International Affairs (IA) Committee

August 3, 2016 by 2dogsdesign

Committee Chairs

Chair: Layne Coppock layne.coppock@usu.edu
Chair Elect:

BoD Representative: David Toledo David.Toledo@USDA.GOV

Introduction

The International Affairs Committee promotes the mission of the SRM by providing information to SRM members on rangeland science and management in an international context and by informing the international community about SRM’s role and the opportunities SRM provides for professional development and participation in rangeland issues.

International Travel and Publication Awards Deadline Extended:
Applications for the travel award must be submitted by 2 December 2019
Applications for the paper award must be submitted 31 December, 2019

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International Travel and Publication Awards

The Society for Range Management’s (SRM) International Affairs Committee (IAC) is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for several International Awards.

We have combined our International Travel Fellowship award with a broad initiative to increase international membership and participation in the Society. As such, in addition to at least one Travel Award to attend the 2020 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, we will also be awarding at least one page fee subsidy for outstanding scholars to publish their paper in the SRM journal Rangelands.

Both Travel and Publication Awards come with two years of complementary International Membership in the SRM. A travel award has a value of $2,500, and a publication award will cover up to ten pages in Rangelands.

Please note that due to changes to this year’s Annual Meeting format, International Travel Award recipients will be required to present a poster unless already accepted to give an oral presentation in an organized symposium.

The application process for both Travel and Publication Awards is combined and fully online at this URL: https://tinyurl.com/InternationalApplicationSRM

Applications for the travel award must be submitted by 2 December 2019 and by 31 December, 2019 for the paper award. We intend to contact selected applicants for the travel award by Mid-December and those for the paper award after the Annual Meeting.

Questions should be sent to either srm.int.affairs@gmail.com or directly to the Chairperson Devan McGranahan (devan.mcgranahan@ndsu.edu).

Thank you,
Devan Allen McGranahan
NDSU Range Science
Chair, SRM IAC

Recent awardees include:
International Travel Fellows:

2018 — Sandra Santos, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Corumbá

2017 — Javier A. Ñaupari, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru

2016 — Chantsallkham Jamsranjav, Mongolia

2015 — Martín Do Carmo – Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay
2014 — Dr. Kevin Kirkman – University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2013 — Veronica Vasquez Garcia – Mexico
2012 — Batbaatar Amgaa — Republic of Mongolia
2012 — David Berman — Australia
2011 — Pedro Angel Calderon-Dominguez
2010 — Yan Zhaoli — Kathmandu, Nepal
2009 — Pedro Jurado — Chihuahua, Mexico
2008 – Dr. Alicia Melgoza, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
2007 – Dr. Batbuyan of Centre for Nomadic Pastoralism Studies, Mongolian Institute of Geography

Recipient of the 2017 International Travel Fellowship

Dr. Javier Naupari was the recipient of the 2017 SRM International Travel Fellowship award. He received the $1,600 award and a waiver of his registration for the meeting. During the meeting, Dr. Naupari met with the International Affairs committee and provided the committee with a presentation and video about National Agricultural University, La Molina, in Lima Peru where he currently works as an Associate Professor in the Animal Production Department. During a technical session later in the week, he gave an oral presentation titled: Llamas and Cattle Grazing Effects on Rangeland Hydrological Function.

Dr. Ñaupari received his B.S. degree in Animal Husbandry and M.S. degree in Animal Production from National Agricultural University, La Molina, in Lima Peru. He received a Fulbright Scholarship that allowed him to pursue his Ph.D. in Natural Resources from University of Idaho. He was also a Fulbright Nexus Scholar in 2012-2013. His research focuses on remote sensing and geographic information systems applied to ecological processes in mountain rangeland ecosystems. He serves as the principal researcher of the Rangeland Ecology and Utilization Laboratory at La Molina, and is currently involved in research projects assessing the ecological status and productivity of rangeland ecosystems and the impacts of climate change on livestock production. He also directs the Office of Technical Cooperation at La Molina.

