The Regional Workshop on Mobile Pastoralism and Vultures, held in North Macedonia, brought together pastoralists and conservationists from the Balkans. Organized by Yolda Initiative and partners, it fostered dialogue to address human-wildlife conflict, set priorities, and co-create solutions to reduce vulture deaths.
A little overview of the Regional Workshop on Mobile Pastoralism and Vultures that took place in late September in the North Macedonian small town of Demir Kapija.
The workshop was organised jointly by Yolda Initiative, Vulture Conservation Foundation, EuroNatur and Macedonian Ecological Society and supported by the MAVA Foundation and the LIFE Program of the European Union within the framework of the BalkanDetox LIFE.
The objective was to initiate a new understanding between mobile pastoralists, vulture conservationists and conservation authorities based on respect and dialogue by offering a space for exchanging ideas about human-wildlife conflict.
During the event, pastoralists from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia and nature conservationists from different organisations working in the Balkan region, focusing primarily on vultures, came together to
- define and prioritise problems
- set up legal, financial, and operational aims
- identify possible stakeholders
- co-create actions towards mutually beneficial solutions in the context of the unintentional killing of vultures in the Balkans
Bringing together two critical stakeholders of human-wildlife conflict and experiencing constructive dialogues among pastoralists and conservationists filled us with hope!
Keep following us for the upcoming synthesis of the results of the workshop.
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