Despite awareness of the critical roles of rangelands in sustaining livelihoods of pastoralists and ecological safeguarding, rangelands have felt the pressure of habitat fragmentation, land use change, industrialization, enclosure, privatization, militarization, and ecosystem devastation. This international blind peer-review journal, ‘Pastures & Pastoralism’, will contribute to the science, policy and practice across the world by providing a novel platform to seasoned, budding and young scientists, experts and practitioners, including the pastoral community members.
Year of publication: 2023Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Climate change, Economy, Environmental services, Food security, Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous peoples, Land, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical, Scientific, Databases
Geographical coverage: Global
We all know that industrial livestock farming is destroying our ecosystems and damaging the climate. But does that mean going vegan is the only way to save the planet? Not all meat and milk is created equal, and traditional communities around the world raise animals in very different ways, with hugely different environmental impacts.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
“Grazing with Trees” is a timely report which draws evidence from research, shares experiences from various case studies, and collates valuable knowledge from people on the ground. The report constitutes a solid foundation based on which we can analyse the current situation, discuss the main challenges and threats and, above all, build a roadmap to enhance the benefits provided by dryland silvopastoralism.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services, Resilience
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
This participatory grassland and rangeland assessment (PRAGA) methodology was developed for the assessment of rangelands and grasslands in selected project countries. The methodology was piloted in five countries – Burkina Faso, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Niger and Uruguay – to test its effectiveness and value. Necessary revisions were made to the methodology, based on lessons learned from its application. This document contains background information on global grasslands and rangelands and describes the need and the guiding principle for rangeland health assessments and practical guidance on how to conduct cost-effective assessment.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Topic: Environmental services, Innovation, Land, Participation
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Latin America, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Asia
This report documents the good practices of rangeland management as a way to inform decisions on rangeland management; and raise awareness about the importance of locally identified management practices. It highlights the fact that these rangeland management practices do not necessarily align with practices as defined by scientists/ecologists. The target audience of this working paper includes decision-makers, land managers, other land users, and scientists.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Individual authors
Topic: Innovation, Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Latin America, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Asia
This report explores some of the critical challenges that converge at the intersection of climate change and land governance. Some of these challenges are droughts, desertification, disaster risk, land and water management, land degradation and restoration, soil erosion and conservation, biodiversity, and food security.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Individual authors
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services, Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Near East
This brief provides methodological guidance on the quantification of animal health interventions and their impact on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, on the basis that they deliver multiple benefits to individual farmers and society which could outweigh the costs of the intervention, particularly when considering reduced GHG emissions.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Global Dairy Platform
Topic: Climate change, Environmental services
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: Global
The project contributed to improving the conditions and productivity of agrosilvipastoral landscapes and the capacity to plan land restoration and manage forest and land resources. Livelihood improvements and concrete positive incidence on household income, food security, crops and milk production, and community interactions. It increased awareness and support policy makers developing intervention strategies that address desertification/land degradation and drought.
Year of publication: 2022Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Individual authors
Topic: Climate change, Economy, Environmental services, Indigenous peoples, Land
Language: English
Type of document: Technical
Geographical coverage: West Africa, Oceania