Recipient of the 2017 International Travel Fellowship
Javier A. Ñaupari of Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru enjoying the “Red Rocks and Rangeland” during the Zion National Park tour.

Recipient of the 2015 International Travel Fellowship

Mr. Martín Do Carmo of Uruguay received the $1,000 International Travel Fellowship plus a waiver of the non-member registration fee to attend the 2015 SRM conference in Sacramento. He was present at the annual meeting of the SRM International Affairs Committee and presented a poster later in the week entitled, “Measurement of Campos Rangelands Herbage Mass by Simple Methods.” His co-authors on the poster were G. Cardozo and P. Soca.

Mr. Do Carmo received his B.A. and M.S. degrees in Agronomy from the School of Agronomy at the Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay. Following attainment of his master’s degree in 2013, he has been employed as a researcher with the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, also in Uruguay. His professional experiences vary from work in tropical pasture assessments in support of dairy and beef production to analyses of the bio-economic efficiency of beef cow-calf systems. Mr. Do Carmo already has over 25 publications and has been the recipient of several funding awards and training scholarships.

Mr. Do Carmo wanted to attend an SRM meeting because he desired to learn more from American researchers. He also wanted to make professional contacts to spur future research and educational collaborations. We were delighted to meet Mr. Do Carmo. His friendly demeanor and enthusiastic smile are memorable. As a bonus when attending the SRM meeting Mr. Do Carmo joined several of the SRM-sponsored tours; on the San Francisco tour he was able to ride a bicycle across the Golden Gate Bridge. Truly great recollections for a fist-time visitor to the USA!

Recipient of the 2015 International Travel Fellowship
Mr. Martín Do Carmo of the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Uruguay, with 2014 SRM President Jenny Pluhar.
Photo courtesy of Charlie Hart

Recipient of the 2014 International Travel Fellowship

Professor Kevin Kirkman received the $1,000 International Travel Fellowship at the 2014 SRM conference in Orlando. He presented a paper entitled, “Grassland management strategies for subsistence livestock production in South Africa.” His work was part of a symposium called, “Unsettled Futures for Subsistence Pastoralism” sponsored by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab—Adapting Livestock Systems to Climate Change. Click here to view more information about the symposium.

Professor Kirkman is a graduate of the University of Natal (South Africa) with a PhD in Grassland Science. He subsequently worked as a researcher for the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture for nine years, where he conducted research in veld management. He then worked for two years as a pasture advisor in the dairy industry. In 2001 Kirkman joined the University of Natal (now called the University of KwaZulu-Natal) as a Professor of Grassland Science, and has continued his research in veld ecology, management, and restoration. He has also served the same institution as Head of the School of Biological and Conservation Sciences as well as Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture. Kirkman is currently the Director of Professional Services for the College of Agriculture, Engineering, and Science.

Dr. Kevin Kirkman-University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with 2013 SRM President Wally Butler. – Photo courtesy of Katrina O’Farrell.

Recipient of the 2013 International Travel Fellowship

Veronica Vasquez Garcia received the $1000 International Travel Fellowship at the 2013 SRM conference in Oklahoma City. Veronica is a full professor at the Colegio do Postgraduados in Mexico. She studies gender and environmental issues in the Mexican countryside. She does extensive fieldwork and has advised 19 graduate students from Mexico, El Salvador, and Spain in their research projects. Veronica received her doctorate at Carleton University in Canada. Her presentation at the conference was “Livestock Farming in Mexico from a Gender Perspective”, which she presented as part of the International Affairs Committee’s symposium, “Women as Change Agents in the World’s Rangelands.” Her presentation and abstract are found under the Activities tab for this committee.

