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​A thousand years old tradition

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​Less than 10 % from the 476 millions of indígenous peoples, found in 90 countries and grouped in 5,000 communities, are nomads of any kind. At present day, it is estimated that the nomadic and semi-nomadic population could range from 30 to 40 million people.

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Nomads are indigenous people who move strategically in a given habitat following food opportunities while establishing long-term cyclical patterns of life in specific ecosystems without basically altering the environmental original conditions but adapting to them.​

Traditionally, nomadic peoples have been classified into three general categories: hunters-gatherers, pastoralists and itinerants, to which shifting cultivators can be added as a fourth category. Until about 8,000 years ago, all humans were mostly hunters and foragers, but nowadays these communities form a very small human group.

Currently, most of the surviving nomads are pastoralists and agro-pastoralists. Born in Neolithic times at environments less favorable to farming, pastoralists heavily depend on their herds, athough they usually combine herding practices with trading, cultivation, hunting and gathering.

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​At present day, nomadism has suffered a sharp decline due to the spread of intensive agriculture systems, the industrial growth oriented to massive production, processes of internal re-colonization and population transfers, and state policies addressed to prioritize the urban interests.

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