<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 Fiona,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Send them the most recent publication by the IYRP Working Group on Afforestation: <a href="https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/2024 Briske et al Rangeland afforestation is not a natural climate solution.pdf" class="">https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/2024%20Briske%20et%20al%20Rangeland%20afforestation%20is%20not%20a%20natural%20climate%20solution.pdf</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Mar 2024, at 15:04 PM, Flintan, Fiona (ILRI) <<a href="mailto:F.Flintan@cgiar.org" class="">F.Flintan@cgiar.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14px; 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;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">Even the title gives me the shivers “Regreening Africa” as though these areas were ever green and/or will be green…and green is the gold standard we are all striving for. The project is aiming for “tree covered landscapes in Africa’s semi-arid drylands” and “five million hectares under restoration”<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/initiative-green-5-million-hectares-africa-recognized-one-seven-un-world-restoration-flagships" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.decadeonrestoration.org/initiative-green-5-million-hectares-africa-recognized-one-seven-un-world-restoration-flagships</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">One to keep an eye on…..<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class="">Fiona Flintan </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Senior Scientist Rangelands and Pastoralism, ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) hosted at the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, Rome.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Lead CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Council Member of the International Land<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Coalition.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Italy and WhatsApp/Telegram: +39-3496462017 Ethiopia: +251-921777402; </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class="">Skype: fiona.flintan </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Twitter: @rangelands_glbl</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;" class="">Instagram: @rangelands_glbl</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image001.png@01DA6D7C.066AB640"><image001.png></span></span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> Be ready for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026! 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