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A case of benign neglect - Knowledge gaps about sustainability in pastoralism and rangelands
Author
Johnsen, K.I.
Niamir-Fuller, M.
Bensada, A.
Waters-Bayer, Ann
Publisher
UN Environment and GRID-Arendal
Publication Year
2019
Body

Pastoralism is practiced by millions of people worldwide. It has roots in every part of the world and back thousands of years to the beginning of agriculture. But while pastoral societies have existed for millennia, we still don’t know that much about the interlinkages between pastoral practices and the rangelands these depend upon. It’s as if they are invisible in a lot of research about the global environment. There are many questions we cannot answer today with confidence because of widespread gaps in understanding rangelands and pastoralists. Yet, the answers to these questions have profound implications for national and global policy – and influence on how we will deal with climate change.

Language
English
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Website
Additional Information
Summaries in Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, French and English. Full report in English. Ebook and storymap in English.
Collection
Keywords
rangelands
pastoralism
pastoral society
sustainability
Pastoralists
Neglected
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