<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Dear
All</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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 <a href="https://iyrp.info" style="color:blue">https://iyrp.info</a>. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">UN
process related to IYRP:</span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Status
of support for IYRP:</span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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: </span><a href="https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/RangelandDistributionIYRPRev.jpg" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">https://iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/RangelandDistributionIYRPRev.jpg</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">IYRP
supporting events in June up to 12 July 2021:</span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">The following events were either organized
by IYRP partners or included IYRP partners who raised awareness about the
designation of the Year. </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:10pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Global:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.3pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCmqzXNl0_0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCmqzXNl0_0</a></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Central
Asia and Mongolia RISG:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.55pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Participation in UNFSS National Dialogue
organized by Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry of Mongolia to
bring in voices of pastoralists</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:10pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">South Asia RISG:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.5pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Participation in League for Pastoral Peoples
webinar “Mapping for Pastoralists”, 25 May 2021</span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Webinar
"Recognising pastoralists for their knowledge, local breeds and
biodiversity conservation”, International Day of Biodiversity, 22 May 2021 </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.5pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Webinar with Centre for Pastoralism on “Deciphering
pastoralism in the Indian context”</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.5pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Interactive Session on Rangelands with support
of ILRI, 7 July 2021</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:10pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">East Asia RISG:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.3pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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</span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> 
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">East
and Southern Africa RISG:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 53.5pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">RISG</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">–</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:10pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Europe RISG:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.3pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">“Perspectives on Pastoralism Film Festival –
Pastoralist Livelihoods in Africa”, Global Landscapes Forum “Restoring Africa’s
Drylands”, 3 June 2021; <a href="https://www.globallandscapesforum.org/video/perspectives-on-pastoralism-film-festival-pastoralist-livelihoods-in-africa/" style="color:blue">https://www.globallandscapesforum.org/video/perspectives-on-pastoralism-film-festival-pastoralist-livelihoods-in-africa/</a>
– with promotion of IYRP</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.3pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">European Committee of the Regions (COR)/RISG
webinar “Pastoralism: a crucial way to tackle sustainability challenges in EU
and beyond”, 14 June 2021</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">; <a href="https://cor.europa.eu/de/events/Pages/pastoralism-a-crucial-way-to-tackle-sustainability-challenges.aspx">https://cor.europa.eu/de/events/Pages/pastoralism-a-crucial-way-to-tackle-sustainability-challenges.aspx</a></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:10pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">North America RISG:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 53.3pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Special presentation on IYRP at Annual
Trilateral Commission for Wildlife and Ecosystem Conservation and Management
(USA, Canada, Mexico), 3 June 2021 , </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">a timely opportunity as the participants are enhancing
cooperation for grasslands conservation and sustainable use</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 53.3pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Webinar
“Why IYRP matters to the USA” for several federal departments of the Government
of USA, 7 June 2021. The </span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">link can be found here: </span><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:blue;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span><a href="https://youtu.be/_4a7IQ4UeaY" style="color:blue">https://youtu.be/_4a7IQ4UeaY</a></u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>

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events:</span></u></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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: <a href="https://bit.ly/3xvbQa2" style="color:blue">https://bit.ly/3xvbQa2</a>
</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""></span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">1^st International and 8^th
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. </span><a href="http://crm2021.um.ac.ir/en/" style="color:blue"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">http://crm2021.um.ac.ir/en/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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: <u><span style="color:rgb(79,129,189)"><a href="https://bit.ly/iccaiyrp">https://bit.ly/iccaiyrp</a>
</span></u> </span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:105%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Joint International Grassland and
International Rangeland Congress, 23-29 October 2021, Nairobi, Kenya, will have
three parallel sessions on IYRP: <a href="http://2021kenya-igc-irc.rangelandcongress.org/" style="color:blue">http://2021kenya-igc-irc.rangelandcongress.org/</a></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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 “<i>Pastoralism, making variability work</i>”. </span></p>

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<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">New documents and
resources on “online booth” website:</span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Opening page: video messages from FAO
Deputy Director General Maria Helena Semedo and Mongolian Minister of Food,
Agriculture & Light Industry </span><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue";font-weight:normal">H.E.
Mendsaikhan Zagdjav</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">;
trailer for Pastoralism Film Festival</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:10pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><u><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Further updates about communications:</span></u></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:Wingdings">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Wingdings;color:black">Ø<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">  </span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">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. </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue"">Please follow the IYRP on these
channels!  If you wish to get more actively involved, please send me an email message.</span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="margin:3pt 0in 0.0001pt 35.7pt;line-height:105%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue""><br></span></p>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<div>Vice Chair of International Support Group for the IYRP</div><div><a href="mailto:mniafull2@gmail.com">mniafull2@gmail.com</a></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 call for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists! <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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