Veronica says she learned a great deal at the conference. More specifically, she says, “Before going to Oklahoma, I had a very poor understanding of the notion of ‘rangelands’. When I was there, I learned it had a lot to do with the history of the USA and Mexico’s changing rural landscapes. As I came back, I decided to contact some colleagues in order to write a nation-wide proposal on pastoral women’s rangeland management. The conference was a very enlightening experience!”

Veronica doing field work in Mexico

Members

(As of 4/2020)
Committee Chair (2018 – 2021)
Devan McGranahan
Board Representative
David Toledo

Chair Elect
Too Be Determined

Past Chairs

2016-2018 – Jay Angerer
2015-2016 – Edmundo Garcia-Moya
2014-2015 – Layne Coppock
2013-2014 – Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez
2012-2013 – Leslie Stewart-Phelps
2011-2012 – Joseph Wagner
2010-2011 – Herman Garcia
2009-2010 – Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso
2008-2009 – Andres Cibils
2007-2008 – X. Ben Wu
2006-2007 – Poncho Ortega
2005-2006 – Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez

Current Committee Members in attendance at AM 2020:
Dan Miller
Jim O’Rourke
Ray Smith
Maria Fernandez-Gimenez
John A. Taylor
Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez
Barbara Hutchinson
Jeanne Pfander
Urs Kreuter
Barry Irving
Budbaatar Ulambayar
Jay Angerer
Humberto Perotto
Layne Coppock
Devan McGranahan (Chair)
David Toledo (Board Rep)

Business

2017 Committee Business
Report to Board (pdf)

2016 Committee Business
Report to Board (pdf)

2015 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes (pdf)
Report to Board (pdf)

2014 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes (pdf – 118kb)
Report to Board (pdf – 135kb)

2013 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes (pdf – 169kb)
Report to Board (pdf – 171kb)

2012 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes (pdf – 37kb)
Report to Board (pdf – 35kb)

2011 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes (pdf – 16kb)
Report to Board (pdf – 68kb)

2010 Committee Business
Report to Board (pdf – 71kb)

2009 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes (pdf – 16kb)
Report to Board

2008 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes
Report to Board

2007 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes
Report to Board

2006 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes
Report to Board

2005 Committee Business
Meeting Minutes
Report to Board

Contributions

Membership Contributions

We are very grateful to the following who have contributed in the past via the voluntary check-off on membership forms. The check-off is specifically designated for developing-country memberships.

Ann Hild

Anna Owsiak

Barbara Landgraf Gibbons

Barry Irving

Billie Mitchell

Charles Redd, Jr.

Don Bedunah

Elaine Grings

Herman Garcia

Humberto Perotto

J.J. Healy

Jack Alexander

Jake Powell

Jim Free

Jim O’Rourke

Joe Wagner

John Malechek

Jon Skovlin

Juvenal Gutierrez

Kathryn Giroux

Kenneth Visser

Kris Havstad

Laurence Riordan

Lincoln Smith

Maria Fernandez-Gimenez

Matt Bahm

Michael Stroud

Neal Artz

Nellie Wilson

Pedro Jurado

Ricardo Mata-Gonzalez

Robert Bray

Roje Gootee

Stephen Armiger

Urs Kreuter

Symposia

2013 -: “Women as Change Agents in the World’s Rangelands”
66th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management (SRM)
Tuesday, February 5, 2013, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

This symposium included an excellent group of speakers who reviewed changing roles for women in the world’s rangelands. Rangeland populations have historically been marginalized in terms of their access to public services and lack of exposure to the outside world. Social, economic, and technological forces are rapidly altering this situation, however. Women are now having larger profiles as community leaders, range managers, and professionals in research, extension, or agency administration. This symposium explored such trends and asked what these gender dynamics imply for new frontiers in rangeland research, outreach, education, and rural development strategies, both overseas and in North America.

