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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Isghaan, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">At the GCG meeting could we get an update on what regions are doing to engage with national governments in order to prepare them for IYRP, and then more generally what commitments are we looking for in IYRP for which national preparation/groundwork
is needed in a more systematic way such as dialogues, influencing and engagement….<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think we need to think what are the big figure commitments by governments, donors, investors, global platforms/conventions we want to see in 2026, what are the pathways to this and what needs to be done in preparation. I may have missed
discussions on this previously but it seems that we may have a bit of gap in this regard…..<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fiona <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Fiona Flintan </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Lead CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Council Member of the International Land
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Coalition.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Italy and WhatsApp/Telegram: +39-3496462017 Ethiopia: +251-921777402; </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Skype: fiona.flintan </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Twitter: @rangelands_glbl</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Instagram: @rangelands_glbl</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><img width="102" height="77" style="width:1.0625in;height:.802in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.png@01DA8C0D.217A0800"></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Be
ready for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026! <a href="https://www.iyrp.info/"><span style="color:#0B4CB4">https://www.iyrp.info</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Iyrp-gcg <iyrp-gcg-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> on behalf of "Flintan, Fiona (ILRI)" <F.Flintan@cgiar.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 12:30<br>
<b>To: </b>Igshaan Samuels <isamuels@uwc.ac.za>, "iyrp-gcg@list.cals.arizona.edu" <iyrp-gcg@list.cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Igshaan Samuels <igshaansamuels@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Iyrp-gcg] Poll for IYRP GCG meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to propose a new working group and that is one on developing a new rangelands basemap – the idea is to end up with a map of different categories of rangelands types with types defined based on ecology, land use and cultural
identities. Not quite sure yet how we will get there, but probably have to work on a country level with country-level (or regional) teams categorizing the different types of rangelands and approximate distributions of these across a country/region.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps this can be discussed in the GCG meeting. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fiona <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Fiona Flintan </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Lead CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Council Member of the International Land
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Italy and WhatsApp/Telegram: +39-3496462017 Ethiopia: +251-921777402; </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Skype: fiona.flintan </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<span style="background:white">Twitter: @rangelands_glbl</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Instagram: @rangelands_glbl</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><img border="0" width="102" height="77" style="width:1.0625in;height:.802in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01DA8C0D.217A0800"></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Be
ready for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026! <a href="https://www.iyrp.info/"><span style="color:#0B4CB4">https://www.iyrp.info</span></a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Iyrp-gcg <iyrp-gcg-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> on behalf of Igshaan Samuels <isamuels@uwc.ac.za><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 00:59<br>
<b>To: </b>"iyrp-gcg@list.cals.arizona.edu" <iyrp-gcg@list.cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Igshaan Samuels <igshaansamuels@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Iyrp-gcg] Poll for IYRP GCG meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear GCG members<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could you kindly respond to this Doodle Poll where we intend to determine the most suitable date for our first GCG meeting for 2024?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A formal agenda will be sent with the meeting invite. Please follow this link: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ergymxwa">https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/ergymxwa</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Igshaan <o:p></o:p></p>
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