Austrian herders' demonstration march "Herding culture lives on!"

Austrian herders, as part of the worldwide IYRP2026 movement to promote pastoralism in grazing landscapes, are making their transhumance movement from summer to winter pastures into a Herders’ Demonstration March. Herders with 300 sheep and goats hope to be joined by numerous supporters of pastoralism to bring herders’ demands to the attention of Austria's Ministry of Agriculture. Their demands include:

• Adjustment of herding subsidies for areas outside alpine pastures
• Recognition of herding as an apprenticeship-based and officially recognised profession
• Recognition of herding as cultural heritage
• Simplified reporting for contract grazing on land outside one’s own property.

Join the march and become part of the (livestock) movement!