<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">Dear Colleagues,</span><br></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This is a quick update on
the IYRP Thematic Working Groups (WGs). We currently have nine
active WGs and you can see each WG’s outputs on this web page: </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><a href="https://iyrp.info/working-groups" target="_blank">https://iyrp.info/working-groups</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Here
is an updated overview of all the WGs: </span><span style="color:rgb(255,38,0)"><a href="https://www.iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/IYRP%20Working%20Group%20Updates%20Jan%202024.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/IYRP%20Working%20Group%20Updates%20Jan%202024.pdf</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">(Note:
the Pastoralism and Climate Change working group is still developing their
concept note and the Mountain Pastoralism working group is not currently active).</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Several
of the groups have generated reports and briefs that you can download and use.
Please use them where you can, and the groups would be grateful if you let them
(or me) know when you use their resources. The key messages of the WG on
Pastoralism and Gender have been translated into 12 languages (and 2 more
being formatted for uploading), which is a tremendous effort, and I hope
that the outputs from other WGs will also be made available in
different languages in future.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">You
may have started to see communications of WG messages through IYRP
Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and other social media. A great
contribution to the IYRP would be to spread these communications further
through your own networks.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Finally,
please write to me if you are interested in joining any of the WGs. The
more experiences from different countries that are involved in the WGs,
the better they will be.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Warm regards, Jonathan
Davies</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> </p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Dr Jonathan Davies</b></font><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">International Expert: </font><span style="color:black">Sustainable Pastoralism,
Rangeland Restoration, Sustainable Land Management, Regenerative Agriculture</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p>

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