We thank the donors who supported this symposium. They included: the SRM Board of Directors, the SRM International Affairs committee, the SRM Oklahoma Organizing Committee; SRM Sections of the Pacific Northwest, Arizona, and Nevada; the National Riparian service Team, the Brainerd Foundation, the Sustainable Northwest Foundation, and the Commonwealth Government of Australia.

From Left to Right – Sally Leigo, Robin Boies, Barbara Allen-Diaz, Corinne Valdivia, Layne Coppock, Pat Johnson, Tungalag Ulambayar, Caryl Elzinga, Jeannie Harvey, Rachel Mealor (front), Becky Hatfield-Hyde (rear), Laura Van Riper, Veronica Vazquez-Garcia, Hailey Wilmer, Claudia Radel, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Amy Ganguli, Katherine Minthorn-Goodluck.

Absent: Catherine Schloeder, Wink Crigler

Program
Abstracts
Symposium Presentations

2012 – Mongolian Rangeland Development and Management Spokane Convention Center 202 A,B,C Thursday, February 2, 2012 Organizer: James O’Rourke, Rancher, Chadron, NE From Left to Right: Chantsallkham, J. – Colorado State University, Erdenetsetseg, B. – National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environmental Monitoring, Tungalag, U. – Colorado State University, Davaabaatar, D. – Administration, Land Agency for Geodesy and Cartography – Ministry of Construction & Urban Development, Bulgamaa, D. – Green Gold Project, Batbuyan, B. – Centre for Nomadic Studies, Enkhmaa – Administration, Land Agency for Geodesy and Cartography, Batbaatar, A. – National University of Mongolia, Suvd, M. – School of Law, Otgontenger University, Altantsetseg, B. – Peri-Urban Rangeland Project – Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia, Tumenjargal, D. – Mongolian State University of Agriculture, Jigjidsuren, S. – Professor, Gankhuyag, G. – Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Light Industry, Oyunbileg, Kh. – National University of Mongolia, Sumjidmaa, S. – National University of Mongolia, Sukhbaatar, P. – Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, Bayarmaa, B. – Peri-Urban Rangeland Project – Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia, Enkh-Amgalan, Ts. – Green Gold Project Agenda Symposium Presentations 2011 – No Symposium
2010 – Pastoralists and Property Rights. In 2010, there were two symposia. The first was Community Based Conservation on the Rangelands. This symposium brings together scholars and practitioners from various regions of the world to share and discuss their experiences with community-based rangeland conservation and management, with the aim of identifying common threads, potential best practices, and needs and opportunities for broader collaborative research to document the process and outcomes of these efforts. This symposium was largely funded by Dow Agrosciences. From left to right: Mara Goldman, University of Colorado, Boulder Robin Reid, Center for Collaborative Conservation, Colorado State University Heather Knight, The Nature Conservancy, John Taylor, Australian Rangeland Society Qian Zhang, Center for Rural Environmental Studies, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, David Nkedianye, Reto-o-Reto Foundation and International Livestock Research Institute, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University The second was Pastoralists and Property Rights. This symposium examines this paradox of pastoral land tenure (the simultaneous demands for tenure security and flexible access to spatially heterogeneous resources), bringing together pastoralists and scholars from multiple continents to reflect on their experiences with pastoral tenure transformations, and their implications for the well-being of livestock keepers and the lands they depend upon. This symposium was funded largely by a grant from Dow Agrosiences. From left to right: Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Nathan Sayre, University of California, Berkeley David Nkedianye, Reto-o-Reto Foundation and International Livestock Research Institute Sebastian Villagra, INTA, Argentina, Andrew Ash, CSIRO, Australia Ken Bauer, Dartmouth College, Chantsalkham Jamsranjav, formerly Green Gold Ecosystem Management Program (currently, Colorado State University), Suvd Mandibadar, Green Gold Ecosystem Management Program, Qian Zhang, Center for Rural Environmental Studies, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Symposia Presentations
