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صفحه فارسي |
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Facilitating sustainability of biodiversity and
livelihoods for mobile pastoralist communities in
Iran– a learning by doing project |
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Pastoral nomadic peoples
have traditionally excelled in the production of
livestock and non-timber products from woodlands and
rangelands while not only conserving but also
improving rangeland ecosystems and biological
diversity.
The mobility of
pastoralists and their herds is necessary for the
care of the rangelands. The herds stomp the soil,
transport seeds of wild species, and fertilise the
land. Nomadic pastoralists have learned to conserve
rangelands through sophisticated techniques embedded
in cultural institutions.
Today, as their
communities shift to sedentary lifestyles these
ecosystems are submitting to the advancement of the
desert. This is shift is rooted in colonial and
imported models of development which have been
espoused by contemporary governments and development
agencies and have caused a degradation of both the
culture and the environment. These models have
failed to recognise that mobility is central to
nomadic culture and to the methods of natural
resource use and management they have developed.
An awakening of interest
in the institution of seasonal migration by nomadic
pastoralists has led to this project to support
migratory pastoralists by the Iranian Centre for
Sustainable Development (CENESTA) with the support
of IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and
Social Policy (CEESP, hosted by CENESTA). The
project aims to empower migratory nomadic pastoral
communities to identify the most appropriate models
for sustaining livelihoods and agro-biodiversity |
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New
Reports |
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Livelihoods, Local Food Systems and Agro
biodiversity- The Pastoralist Component
A project of
: Centre for Sustainable Development
(CENESTA) /International Institute for Environment
and Development (IIED)
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Pastoral Stewardship
of Arid and
Semi-Arid
Lands In
IRAN
Sustainable
Livelihoods
and Community
-Based Natural
Resource Management -Nomadic pastoralists of
Iran and CENESTA
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Proceedings from the Global Pastoral Programme
Formulation Workshop- Nairobi, Kenya, 19-23
April 2004 |
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The role of Qashqai nomadic communities in reducing
vulnerability to recurrent drought and sustainable
livelihoods development in Iran
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Reviving nomadic Pastoralism in Iran
- Facilitating sustainability of biodiversity and
livelihoods- A learning by doing project
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World
Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP):
The World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples
(WAMIP) is a global alliance of nomadic peoples
and communities practicing various forms of mobility
as a livelihood strategy while conserving biological
diversity and using natural resources in a sustainable
way.
(more about WAMIP)
Visit the home page
of WAMIP - World
Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples
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Second General Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -February
9-13, and 16, 2004 |
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Uncle
Sayyaad's Speech to the Plenary of the World Parks
Congress,
Durban, Republic of South Africa, Read by Aghaghia
Rahimzadeh 9 September 2003
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World Alliance on Mobile
Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP)
Briefing Notes on Mobile Peoples And Conservation |
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Press Release -Mobility is critical for
conservation!
A
statement by the World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous
Peoples (WAMIP)
Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia 11 February 2004 |
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Pastoralism Article
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Mobile Pastoralism in West Asia-Myths Challenges
and Whole Set of Loaded questions.... Dr.
M. Taghi Farvar (Policy Maters 12- September
2003) |
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Pastoral life in
Iran: a changing landscape,
Seedling
(magazine of GRAIN - Genetic Resources Action
Network), January 2003
By Maryam Rahmanian & Taghi Farvar (464 KB)
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Dana
Declaration on Mobile Peoples and Conservation (68
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More information on the project partner
the Iinternational
Institute for Environment and Development (IIED),can be found at: IIED project:
Sustaining Local Food Systems, Agricultural
Biodiversity and Livelihoods
http://www.iied.org/sarl/research/projects/t5proj01.html
Diverse Food Systems:
http://www.diversefoodsystems.org/cs_iran.html |
