COLLABORATIONS

YURTA has collaborated and keeps partnership with these organizations & people:

At the global level: Pastoralism Knowledge Hub (FAO), World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous Peoples (WAMIP), IFAD, IUCN (World Initiative for Sustainable Pastoralism), International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
At the regional level: Pastoralist Assembly of Central Asia (PACA), World Yak Herders Association (WYHA), South Asian Pastoralists Assembly (SAPA)
In the Andean region: Central Alpaquera de Puno, Asociación de Pastores de Camélidos Altoandinos
In Spain: Transhumance and Nature Association (based in Cantabria)
In Nepal: Nepal Association of Yak and Nak Herders, yak herders from Khumjung, Phortse, Humla, Langtang and Manang, FAO (Nepal)
In Tibet: yak herders from Hongyuan grassland (Sichuan, China), Plateau Perspectives NGO, Green Camel Bell NGO
In India: Yak Association of Ladakh (YALA), yak herders from Changtang (Ladakh), LAMO (Leh), WAL (Leh), yak herders from Sikkim, Dungkharpa Welfare Association (Arunachal Pradesh), gypsy artists from Pushkar
In Tajikistan: Murghab Eco-Tourism Association (META), FAO (Tajijistan), GIZ
In Kyrgyzstan: Helvetas, Aga Khan Foundation (Alai region)
In Mongolia: Pastoralists Assembly of Central Asia, PACA (headquarters), Jinst Murun, AVSF, Mongolian Federation of Pasture User Groups (MFPUGs)
In Thailand: Mlabri artisans from Nan

Meetings Attended and Workshops Organized by YURTA Association

Meetings attended (2007-2018):

World Congress of Nomadic and Transhumant Peoples (Segovia, Spain, 2007)
Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists (Mera, India, 2010)
I World Congress of Gypsy Women (Granada, Spain, 2011)
Policies against Hunger (Berlin, 2012)
Indigenous Terra Madre (Jokkmok, Sweden, 2012)
V World Congress of Reindeer Herders (Aoluguya, China, 2013)
Global Gathering of Pastoralists (Kiserian, Kenya, 2013)
Preparatory sessions for the Declaration of the Peasants and other peoples living in rural areas (Geneva, Switzerland, 2013)
I Meeting of Central Asian Pastoralists (Hustai N.P., Mongolia 2015)
International Yak Conference (Xining, China, 2018)
Pastoralism Knowledge Hub partners meeting (Rome, Italy, 2018
World Biodiversity Forum (Davos, 2020)

Workshops organized in the WYHA project (2016 - 2018):

Phortse, Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal, October 2016)
Leh (Ladakh, India, November 2016)
Kathmandu (Nepal, 2016), in collaboration with ICIMOD and SAPA
Dirang (Arunachal Pradesh, India, Marzo 2017), in collaboration with the National Research Centre on Yak (NRCY)
Murghab (GBAO, Tajikistan, June 2017)
Sari Mogol (Alai, Kyrgyzstan, June 2017), in collaboration with HELVETAS, Aga Khan Foundation
Khovd (Altai, Mongolia, July 2017), in collaboration with Pastoralism Association of Central Asia (PACA)
Murun (Khövsgöl. Mongolia, August 2017), in collaboration with Jinst Murun and MFPUG
Ikh Tamir (Arkhangai, Mongolia, August 2017)