2009 – Borderlands Watershed Management: a Collaborative Approach to Resource Management. Scientists from the United States and Mexico presented a bilateral perspective on the issues and challenges in watershed management along the US-Mexico border (funded largely by a grant from Dow Agro-Sciences). From left to right: Andres Cibils (New Mexico State University), Jose Manuel Perez Cantu (Pronatura, México), Rosendo Treviño (USDA-NRCS), Dr. Alicia Melgoza (Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México), Forrest Smith (Texas A&M, Kingsville), Roy Mann (USDA-NRCS) Program
2008 – Livestock Management in Shrub-Dominated Semi-Arid Rangelands: A Comparison of Landscape Histories and Use Patterns in the Mediterranean and Southwestern North America (funded largely by grant from Dow Agro-Sciences) Presenters and Committee (from left to right): Zalmen Henkin, Ed Frederickson, Derek Bailey, Antonio Gomez Sal, Matteo Barbari, Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso, Stephano Simonini, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, and Leonardo Conti Symposium Presentations
2007 – Pampas, Savannas and Deserts of Argentina: Traditions and Transitions in Rangeland Management, Research, and Education – Symposium Presentations Resulting publications: Paper in Rangelands 33(1):2-12. 2011 Paper in Outlook on Agriculture 40(2):181–189. 2011
2006 – Grasslands in Northern China: Ecology and Contemporary Issues Resulting publication: A special feature containing seven papers. 2009. Rangeland Ecology and Management 62(4).
2005 – Mexico Rangelands: Common Issues, Perspectives, and Future Challenges 2004 – Rangelands of Central Asia: Transformations, Issues, and Future Challenges Resulting publications: Bedunah, D.J., McArthur, E.D., Fernandez-Gimenez, M. 2006. Rangelands of Central Asia: Proceedings Conference on Transformations, Issues & Future Challenges. 27 Jan 2004, Salt Lake City, UT. Proceedings, RMRS-P-39. Fort Collins, CO: USDA, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station 2003 – No symposium 2002 – Rangeland Professionals and Policy: Prospects for Effective Influence Resulting publication: Synthesis paper in Rangelands 24(4):34-40 2001 – Rangeland Professionals and Society: Future Directions Resulting publications: Papers in Rangelands 23(5-6), 24(1) 1999-2000 – No symposia 1998 – Privatization of the World’s Rangelands: Consequences for Sustainable Societies Resulting publication: Paper to USAID Global Bureau summarizing issues and lessons learned 1996-1997 – No symposia 1995 – Rangeland Development in Mongolia, Ukraine, Patagonia, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran & Botswana Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by University of Wyoming 1994 – Country Presentations 1992-1993 – No symposia 1991 – New Concepts in International Rangeland Development: Theory and Application Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Department of Range Science, Utah State University 1990 – Low Input Sustainable Yield Systems: Implications for the World’s Rangelands Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Department of Range Science, Utah State University 1988-1989 – No symposia 1987 – Institutions for Rangeland Development: Strategies and Lessons Learned Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development 1986 – Developing Successful International Rangeland Management Programs Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development 1985 – Human and Cultural Understanding – Key to Improve Benefits from Rangelands Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Washington State University

2012 – Mongolian Rangeland Development and Management
Spokane Convention Center 202 A,B,C
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Organizer: James O’Rourke, Rancher,
Chadron, NE

From Left to Right: Chantsallkham, J. – Colorado State University, Erdenetsetseg, B. – National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environmental Monitoring, Tungalag, U. – Colorado State University, Davaabaatar, D. – Administration, Land Agency for Geodesy and Cartography – Ministry of Construction & Urban Development, Bulgamaa, D. – Green Gold Project, Batbuyan, B. – Centre for Nomadic Studies, Enkhmaa – Administration, Land Agency for Geodesy and Cartography, Batbaatar, A. – National University of Mongolia, Suvd, M. – School of Law, Otgontenger University, Altantsetseg, B. – Peri-Urban Rangeland Project – Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia, Tumenjargal, D. – Mongolian State University of Agriculture, Jigjidsuren, S. – Professor, Gankhuyag, G. – Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Light Industry, Oyunbileg, Kh. – National University of Mongolia, Sumjidmaa, S. – National University of Mongolia, Sukhbaatar, P. – Research Institute of Animal Husbandry, Bayarmaa, B. – Peri-Urban Rangeland Project – Millennium Challenge Account – Mongolia, Enkh-Amgalan, Ts. – Green Gold Project

