Many countries in the World are working on policy support to pastoralism. Under the World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP) partner organisations, in Bolivia, Mongolia, Niger, Sudan, Switzerland “6 and Tanzania, reported positive environmental outcomes in their country as a result of policy changes in favour of mobile pastoralism”.Backed by scientific evidence, European Union (EU) policies officially endorse low intensity, transhumant livestock management in Europe as a source of diverse environmental, economic and cultural benefits. Far from seeking to eradicate mobile pastoralism, the European Union explicitly attempts to preserve it, through economic subsidies to livestock farmers, and programmes aimed at marginal grassland areas. The Interlaken Declaration on Animal Genetic Resources Point 9: recognizes the genetic resources of animal species most critical to food security, “that sustainable livelihoods and human well-being are the result of both natural selection, and directed selection by smallholders, farmers, pastoralists and breeders, throughout the world, over generations”. Point 12: recognizes enormous contribution that the local and indigenous communities and “the farmers, pastoralists and animal breeders of all regions of the world have made, and will continue to make for the sustainable use, development and conservation of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture”. Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources Part I Point 10: animal genetic resources for food and agriculture are the result of human “all intervention: they have been consciously selected and improved by pastoralists and farmers since the origins of agriculture, and have co-evolved with economies, cultures, knowledge systems and societies. Unlike most wild biodiversity, domestic animal resources require continuous active human management, sensitive to their unique nature”. Convention on Biological Diversity Article 8: resources should be conserved in the surroundings in which they have developed “genetic their distinct properties”. Article 8 (j): parties shall…subject to national legislation, respect, preserve and maintain “Contracting knowledge innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity…“
Many countries in the World are working on policy support to pastoralism. Under the World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism (WISP) “6 partner organisations, in Bolivia, Mongolia, Niger, Sudan, Switzerland and Tanzania, reported positive environmental outcomes in their country as a result of policy changes in favour of mobile pastoralism”.Backed by scientific evidence, European Union (EU) policies officially endorse low intensity, transhumant livestock management in Europe as a source of diverse environmental, economic and cultural benefits. Far from seeking to eradicate mobile pastoralism, the European Union explicitly attempts to preserve it, through economic subsidies to livestock farmers, and programmes aimed at marginal grassland areas. The Interlaken Declaration on Animal Genetic Resources Point 9: recognizes “that the genetic resources of animal species most critical to food security, sustainable livelihoods and human well-being are the result of both natural selection, and directed selection by smallholders, farmers, pastoralists and breeders, throughout the world, over generations”. Point 12: recognizes “the enormous contribution that the local and indigenous communities and farmers, pastoralists and animal breeders of all regions of the world have made, and will continue to make for the sustainable use, development and conservation of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture”. Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources Part I Point 10: “all animal genetic resources for food and agriculture are the result of human intervention: they have been consciously selected and improved by pastoralists and farmers since the origins of agriculture, and have co-evolved with economies, cultures, knowledge systems and societies. Unlike most wild biodiversity, domestic animal resources require continuous active human management, sensitive to their unique nature”. Convention on Biological Diversity Article 8: “genetic resources should be conserved in the surroundings in which they have developed their distinct properties”. Article 8 (j): “Contracting parties shall…subject to national legislation, respect, preserve and maintain knowledge innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity…“
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