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What does transhumance mean?

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Noun
  1. The seasonal movement of people, with their cattle or other grazing animals, to new pastures which may be quite distant.
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Brussels has had to give a riling so as to forbid transhumance an that 114 km2 island.
Rangelands are resilient to seasonal changes under traditional mobile grazing practices, commonly called transhumance.
Its most recent initiative was a festival celebrating transhumance, the ancient custom of moving animals between winter and summer pastures.
To prevent recidivism the volunteer teachers trekked up and down with their pupils during their annual transhumance.
The footpath follows the east shore of the loch to where easy slopes lead to the Lairig Torran, an ancient transhumance route from Dalmally.
In Botswana cattle and game fencing pose serious constraints to transhumance forms of range management.

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