Less Travelled
A New Global Initiative For Mobile Pastoralists Roads Less Travelled – a new, open and global initiative for mobile pastoralists officially launched at CCRN & IUCN’s Communities, Conservation and LivelihoodsConference in Halifax, Canada. Initiated by Yolda Initiative, DiversEarth and Trashumancia y Naturaleza in close collaboration with mobile pastoralist communities and supporting organisations around the world, Roads…
Spreading Out Roots
We’re so excited to announce that One Square Meter, a needle-felt sculpture which creatively demonstrates the link between mobile pastoralism and biodiversity, is spreading roots to include more women from pastoralist communities and landscapes from not just the Mediterranean but across the globe. Created for women by women, this celebration of mobile pastoralism and benefits…
A new report: Mobile Pastoralism in the Mediterranean
The many benefits of mobile pastoralism in the Mediterranean, and the world over, are detailed in a new report from the Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture: Mobile Pastoralism in the Mediterranean: arguments and evidence for policy reform and its role in combating climate change. This thousands of years old practice, forgotten or lost in some…
On the Move in Hawaii
A special edition of On The Move was presented at IUCN’s World Conservation Congress in Hawaii from the 2nd – 10th September 2016 – featuring beautiful photography from celebrated photographers: Asaad Saleh, Lebanon; Baris Koca, Turkey; Gema Arrugaeta, Spain; Stamos Abatis, Greece; Wassim Ghozlani, Tunisia; and Younes Tazi, Morocco.