Voices from the rangelands: land, livelihoods and resilience
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: STORIES FROM PASTORALISTS IN ASIA
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The Pastoralist Community Conference is an inclusive, accessible, and community-centred safe space where pastoralist men, women, and youth from across Asia will converge to share lived experiences, exchange good practices, and strengthen their collective agency. Co-organised by ILC Asia, Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN), South Asia Pastoralist Alliance (SAPA), Central Asia Pastoralist Alliance (CAPA), Ecological Restoration Platform (ERP) and National Land Participants Pastoralist Communities, Community Based Organizations, the conference will be held on 10 – 11 September 2026.
Distinct Features
- Community-led: Sessions and testimonies are driven by pastoralist communities themselves — not by external experts or institutions.
- Experiential and knowledge-based: Grounded in real stories, lived realities, and locally proven practices from the field.
- Intersectional: Centering the experiences of women, youth, and marginalized groups within pastoralist communities.
- Action-oriented: Generating documented evidence and advocacy moments that feeds directly into IYRP 2026 processes and beyond.