Identity & Current Status of Nomadic / Sedentary Pastoral Tribes

1. Identity & Current Status of Nomadic / Sedentary Pastoral Tribes Presented by MARAG (Maldhari Rural Action Group)

2. PASTORALISMPastoralists are people who owe indigenous herd.A community whose main source of livelihood are livestock rearing as a culture and in a traditional way with indigenous knowledge & skills. It also includes those who have been forced out of Pastoralism owing to wrong policies and development model.

3. Living a nomadic life . . .

4. Migration

7. Migration

10. Political

11. Economical (cont.)

12. Economical

13. Living together Unity Interdependence Common Property Sharing of Knowledge and resources High Ethical values Customary Institutions Gender equity sustainable Concept of conservation Nuclear living Highly competitive Dependency/ independent Centralization of property Copy -Pattern rights, Lack of ethical and moral values Very strong Patriarchy Exploitative life style Just Consume Pastoralism Vs Capitalism

14. Major problems experienced by the Pastoralists • Non-recognition of Pastoral land rights & Pastoralism -No grazing policy - largest live-stock in the world • Incorrect classification of land use by government • Identity crisis (Ration, electoral card, birth certificate, own village • Livelihood threats - Reduced Pastures - Enclosure of migratory routes - Forests enclosure       - Expansion of irrigated agriculture, green revolution      - Breakdown of self governance • Forced Sedentary life. • Atrocity against pastoralist (criminal, illegal grazer, anti-social).

15. Major Problems (Cont.) • No access to Govt. services • “Non useful” animals • Lack of support for input and output market • Lack of linkages with outside world and access to information • Urban Pastoralists face severe difficulties as they and their settlement are considered a hurdle in the development of urban areas

16. Pastorlists coming together

17. Pastoral in action • Pastoral Parliament/ PPM • Jay Maldhari/Pastoral pride • Land right movement • Joining hand with other marginalized • Policy research-advocacy • Strengthening customary institution • Direct action to reclaim grazing lands

18. Socio-Cultural (Cont.)

19. Socio-Cultural