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The Commission on Nomadic Peoples is part of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) and is a leading academic organization working with mobile peoples, including Indigenous, traditional, nomadic, and tribal peoples.

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A Toyota and Camel: Two popular modes of transport for Bedouin in the Feynan region of Jordan. September 2022. Photo by Ariell Ahearn.

 

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Awassi sheep. Photo by Sacha Mouzin.

 

Donkey carrying newborn goat kids during the spring migration with Shah Goli and Ali Ghoabad’s family in 2023. Photo by Sacha Mouzin

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Nomadic Peoples Journal: New special issue (Vol. 30, Issue 1)

Nomadic Peoples 30.1 (2026) is now published: link: https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpnp/30/1 Guest Edited by: Giordano Marmone and Kelly Askew Preface Giordano Marmone, Preface to the Special Issue: Collective Rights to Land and Resources: An Institutionalist Perspective on Pastoralism in Africa Introduction John G. Galaty, Overview: Institutional Pluralism and Innovation in African Pastoralist…
19.03.26

IYRP Pastoral Commons Conceptual Framework

Image above retrieved from https://iyrp.info/pastoral-commons IYRP2026 'Pastoralism and Land Rights' working groupThe IYRP2026 'Pastoral Commons' working group has published a conceptual framework highlighting the values, challenges and importance of pastoral commons worldwide. More information here https://iyrp.info/ and here https://iyrp.info/pastoral-commons.
19.03.26

New Article on Nomads as Climate Refugees By Shinya Konaka (University of Shizuoka, Japan)

Image above: A woman and ex-forest dwellers displaced from the Kirisia Forest Shinya Konaka (University of Shizuoka, Japan)‘Nomads displaced by climate change narratives should also be recognised as “climate change refugees”’. This argument is proposed in a new article published in Climate and Development, entitled Relational approach to examine the cascading effects of climate narratives: Eviction cases…
18.03.26
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Nomadic Peoples Journal

Nomadic Peoples is an international open-access journal published by the White Horse Press for the Commission on Nomadic Peoples.

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Khangai mountains and steppe of Northern Bayanhongor province, Mongolia. July 2023. Photo by Ariell Ahearn.

Herder ger (traditional mobile dwelling) after a rainstorm in Bayanhongor province, Mongolia. July 2023. Photo by Ariell Ahearn

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