Agenda
Symposium Presentations

2011 – No Symposium

2010 – Pastoralists and Property Rights.

In 2010, there were two symposia. The first was Community Based Conservation on the Rangelands. This symposium brings together scholars and practitioners from various regions of the world to share and discuss their experiences with community-based rangeland conservation and management, with the aim of identifying common threads, potential best practices, and needs and opportunities for broader collaborative research to document the process and outcomes of these efforts. This symposium was largely funded by Dow Agrosciences.

From left to right: Mara Goldman, University of Colorado, Boulder
Robin Reid, Center for Collaborative Conservation, Colorado State University
Heather Knight, The Nature Conservancy, John Taylor, Australian Rangeland Society
Qian Zhang, Center for Rural Environmental Studies, Institute of Sociology,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, David Nkedianye, Reto-o-Reto Foundation
and International Livestock Research Institute, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University

The second was Pastoralists and Property Rights. This symposium examines this paradox of pastoral land tenure (the simultaneous demands for tenure security and flexible access to spatially heterogeneous resources), bringing together pastoralists and scholars from multiple continents to reflect on their experiences with pastoral tenure transformations, and their implications for the well-being of livestock keepers and the lands they depend upon. This symposium was funded largely by a grant from Dow Agrosiences.

From left to right: Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Nathan Sayre, University of California, Berkeley
David Nkedianye, Reto-o-Reto Foundation and International Livestock Research Institute
Sebastian Villagra, INTA, Argentina, Andrew Ash, CSIRO, Australia
Ken Bauer, Dartmouth College, Chantsalkham Jamsranjav, formerly Green Gold Ecosystem Management Program (currently, Colorado State University), Suvd Mandibadar, Green Gold Ecosystem Management Program, Qian Zhang, Center for Rural Environmental Studies, Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Symposia Presentations

2009 – Borderlands Watershed Management: a Collaborative Approach to Resource Management.
Scientists from the United States and Mexico presented a bilateral perspective on the issues and challenges in watershed management along the US-Mexico border (funded largely by a grant from Dow Agro-Sciences).

2009 Presenters
From left to right: Andres Cibils (New Mexico State University),
Jose Manuel Perez Cantu (Pronatura, México), Rosendo Treviño (USDA-NRCS),
Dr. Alicia Melgoza (Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México),
Forrest Smith (Texas A&M, Kingsville), Roy Mann (USDA-NRCS)

Program

2008 – Livestock Management in Shrub-Dominated Semi-Arid Rangelands: A Comparison of Landscape Histories and Use Patterns in the Mediterranean and Southwestern North America (funded largely by grant from Dow Agro-Sciences)

Presenters and Committee (from left to right):
Zalmen Henkin, Ed Frederickson, Derek Bailey, Antonio Gomez Sal, Matteo Barbari, Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso, Stephano Simonini, Maria Fernandez-Gimenez, and Leonardo Conti

Symposium Presentations

2007 – Pampas, Savannas and Deserts of Argentina: Traditions and Transitions in Rangeland Management, Research, and Education – Symposium Presentations
Resulting publications:

Paper in Rangelands 33(1):2-12. 2011
Paper in Outlook on Agriculture 40(2):181–189. 2011

2006 – Grasslands in Northern China: Ecology and Contemporary Issues
Resulting publication: A special feature containing seven papers. 2009. Rangeland Ecology and Management 62(4).

