Announcement & Call for Abstracts
The two-day e-workshop “Pastoralism and Sustainable Development” will take place online (via the Zoom platform) on July 14-15, 2021. The international e-workshop is organized in the framework of PACTORES project (Pastoral ACTORs, Ecosystem services and Society as key elements of agro-pastoral systems in the Mediterranean) (http://www.pactores.eu), funded within ERANET-MED program (project code: ERANETMED2-72-303).
The e-workshop will serve as a forum for the exchange of insights, ideas and good practices regarding the multifaceted nexus between pastoralism (including agro-pastoralism, silvo-pastoralism, and agro-silvo-pastoralism) and sustainable development (including the Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs) in the Mediterranean and beyond.
The workshop is organised by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM Bari) in collaboration with the following institutions:
- Center for Agro-food Economics and Development (CREDA), Spain
- University of Vic (UVIC), Spain
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece
- Polytechnic University Marche (UNIVPM), Italy
- National Research Council (ISPAAM), Italy
- Institut des Regions Arides (IRA), Tunisia
- Algerian National Agronomic Research Institute (INRAA), Algeria
- Sétif University (UFA), Algeria
- Suleyman Demirel University (SDU), Turkey
Sessions, themes and topics
The e-workshop consists of a keynote plenary session and four parallel sessions that address the connections between pastoralism and:
- Environment, ecology and ecosystem services: life on land; clean water and sanitation; responsible consumption and production; climate action; climate change; soil; land use; land degradation; desertification; soil erosion; biodiversity; forest; deforestation; afforestation; grasslands; pastures; watershed management; landscape; natural capital; natural resources; multifunctionality; environment protection.
- Society and culture: no poverty; zero hunger; gender equality; reducing Inequality; responsible consumption and production; tradition; knowledge; gender; women; youth; migration; food security; nutrition; social capital; human capital; education; training; vulnerability; zoonoses; farm labor and employment; .
- Economy and finance: decent work and economic growth; no poverty; responsible consumption and production; income; livelihoods; financial services; financial capital; diversification; off-farm incomes; insurance; risk management; economic performance of farms; value chains.
- Policy, institutions and governance: peace, justice, and strong institutions; policy; strategy; action plan; roadmap; regulatory framework; law; standards; legislation; certification; labelling; peace; local governance; traditional governance; community governance; power relations; conflict; partnership; collaboration; cooperation; governance of rangelands.
Scientific committee
- Ahmet Tolunay, Isparta University of Applied Sciences (IUAS), Turkey
- Antonello Franca, ISPAAM, Italy
- Athanasios Ragkos, Hellenic Agricultural Organization ELGO-DIMITRA, Greece
- Farah Ben Salem, IRA, Tunisia
- Francesco Bottalico, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Gianluigi Cardone, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Hamid El Bilali, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Khaled Abbas, INRAA, Algeria
- Maria Karatassiou, AUTH, Greece
- Marta Guadalupe Rivera Ferre, UVIC, Spain
- Mebarkia Amar, UFA, Algeria
- Mohamed Tarhouni, IRA, Tunisia
- Mondher Fetoui, IRA, Tunisia
- Paride D’Ottavio, UNIVPM, Italy
- Roberto Capone, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
Organising committee
- Roberto Capone, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Francesco Bottalico, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Hamid El Bilali, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Giovanni Ottomano Palmisano, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Gianluigi Cardone, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Elsa Varela, CTFC, Spain
- Rosanna Quagliariello, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Luigi Sisto, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Eleonora Ciciriello, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Onofrio Lorusso, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Maria Carla Martelli, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Laura Scivetti, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
- Giorgio Marti, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
Important dates
- May 20, 2021: Deadline for registration and abstract submission
- June 10, 2021: Notification of abstract acceptance
- June 30, 2021: Deadline for submission of full papers (max. 6 pages)
- July 05, 2021: Detailed programme sent to participants
- July 14-15, 2021: E-workshop
Benefits
- No registration fee
- Free material pack (e-workshop programme, certificate of attendance, book of abstracts and proceedings)
- Abstracts published in book of abstracts with DOI
- Workshop proceedings published as Options Méditerranéennes
Registration and Abstract Submission
Please use the following link for registration: https://events.iamb.it/p/event/pactores140721
The deadline for the submission of abstracts (max. 200 words with up to 6 keywords) is May 20, 2021.
Publications
Positively reviewed abstracts and full papers will be included in two publications: (i) Book of abstracts (with DOI); and (ii) Workshop proceedings to be published as Options Méditerranéennes (https://om.ciheam.org/serie.php?id=a).
Contact
For further information, please feel free to contact pactores@iamb.it
