Voices from the rangelands: land, livelihoods and resilience
Register for the online conference!
In honor of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), 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 Coalition India (NLC India).
Speakers will be from pastoralist communities and community based organisations.
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.