<div dir="ltr">Dear GCG members<div>Please see attached for your information, a short report on the recently concluded IPBES 9 (the scientific body of the Convention for Biological Diversity) that Zsolt Molnar of the Europe RISG has prepared for us. </div><div><br></div><div>While IPLCs were the topic of focus, there was very little on pastoralists. </div><div>I hope we can pull together a good Biodiversity Sub-group of the GCG that can find ways to increase the visibility of pastoralists in the CBD process. </div><div><br></div><div>Best regards<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">*...*...*...*<div>Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<div>Co-Chair of International Support Group for the IYRP</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Support the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026  <a href="https://www.iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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