<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=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear GCG members,</font><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Through discussion wth SNV (Netherlands), the IYRP - initially through Maryam - has managed to get involved in a session at the UNFCCC COP27 in Egypt. The session focuses on pastoralism and rangelands and will be held in the Food Systems Pavilion (</font><font face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="https://foodsystemspavilion.com/" class="">https://foodsystemspavilion.com/</a>)</span></font><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri;" class="">. The concept for the session is very much along the lines of the IYRP messaging, and one objective of the session is to raise awareness for the IYRP 2026. </span></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Below is the draft announcement (also to be found at <a href="https://foodsystemspavilion.com/scale/scale-session-8/" class="">https://foodsystemspavilion.com/scale/scale-session-8/</a>); it will be further developed in the coming days, but some of the confirmed speakers include a representative from the Mongolian Ministry of Environment & Tourism, Ced Hesse from IIED and Martina Fleckenstein from WWF.</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Cheers,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Ann</font></div><div class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><section class="height_medium session-section wpb_row l-section"><div class="l-section-h i-cf"><div class="g-cols valign_top via_flex type_default vc_row stacking_default"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="g-cols valign_bottom via_flex wpb_row stacking_default header-row type_default"><div class="wpb_column vc_col-sm-6 vc_column_container header-col-left"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><h1 class="post_custom_field session_main_title w-post-elm type_text"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span class="w-post-elm-value">Pastoralism and Rangelands Restoration: </span>Promising solutions to benefit our planet and people</font></h1></div></div></div><div class="wpb_column vc_col-sm-6 vc_column_container header-col-right"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="session-header-time align_right valign_top w-hwrapper" style="--hwrapper-gap:0px"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span class="header-time-start vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-time_picker vc-acf-field-picker-field">15:30 - </span><span class="header-time-end vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-time_picker vc-acf-field-picker-field">16:15 GMT+2 on 12 November 2022 in Food Systems Pavilion</span></i></b></font></div><div class="session-header-time align_right valign_top w-hwrapper" style="--hwrapper-gap:0px"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="session-header-time align_right valign_top w-hwrapper" style="--hwrapper-gap:0px"><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The
share of ruminant livestock in greenhouse gas emissions and its
responsibility for climate change on a global scale is often the subject
of debate at the global level, raising questions about animal source
derived food in sustainable diets. While this debate in high-income
countries polarizes opinions on intensive livestock farming, it is
important to take a more local perspective of the footprint of
traditional livestock systems in the drylands, highlands, shrubland and
wetlands to question, not only their resilience in the face of climate
change and their sustainability for the environment, but also their
efficiency in the fight against food insecurity and malnutrition.</font></div></div></div></div></div><div class="g-cols valign_top via_flex wpb_row stacking_default desc-row type_default"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="vc-acf-field-picker-field-type-wysiwyg vc-acf-field-picker-field"><p class=""><font face="Calibri" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Rangelands including grasslands, savannahs and tundra, occupy 54% of
all land on earth. They ensure food security for millions of people and
provide valuable ecosystem services, including climate regulation,
conserving biodiversity and water supply. One third of the world’s total
soil carbon is stored in rangelands; up to 70 t/ha of additional soil
carbon could be stored through restoration. Nature-based pastoralism and
restoration of grasslands and rangelands will require an urgent and
combined effort of controlling conversion, restoring natural ecosystems,
and rehabilitating degraded lands.</font></p>
</div></div></div></div></div><div class="g-cols organizer-row valign_top via_flex wpb_row stacking_default type_default"><div class="wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12"><div class="vc_column-inner"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="wpb_text_column"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><h3 class=""><br class=""></h3></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Dr Ann Waters-Bayer</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP2026) Global Coordination Group</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">E: <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" class="">waters-bayer@web.de</a> / <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@agrecol.de" class="">waters-bayer@agrecol.de</a></i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">S: ann-waters</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; 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;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">W: <a href="http://www.agrecol.de" class="">www.agrecol.de</a> / <a href="http://www.celep.info" class="">www.celep.info</a> / <a href="http://www.iyrp.info" class="">www.iyrp.info</a></i></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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