As part of our “Cultural Landscapes-based Assessment” project, we conducted fieldwork in Edremit Bay, visiting fishing areas and engaging with small-scale fishers and stakeholders. Key concerns include the impacts of industrial fishing on biodiversity and the lack of localized fishing regulations. We aim to address these challenges through multi-actor conservation strategies.
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A Cultural Landscapes-based Assessment: Coexistence of Nature and Culture on the Aegean coast of Turkey
Our project, “A Cultural Landscapes-based Assessment: Coexistence of Nature and Culture on the Aegean coast of Turkey,” maps traditional practices that sustainably coexist with high biodiversity areas. Supported by the Turquoise Coast Environment Fund-Turkey, it includes fieldwork and stakeholder meetings to address local challenges and foster collaboration.
New article: Pastoralism in the high Himalayas: Understanding changing practices and their implications for parasite transmission between livestock and wildlife
A new peer-reviewed article, supported by Yolda Initiative, explores human-wildlife conflict in the High Himalayas. It focuses on potential disease transmission between migratory and resident livestock and Asiatic ibex. The study advocates participatory disease management with pastoralists to align livelihoods with wildlife conservation, promoting proactive, sustainable solutions over mobility restrictions.
New Article: A pattern of livestock depredation by snow leopards the yak herding pastoralists
A new peer-reviewed article, supported by Yolda Initiative, investigates the snow leopard’s livestock depredation on yak herding pastoralists in West Bhutan. It emphasizes the importance of understanding root causes to develop sustainable solutions, instead of restricting pastoralist mobility, which has often proven counterproductive.
New Project: A Cultural Landscapes-based Assessment: Coexistence of Nature and Culture on the Aegean Coast of Turkey
Our project, “A Cultural Landscapes-based Assessment: Coexistence of Nature and Culture on the Aegean Coast of Turkey,” funded by the French Embassy in Turkey, will map the coexistence of high biodiversity areas and traditional cultural practices, engaging local communities and stakeholders through fieldwork and meetings.
New Event: AMNC Biodiversity Impact Common Framework Workshop
The AMNC partners will gather in Mersin, Turkey, from April 5-7, 2022, for the AMNC Biodiversity Impact Common Framework workshop, organized by IUCN Mediterranean and hosted by Yolda. The workshop aims to develop a common framework to showcase the biodiversity contributions of cultural landscapes and practices across the Mediterranean region, including mobile pastoralism.