[IYRP General List] Update on IYRP status globally - June to 13 July 2021

Tue Jul 13 09:48:39 MST 2021

Dear All

We would like to bring you up to date on progress in designating an
International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). This update is
also available on https://iyrp.info.

In summary, the IYRP designation for 2026 is only one step away. A lot of
momentum has built up in the past few weeks, but we need the word to spread
much further and count on your support to do so.

*UN process related to IYRP:*

The FAO Conference in June 2021 endorsed the proposal from the Government
of Mongolia for designating the IYRP for 2026, and asked the FAO Director
General to transmit that proposal to the UN General Secretary for
consideration by the 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2021.
Through the IYRP social media outlets and the support of Yolda Initiative,
30,000 people were reached in the run-up to and during the FAO Conference.
We thank all IYRP supporters for their great efforts, and especially the
Mongolian Embassy in Rome and FAO for their steadfast support during the
Conference.

*Status of support for IYRP:*

There are now 275 organizations formally supporting the IYRP proposal,
including non-governmental and multilateral organizations, and five State
(Provincial) Governments. This is up from 250 in May. The North America and
Australasia regions saw an impressive increase in supporting organizations.
Ten new members have been added to the South Asia Regional IYRP Support
Group (RISG). See the distribution of these organizations worldwide on the
following map:
https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/RangelandDistributionIYRPRev.jpg

*IYRP supporting events in June up to 12 July 2021:*

The following events were either organized by IYRP partners or included
IYRP partners who raised awareness about the designation of the Year.

Ø  Global:

o   High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, Side
Event “Sustainable pastoralism and rangelands: impacts of Covid, and how
not to leave them behind in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, 6
July 2021 – organized by the Government of Mongolia and the International
Support Group for the IYRP. See the video recording of the side event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCmqzXNl0_0

Ø  Central Asia and Mongolia RISG:

o   Participation in UNFSS National Dialogue organized by Ministry of Food,
Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia to bring in voices of
pastoralists

Ø  South Asia RISG:

o   Participation in League for Pastoral Peoples webinar “Mapping for
Pastoralists”, 25 May 2021

o   Webinar "Recognising pastoralists for their knowledge, local breeds and
biodiversity conservation”, International Day of Biodiversity, 22 May 2021

o   Webinar with Centre for Pastoralism on “Deciphering pastoralism in the
Indian context”

o   Interactive Session on Rangelands with support of ILRI, 7 July 2021

Ø  East Asia RISG:

o   2021 National Annual Conference of Chinese Grassland Society in Hefei
City, China; special presentation on IYRP helped identify more academic
institutions and private enterprises interested in contributing to IYRP,
and discussions were held with high officials from Ministry of Agriculture
and Rural Affairs (MARA) and Provincial Departments

Ø  East and Southern Africa RISG:

o   RISG–ESA is analysing policies related to rangelands and pastoralism
identify those favourable for or constraining pastoralism; intention is to
have better basis for improved policies in the region

Ø  Europe RISG:

o   “Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival – Pastoralist Livelihoods in
Africa”, Global Landscapes Forum “Restoring Africa’s Drylands”, 3 June
2021;
https://www.globallandscapesforum.org/video/perspectives-on-pastoralism-film-festival-pastoralist-livelihoods-in-africa/
– with promotion of IYRP

o   European Committee of the Regions (COR)/RISG webinar “Pastoralism: a
crucial way to tackle sustainability challenges in EU and beyond”, 14 June
2021;
https://cor.europa.eu/de/events/Pages/pastoralism-a-crucial-way-to-tackle-sustainability-challenges.aspx

Ø  North America RISG:

o   Special presentation on IYRP at Annual Trilateral Commission for
Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management (USA, Canada, Mexico), 3
June 2021 , a timely opportunity as the participants are enhancing
cooperation for grasslands conservation and sustainable use

o   Webinar “Why IYRP matters to the USA” for several federal departments
of the Government of USA, 7 June 2021. The link can be found here:
*https://youtu.be/_4a7IQ4UeaY
<https://youtu.be/_4a7IQ4UeaY>*

*Upcoming events:*

Ø  UNFSS (UN Food Systems Summit) Pre-Summit parallel session “Mobile
Pastoralism Valuing Rangeland Variability: A game-changing idea for
sustainable consumption and production from the livestock sector”, 26 July
2021, 13:30–14:20 CEST (UTC+2), organized by IYRP/ISG; to register:
https://bit.ly/3xvbQa2

Ø  1st International and 8th National Conference on Rangeland Management in
Iran, 14–15 July 2021; Dr Dana Kelly will give a keynote speech on IYRP and
a poster and video clip prepared for IYRP will be broadcast during the
relevant sessions. http://crm2021.um.ac.ir/en/

Ø  Virtual workshop “Pastoral Communities’ Territories of Life in Asia:
Tales of Coexistence of Nature and People”, 16 July 2021, 16:00–20:00 ULAT
(UTC+8); to register: *https://bit.ly/iccaiyrp <https://bit.ly/iccaiyrp> *

Ø  Joint International Grassland and International Rangeland Congress,
23-29 October 2021, Nairobi, Kenya, will have three parallel sessions on
IYRP: http://2021kenya-igc-irc.rangelandcongress.org/

Ø  UNFCCC COP 26 (December 2021): efforts are underway by IYRP Partners to
bring rangelands and pastoralism to the attention of the UNFCCC delegates,
including a scientific compilation of evidence about the carbon footprint
of pastoralism and rangelands, and a potential side event on “*Pastoralism,
making variability work*”.

*New documents and resources on “online booth” website:*

Ø  Opening page: video messages from FAO Deputy Director General Maria
Helena Semedo and Mongolian Minister of Food, Agriculture & Light
Industry *H.E.
Mendsaikhan Zagdjav*; trailer for Pastoralism Film Festival

Ø  Under News & Resources (global): Updated versions of 1-page and 4-page
IYRP flyer; animated video ”Pastoralism is the future” in English, French,
Spanish, Dutch & German with accompanying paper in English and Spanish

*Further updates about communications:*

Ø  Key messages for UNGA campaign are being finalized by communications
team after review by Global Coordinating Group. Campaign will start in week
of 23 August; all friends of the IYRP are urged to share the messages.

Ø  On IYRP social-media channels, statistics to date are: Twitter – 143
followers (our tweets earned 39.7 impressions over the last 28 days);
Facebook – 89 followers (our posts reached 2316 people between 11 June and
8 July), Instagram – 82 followers.

Please follow the IYRP on these channels!  If you wish to get more actively
involved, please send me an email message.

-- 
Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller
Vice Chair of International Support Group for the IYRP
mniafull2 at gmail.com

*Support the call for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists!
https://www.iyrp.info <https://www.iyrp.info>*

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