Public lecture on pastoralists
What are pastoralists and why are they among the world’s poorest, most vulnerable and marginalised people? That is the question Professor John Morton will be asking at his inaugural professorial lecture at the University of Greenwich at Medway.
Professor Morton, from the university’s Natural Resources Institute, is an expert on pastoralist people, drought and other aspects of agriculture in the tropics.
Also known as nomads, pastoralists are mobile people whose primary occupation is the raising and herding of livestock. It is estimated there are approximately 200 million pastoralists working across the world.
The lecture will suggest ways of improving pastoralists’ political rights and livelihoods, and providing a better understanding of the complex threat of climate change.
It takes place on Wednesday, July 7 at 6pm in the Pilkington Lecture Theatre at the Medway Campus, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB.
In 2007, Professor Morton was a lead author on the Fourth Assessment Report of the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The professorial talk is entitled Development for the World's Mobile Pastoralists: Understanding, Challenges and Responses.
There will be an opportunity at the end for the audience to ask questions and join in the debate. The lecture will be followed by refreshments where Professor Morton will be available to discuss his work.
To book a free place, call Heather McAvoy-Marshall at the University of Greenwich on 01634 883911 or e-mail: h.m.mcavoy-marshall@gre.ac.uk Advanced booking is recommended by Tuesday, June 29.
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University of Greenwich
020 8331 9420
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Picture: Professor John Morton.
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