2005 – Mexico Rangelands: Common Issues, Perspectives, and Future Challenges

2004 – Rangelands of Central Asia: Transformations, Issues, and Future Challenges

Resulting publications:

Bedunah, D.J., McArthur, E.D., Fernandez-Gimenez, M. 2006. Rangelands of Central Asia: Proceedings Conference on Transformations, Issues & Future Challenges. 27 Jan 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
Proceedings, RMRS-P-39. Fort Collins, CO: USDA, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station

2003 – No symposium

2002 – Rangeland Professionals and Policy: Prospects for Effective Influence

Resulting publication: Synthesis paper in Rangelands 24(4):34-40

2001 – Rangeland Professionals and Society: Future Directions

Resulting publications: Papers in Rangelands 23(5-6), 24(1)

1999-2000 – No symposia

1998 – Privatization of the World’s Rangelands: Consequences for Sustainable Societies

Resulting publication: Paper to USAID Global Bureau summarizing issues and lessons learned

1996-1997 – No symposia

1995 – Rangeland Development in Mongolia, Ukraine, Patagonia, Pakistan, Morocco, Iran & Botswana

Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by University of Wyoming

1994 – Country Presentations

1992-1993 – No symposia

1991 – New Concepts in International Rangeland Development: Theory and Application

Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Department of Range Science, Utah State University

1990 – Low Input Sustainable Yield Systems: Implications for the World’s Rangelands

Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Department of Range Science, Utah State University

1988-1989 – No symposia

1987 – Institutions for Rangeland Development: Strategies and Lessons Learned

Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development

1986 – Developing Successful International Rangeland Management Programs

Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development

1985 – Human and Cultural Understanding – Key to Improve Benefits from Rangelands

Resulting publication: Proceedings printed by Washington State University

Sister Rangeland Societies

Australia
- Tropical Grassland Society of Australia, Inc.
- Australian Rangeland Society
Canada
- Foragebeef.ca
China
- China Grassland Society: http://www.chinagrass.org.cn/english/index.asp
India
- Range Management Society of India: http://www.igfri.res.in/prof_societies.htm
Japan
- Japanese Society of Grassland Science
Mongolia
- Mongolian Society for Range Management
Spain
- Sociedad Espanola para el Estudio de Pastos (SEEP) (Spanish Society for the Study of Pastures): http://www.seepastos.es/

United Kingdom
- The Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER),
United States
- Rangeland Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America

Publications

Sociedad de Manejo de Pastizales y Tierras Silvestres (pdf)
Lusigi W. J. and John Buursink. 1994. Sahel Operational Review : Status and Lessons Learned. AFTES Paper # 11. Environmental Policy and Planning Series. Technical Department, Africa Region, The World Bank, Washington D.C. For copies of this study, please contact Ms. Leita Jones, Room J3-263, The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20433. Tel.no. (202) 473-5030.
Miller, Daniel J. and Sienna R. Craig. 1997. Rangelands and Pastoral Development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Cid, M.S., R. C. Fernández Grecco, M. Oesterheld, J. M. Paruelo, A. F. Cibils, and M.A. Brizuela. 2011. Grass-fed beef production systems of Argentina’s flooding pampas: Understanding ecosystem heterogeneity helps improve livestock production. Outlook on Agriculture 40: 181-189.
Anderson, D.L., G. L. Bonvissuto, M. A. Brizuela, G. Chiossone, A. F. Cibils, M. S. Cid, I. Feldman, R. C. Fernández Grecco, C. Kunst, M. Oesterheld, G. E. Oliva, J.M. Paruelo, R. H.Peinetti, and E. S. Villagra. 2011. Perspectives on Rangeland Management Research and Education in Argentina. Rangelands 33: 2-12 .
An international terminology for grazing lands and grazing animals —
Http://onlinelibrary.Wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2494.2010.00780.x/full Download pdf version – (566 kb)