The objectives of each Congress is to attract the “people” from the rangeland community throughout the world; to provide a program which is innovative and challenges values and paradigms; make participants think about how they think about rangelands; offer high quality communications; provide a positive and interactive environment for: multidisciplinary participants; and a wide range of land uses.

Past Proceedings

Past Congresses

List of previous Congress locations and years.

  • 1978 – Denver, Colorado, USA

  • 1984 – Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

  • 1988 – New Delhi, India

  • 1991 – Montpellier, France

  • 1995 – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

  • 1999 – Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  • 2003 – Durban, South Africa

  • 2008 – Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Peoples Republic of China

  • 2011 – Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

  • 2016 — Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  • 2021 - Nairobi, Kenya

  • 2025 - Adelaide, Australia