On Tuesday 15 March, a selection of our films were screened at the Studio Skoop in Ghent, as part of the Belmundo Festival. A broad audience from Ghent gained new insights into the unique lifestyle of pastoralists from Niger, Tanzania and Uganda. With this screening, we aimed to open a dialogue on the importance of pastoralism, give pastoralists a voice and inspire the debate. Three experts were invited for a panel discussion afterwards: Professor Dr Han van Dijk, anthropologist and expert on pastoral conflict, Dr Pablo Manzano, ecologist and expert on the environmental impact of pastoralism and Peter van der Jagt, Director of Operations at Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgium.
Belmundo Festival is festival in Ghent offering a great variety of activities on international solidarity. This year’s theme was ‘the rights of humans and nature’. The fate of humans and nature are overwhelmingly linked and there is no more time to lose in the fight for a healthy and liveable planet.