The Regional Workshop on Pastoralism and Rangeland Management in Mountain Areas in the context of... more The Regional Workshop on Pastoralism and Rangeland Management in Mountain Areas in the context of Climate and Global Change is part of a series of conferences that were held within InWEnt’s1 mountain development programme. In addition to international conferences the regional workshops address a specific topic and – as in this case – issues of trans-boundary relevance. Pastoralism and rangeland management does not stop at borders. Consequently, developments across boundaries are part of the debate among professional colleagues when nature protection, eco-tourism, climate and global change and cooperation among neighbours are concerned. For the second time after the Gilgit-Kashgar Conference in 2008 neighbouring provinces provided the venue for a regional workshop. Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) represents the prime pastoral region within the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan. The capital of GBAO Khorog was selected as the venue for the workshop as the focal point for political decisionmaking, biological and animal husbandry-related research as well as governmental and non-governmental development activities within the Pamirs of Tajikistan. Across the border to Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region within the Peoples Republic of China the Kashgar Prefecture provides access to the high pastures of the Western Kun Lun Shan and Pamirs. Kashgar hosted the second part of the conference where colleagues from China and Tajikistan met with international experts and professionals from neighbouring countries within the framework of InWEnt’s mountain programme. The challenges of climate and global change prominently featured in the conference deliberations. Transitions and transformations in the world of pastoralists were attributed to these strong impacts as well to the variegating social and political structures in respective countries. During the fieldtrip from Khorog across the Pamirs and Kulma Pass to the Kizil Su Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar City all participants could experience the different experiences and policies related to pastoralism and rangeland management. In this proceedings volume the keynotes and case studies are presented in order to reach a wider readership and community of practice for whom the results of group work, fieldtrip experiences and discussions are recorded in addition to provide easy access and future reference. Finally the workshop participants share their recommendations that are owned by the participants and based on group discussions and mutual exchanges. In order to maintain the expressions emphasized by the authors an homogenisation of economic, ethnic and technical terms was kept to a minimum. The authors of keynotes and papers are solely responsible for the contents and information presented. The editors are grateful to the respective local organisers Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP) and the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (XAAS) for amicable hospitality in both venues, for additional insight into the respective experiences during the fieldtrip and for all arrangements that contributed to a successful regional workshop. The results will be available in Chinese and in English language. Hermann Kreutzmann, Kishwar Abdulalishoev, Lu Zhaohui, Jürgen Richter
The Regional Workshop on Pastoralism and Rangeland Management in Mountain Areas in the context of... more The Regional Workshop on Pastoralism and Rangeland Management in Mountain Areas in the context of Climate and Global Change is part of a series of conferences that were held within InWEnt’s1 mountain development programme. In addition to international conferences the regional workshops address a specific topic and – as in this case – issues of trans-boundary relevance. Pastoralism and rangeland management does not stop at borders. Consequently, developments across boundaries are part of the debate among professional colleagues when nature protection, eco-tourism, climate and global change and cooperation among neighbours are concerned. For the second time after the Gilgit-Kashgar Conference in 2008 neighbouring provinces provided the venue for a regional workshop. Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) represents the prime pastoral region within the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan. The capital of GBAO Khorog was selected as the venue for the workshop as the focal point for political decisionmaking, biological and animal husbandry-related research as well as governmental and non-governmental development activities within the Pamirs of Tajikistan. Across the border to Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region within the Peoples Republic of China the Kashgar Prefecture provides access to the high pastures of the Western Kun Lun Shan and Pamirs. Kashgar hosted the second part of the conference where colleagues from China and Tajikistan met with international experts and professionals from neighbouring countries within the framework of InWEnt’s mountain programme. The challenges of climate and global change prominently featured in the conference deliberations. Transitions and transformations in the world of pastoralists were attributed to these strong impacts as well to the variegating social and political structures in respective countries. During the fieldtrip from Khorog across the Pamirs and Kulma Pass to the Kizil Su Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar City all participants could experience the different experiences and policies related to pastoralism and rangeland management. In this proceedings volume the keynotes and case studies are presented in order to reach a wider readership and community of practice for whom the results of group work, fieldtrip experiences and discussions are recorded in addition to provide easy access and future reference. Finally the workshop participants share their recommendations that are owned by the participants and based on group discussions and mutual exchanges. In order to maintain the expressions emphasized by the authors an homogenisation of economic, ethnic and technical terms was kept to a minimum. The authors of keynotes and papers are solely responsible for the contents and information presented. The editors are grateful to the respective local organisers Mountain Societies Development Support Programme (MSDSP) and the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (XAAS) for amicable hospitality in both venues, for additional insight into the respective experiences during the fieldtrip and for all arrangements that contributed to a successful regional workshop. The results will be available in Chinese and in English language. Hermann Kreutzmann, Kishwar Abdulalishoev, Lu Zhaohui, Jürgen Richter
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In addition to international conferences the regional workshops address a specific topic and – as in this case – issues of trans-boundary relevance. Pastoralism and rangeland management does not stop at borders. Consequently, developments across boundaries are part of the debate among professional colleagues when nature protection, eco-tourism, climate and global change and cooperation among neighbours are concerned. For the second time after the Gilgit-Kashgar
Conference in 2008 neighbouring provinces provided the venue for a regional workshop. Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) represents the prime pastoral region within the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan. The capital of GBAO Khorog was selected as the venue for the workshop as the focal point for political decisionmaking, biological and animal husbandry-related research as well as governmental and non-governmental development activities within the Pamirs of Tajikistan.
