<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear GCG members,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the past, the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) sessions have been important platforms to promote the IYRP. During its second meeting in May 2016 (UNEA-2), 158 countries <span class=""><font size="2" class="">passed Resolution UNEA L.24 on <span class="" style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">“Combating desertification, land degradation and drought and promoting sustainable </span></font><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">pastoralism and rangelands”. This called for raising global awareness and conducting scientific research, starting with a gap analysis of existing data on rangelands and pastoralism.</span><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"> In March 2019, </span><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">UNEA-4 requested UNEP to support countries to undertake regional assessments to fill these knowledge gaps, and “to promote innovative solutions to sustainably manage rangelands and, where appropriate, to promote sensitive development interventions specific to resolving disputes and supporting traditional governance with particular attention to recognizing the role of traditional institutions and community participation”.</span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">Below, Abdelkader Bensada from UNEP has called our attention to the possibility to propose a side events at UNEA5.2 early next year. The deadline for proposals is 30 September 2021.</span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"><b class=""><i class="">Is there anyone in the GCG who would be prepared to co-organise such a side event highlighting the importance of pastoralism as a nature-based system?</i></b></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" size="2" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class="">Cheers,</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" size="2" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class="">Ann</span></font></div><div class=""><font color="#2b2b2b" size="2" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(43, 43, 43);" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Abdelkader Bensada <<a href="mailto:abdelkader.bensada@un.org" class="">abdelkader.bensada@un.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Call for proposal - UNEA5.2 Side Events </b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">24 August 2021 at 16:35:52 PM CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Fiona Flintan <<a href="mailto:fionaflintan@yahoo.co.uk" class="">fionaflintan@yahoo.co.uk</a>>, DAVIES Jonathan <<a href="mailto:Jonathan.Davies@iucn.org" class="">Jonathan.Davies@iucn.org</a>>, Martina Fleckenstein <<a href="mailto:mfleckenstein@wwfint.org" class="">mfleckenstein@wwfint.org</a>>, Maryam Niamir Fuller <<a href="mailto:mniafull2@gmail.com" class="">mniafull2@gmail.com</a>>, Ann Waters-Bayer <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" class="">waters-bayer@web.de</a>>, "Hutchinson, Barbara S - (bhutchin)" <<a href="mailto:BarbaraH@cals.arizona.edu" class="">BarbaraH@cals.arizona.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:hanspeter.liniger@unibe.ch" class="">hanspeter.liniger@unibe.ch</a>" <<a href="mailto:hanspeter.liniger@unibe.ch" class="">hanspeter.liniger@unibe.ch</a>>, MAGERO Chris <<a href="mailto:Chris.Magero@iucn.org" class="">Chris.Magero@iucn.org</a>>, "VelascoGil, Gregorio (NSAG)" <<a href="mailto:Gregorio.VelascoGil@fao.org" class="">Gregorio.VelascoGil@fao.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:bora.masumbuko@iucn.org" class="">bora.masumbuko@iucn.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:bora.masumbuko@iucn.org" class="">bora.masumbuko@iucn.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:vivian.onyango@fao.org" class="">vivian.onyango@fao.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:vivian.onyango@fao.org" class="">vivian.onyango@fao.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><p class="">Dear All,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">As part of the preparations for the resumed the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA5.2), to be held in Nairobi on 28 February – 2 March 2022, the Governance Affairs Office has launched a call for proposal of the side events in the margin of the resumed session. UNEA side event applications should focus on the overall theme of the fifth session of the Environment Assembly – “Strengthening actions for nature to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”, or on the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Environment Programme, which is the theme of the special session.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">The call for proposal is now open until September 2021. If interested please find attached template to submit the proposal.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">Best regards<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">Abdelkader<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 15.399999618530273px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Helv, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 129, 192);" class="">Abdelkader Bensada<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Helv, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 129, 192);" class="">– Programme Management Officer - Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit (TEU) - Ecosystems Division<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Helv, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 129, 192);" class="">United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) - Direct line: +254 (0) 20 5123757, - Block 1, South Wing, First Floor<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Helv, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 129, 192);" class="">PO Box 30552 (00100) - Nairobi, Kenya -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Helv, sans-serif; color: rgb(65, 129, 192);" class=""><a href="http://www.unep.org/ecosystemmanagement/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span lang="IT" style="color: rgb(65, 129, 192);" class="">www.unep.org/ecosystemmanagement/</span></a></span><span lang="IT" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="IT" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Tms Rmn", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: "Roboto Regular";" class=""></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>