Schools of Pastoralism. Between Institutions, Groups of Interest, Local/Regional Stakeholders and National/European Frameworks for Rural Development

The paper addresses the creation and development of a National School of Pastoralism in Italy (several and multifocal cases) and its impact in the very definition, enhancement and special profiling of a new and more sustainable way to continuing and regenerating extensive pastoralism today in the country. The analysis is realized comparing, between lights and shadows, the different educational projects to other international experiences such as the French and Spanish schools of pastoralism. Local actors and professionals are often scarcely included in the process of enhancement and relaunching of such a sector or addressed in a very top-down way. The a. is presently involved in several Schools of pastoralism and she thinks that a first critical evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses can be advanced.