Pastoralism is environmentally friendly

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Pastoralism is environmentally friendly

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Pastoralism provides direct and indirect benefits to the environment in dryland areas according to a report by WISP in Oct 2008.

The study, covering pastoralism in Ethiopia, Iran, Kyrgzstan, Mali, Peru and Spain, discusses how pastoralism produces tangible benefits such as meat, wool and milk, but also, indirect value by providing wider environmental services such as safe guarding bio diversity or promoting tourism in rural areas. The study has even demonstrated a link between pastoralism and preventing soil erosion.

You can find out more about the report here.

Additional Information

The Pastoralist Assistance aims to provide a positive picture of pastoralists and pastoralism to both the public and to all those working with pastoralists. The pastoralists that we work with are proud and knowledgeable people and in many areas of the drylands of the horn pastoralists are actively pursuing a productive livelihood. They do not want to be constantly viewed as victims and believe that the media generally portrays them as poor, vulnerable and dependant on food aid. We therefore concentrate our news and events on positive work and events and stories concerning pastoralists.