the persistence of pastoralism (AB ev)

the high valleys used for summer pastures (AB ev)

The site is also a pastoral landscape reflecting an agricultural way of life that was once widespread in the upland regions of Europe but now survives only in this part of the Pyrénées (AB ev)

In the Vredefort Hills, extensive grazing practices dominate, with scattered cultivated lands in the valleys and along the Vaal River (nom file)

The site of Tassili was primarily occupied during the Neolithic period by transhumant pastoralist groups whose lifestyle benefitted both humans and livestock. The transition to pastoralism following the African Humid period during the early Holocene is reflected in Tassili n'Ajjer's archaeological material record, rock art, and zooarchaeology. Cattle were herded across vast areas as early as 3000-2000 BCE, reflecting the origins and spread of Pastoralism in the area. (Wikipedia) More recent paintings show cattle herders, which may have helped bring about the drier conditions in this part of the Sahara. (Ab Ev - IUCN)

The property is therefore said to present important evidence in the context of the history of pastoral migration. (AB ev)

traditional settlement forms of agro-pastoral communities (AB ev)

"bear outstanding witness to the cultural specificity and interaction between the Bassari/Beliyan, Bedik, and Fula people in agro-pastoral, social, ritual and spiritual practices" (OUV statement), "The Fula people are distinguished from the other two groups both for their economic base – they were mainly farmers and sheep farmers ...The Fula villages are dispersed in all the Bassari and Bedik territory, mainly in the plains where space for pasture is available." (AB ev)

a landscape shaped by natural forces and subsequently by pastoralism (AB ev)

The site illustrates the evolution of pastoral, agricultural and urban activity in the region (AB ev)

an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems (AB ev)

testimonies to the husbandry, social organization and rituals of pastoral peoples (AB ev)

subsistence economy based on the products of birds, agriculture and sheep farming; reflecting age-old traditions (AB ev)

The ensemble is set in an agro-pastoral landscape (official description)

This site sustains the semi-nomadic pastoral livelihood of the Nama people (AB ev)

This area supports the traditional nomadic lifestyles of Tibetan pastoralists who have coexisted with its conservation for a long time (AB ev)

The grassland is still grazed by Mongolian nomadic pastoralists (AB ev)

one of the last and among the best preserved of those few [Pastoral transhumance landscapes of this kind] that survive (AB ev)

a unique form of agro-pastoralist paintings (AB ev)

a grassy plain with cattle, sheep, oxen, horses, tended by herdsmen

agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape, cattle and sheep

has been used for nomadic pastoralism for thousands of years (crit X)

In the present day, local communities still practice nomadic pastoralism and a traditional way of life (AB ev)

"As a result, an agro-pastoral landscape has been elaborated, focusing on small-scale cultivation, animal husbandry and forest exploitation" (UNESCO - brief synthesis)