Across the border to Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region within the Peoples Republic of China the Kashgar Prefecture provides access to the high pastures of the Western Kun Lun Shan and Pamirs. Kashgar hosted the second part of the conference where colleagues from China and Tajikistan met with international experts and professionals from neighbouring countries within the framework of InWEnt’s mountain programme. The challenges of climate and global change prominently featured in the conference deliberations. Transitions and transformations in the world of pastoralists were attributed to these strong impacts as well to the variegating social and political structures in respective countries. During the fieldtrip from Khorog across the Pamirs and Kulma Pass to the Kizil Su Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar City all participants could experience the different experiences and policies related to pastoralism and rangeland management. In this proceedings volume the keynotes and case studies are presented in order to reach a wider readership and community of practice for whom the results of group work, fieldtrip experiences and discussions are recorded in addition to provide easy access and future reference. Finally the workshop participants share their recommendations that are owned by the participants and based on group discussions and mutual exchanges. In order to maintain the expressions emphasized by the authors an homogenisation of economic, ethnic and technical terms was kept to a minimum. The authors of keynotes and papers are solely responsible
for the contents and information presented. The editors are grateful to the respective local organisers Mountain Societies
Development Support Programme (MSDSP) and the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (XAAS) for amicable hospitality in both venues, for additional insight into the respective experiences during the fieldtrip and for all
arrangements that contributed to a successful regional workshop. The results will be available in Chinese and in English language.
Hermann Kreutzmann, Kishwar Abdulalishoev,
Lu Zhaohui, Jürgen Richter
In addition to international conferences the regional workshops address a specific topic and – as in this case – issues of trans-boundary relevance. Pastoralism and rangeland management does not stop at borders. Consequently, developments across boundaries are part of the debate among professional colleagues when nature protection, eco-tourism, climate and global change and cooperation among neighbours are concerned. For the second time after the Gilgit-Kashgar
Conference in 2008 neighbouring provinces provided the venue for a regional workshop. Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) represents the prime pastoral region within the Eastern Pamirs of Tajikistan. The capital of GBAO Khorog was selected as the venue for the workshop as the focal point for political decisionmaking, biological and animal husbandry-related research as well as governmental and non-governmental development activities within the Pamirs of Tajikistan.
Across the border to Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region within the Peoples Republic of China the Kashgar Prefecture provides access to the high pastures of the Western Kun Lun Shan and Pamirs. Kashgar hosted the second part of the conference where colleagues from China and Tajikistan met with international experts and professionals from neighbouring countries within the framework of InWEnt’s mountain programme. The challenges of climate and global change prominently featured in the conference deliberations. Transitions and transformations in the world of pastoralists were attributed to these strong impacts as well to the variegating social and political structures in respective countries. During the fieldtrip from Khorog across the Pamirs and Kulma Pass to the Kizil Su Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar City all participants could experience the different experiences and policies related to pastoralism and rangeland management. In this proceedings volume the keynotes and case studies are presented in order to reach a wider readership and community of practice for whom the results of group work, fieldtrip experiences and discussions are recorded in addition to provide easy access and future reference. Finally the workshop participants share their recommendations that are owned by the participants and based on group discussions and mutual exchanges. In order to maintain the expressions emphasized by the authors an homogenisation of economic, ethnic and technical terms was kept to a minimum. The authors of keynotes and papers are solely responsible
for the contents and information presented. The editors are grateful to the respective local organisers Mountain Societies
Development Support Programme (MSDSP) and the Xinjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (XAAS) for amicable hospitality in both venues, for additional insight into the respective experiences during the fieldtrip and for all
arrangements that contributed to a successful regional workshop. The results will be available in Chinese and in English language.
Hermann Kreutzmann, Kishwar Abdulalishoev,
Lu Zhaohui, Jürgen Richter