Concern areas...
We do not make research following the traditional guidelines on nomadic societies, this is to say, dividing them into groups of hunter-gatherers, pastoralists and itinerants, as if they were only dedicated to one type of activities, but we give priority to natural environments and the strategic adoption of alternatives and complementary roles assumed by members of bioculturally related groups, which is closer to the reality of nomadism as performed with diverse occupations and changing grades of mobility.
Priority working areas
The critical issues of margination and the appropriation of teritory
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Only a 5 % of the global population, indigenous peoples have occupied or used a quarter of the world´s surface area, safeguarding 80 percent of he world´s remaining biodiversity. They also hold vital ancestral knowledge and expertise on how to adapt, mitigate, and reduce climate and disaster risks. In contrast to their key role in keeping environmental balance, indigenous peoples account for about 15 percent of the extreme poor, with a life expectancy up to 20 years lower than the life expectancy of non-indigenous people worldwide, figures still more dramatic for the case of nomadic communities, whose marginalization comes as a consequence of their mobility and autonomy.
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"Much of the land occupied by Indigenous Peoples is under customary ownership, and yet many governments recognize not any or only a fraction of this land as formally or legally belonging to Indigenous Peoples. Even when indigenous territories and lands are recognized, protection of boundaries or external parties use of natural resources are often weak. Insecure land tenure is a driver of conflict, environmental degradation, and weak economic and social development. This threatens cultural survival and vital knowledge systems – both of which contribute to ecological integrity, biodiversity and environmental health upon which we all depend"
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Indigenous Peoples Overview (World Bank, last updated: Mar 19, 2021).
