Map of Pastoralists from 2004 shows India blank

[Ilse Köhler-Rollefson]

Dear All,

while searching for some photos in my Dropbox, I came across a global map of pastoralists which shows India absolutely blank.

It is from 2004 or earlier.

By now we know that India has maybe the largest and most diverse groups of pastoralists in the world.

 As an anecdote, maybe 10 years ago when I gave a presentation about pastoralists at the National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, one of the doyens of India's animal husbandry sector admonished me, saying "Madam, in your country there are pastoralists, but in India we have only farmers."

I think a similar situation applies with rangelands these days. It's a term that just isn't in use, because government only thinks about wastelands, due to a colonial legacy that has never been dissected and done away with.

All the more important that a rangelands atlas for India materializes... Maybe it can be addressed statewise, everybody contributing their local expertise and ground knowledge, as we did during the Kullu Workshop that led to the Kullu Call which shows the enormous significance of pastoralism for India's livestock sector.

Kind regards

Ilse

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[Pablo Manzano Baena]

This is a recurring issue and I think it is because the rangelands or India are not grasslands but savannas, and the dominating view has been that most savannas are considered forests.

In this sense I recommend William J. Bond's "Open ecosystems" book (https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198812456.001.0001), where he has summarized decades of research on such landscapes considered closed forests but which aren't. You can see here https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EE2d-OjXsAYbKNq?format=png&name=small the map he composed on such sysetms - and yes, India is covered!
I have an electronic copy of the book.

Best,

Pablo

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[Dr. D. K. Sadana]

The current Global Rangeland Atlas.

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[Dr. D. K. Sadana]

Thanks Pablo.

Desired to have more details on the coverage for India - the book is not accessible; didn't subscribe for OSO.

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