Mobile pastoralism, exemplified by the Bacak family’s spring migration in Turkey, is highlighted as a biodiversity-friendly practice. It efficiently uses natural resources, water, energy, and land, providing a sustainable way to produce food in areas unsuitable for crops.
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On the Move for Spring Migration: Day 2
This spring, we follow the Bacak family of Sarıkeçili nomads in Turkey on their migration, highlighting mobile pastoralism’s ecological and cultural significance. This practice preserves biodiversity and cultural heritage, showing adaptive human-nature interactions despite modern challenges faced by nomadic communities.
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On the Move for Spring Migration!
Follow us during this long spring to see how mobile pastoralists maintain their lives in harmony with nature by migrating between their summering and wintering sites according to seasonal availability as they have been doing for thousands of years. This spring will be a long one. We will accompany Bacak family of Sarıkeçili pastoral nomads…
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On the Move – A unique travelling photography exhibition
The On the Move Photography Exhibition made its eighth stop in CerModern in Ankara on 17th June 2016. This exhibition is a celebration of the transhumant shepherds and nomadic pastoralists of the Mediterranean, commisioned by the Mediterranean Consortium for Nature and Culture. It features the work of 6 prominent professional photographers from Morocco, Tunisia, Spain,…
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Official Launch of Roads Less Travelled
We are thrilled to announce the official launch of our global initiative, Roads Less Travelled, which took place at the Community Conservation Research Network & IUCN’s Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods conference. The launch program included: Thank you to all the participants who joined us to celebrate the launch of our new initiative!
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Important decision for Rangelands and Pastoralists at CBD COP 13
We are pleased to announce that “The Cancun Statement” on Promoting Sustainable Pastoralism and Livestock Production for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Grasslands and Rangelands was endorsed by 46 institutions at the CBD COP 13 in Cancun, Mexico. The Statement advocates for the promotion of sustainable pastoralism and livestock production as essential practices for conserving…