#unesco Pastoralists are custodians of knowledge that sustains livelihoods, protects biodiversity and helps communities adapt to a changing climate. Through its work with pastoralist communities, UNESCO is helping safeguard this living knowledge, strengthen its transmission across generations and ensure that pastoralists have a meaningful role in managing the landscapes they call home. From World Heritage sites and Biosphere Reserves to research on climate indicators and the safeguarding of transhumance, UNESCO works with communities, recognising their knowledge and experience as essential to protecting these landscapes. As #COP17 takes place in Mongolia, pastoralists' knowledge offers a vital lesson: caring for the land means listening to those who have lived with it for generations. Read more: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unescos-work-pastoralists-highlights-lessons-cop17?hub=254576&fbclid=IwY2xjawTw-TZwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMWRYb0Z5MEFYUjdDYmpyOG5zcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe2Li4BhLnQNbQv_5FzKHDfe3XVZW9klEsnqX5cT-CcMm_YJJTDrR5YRYWMsI_aem_GNlSjqsB4b5XQgOWebEZaw