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Researchers from the University of Oxford have collaborated with the United Nations (UN) on a new report that focuses on the legal recognition, land rights and mobility (including transboundary movement) of Mobile Indigenous Peoples.

A team of researchers, led by Dr. Ariell Ahearn, Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE), and Dawn Chatty, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration at the Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), were instrumental in arranging in-person and virtual consultations with mobile groups from across the world for the UN report, which was a response to the demands of the Dana+20 Manifesto.

Dr. Ahearn said, "This report is not only a powerful advocacy tool but also the result of years of relationship-building and collaboration. Our involvement with the Dana+20 Manifesto and its connection to the UN report highlights the impact of sustained efforts to promote the rights and visibility of Mobile Indigenous Peoples. This work will have far-reaching effects."

Key findings of the report:

Over the past 80 years, the average temperature in the Mongolian highlands has increased 2.5 times more than the world average while precipitation has decreased by 8%. These conditions are killing herders' livestock and threatening their livelihoods.

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