<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"HerreraCalvo, Pedro (NFOD)" <<a href="mailto:Pedro.HerreraCalvo@fao.org" class="">Pedro.HerreraCalvo@fao.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Second Drylands Summer School</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">24 May 2024 at 10:35:31 AM CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dear colleagues at the IYRP,<br class="">The second summer school on Dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems, promoted by the FAO's COFO work group and other international partners including the IYRP, is ready to launch, after months of preparation .<br class="">This year we move to Nairobi (Kenya) to celebrate a Summer School focused on monitoring drylands.<br class="">This is a great training and learning opportunity, prepared jointly with some of the key international institutions working on drylands.<br class="">The COFO WG encourages all organizations linked to the IYRP to send applicants to participate in the summer school and sponsor their trips. You can get more information by filling out <a href="https://forms.office.com/e/BxLticNp3s" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">THIS FORM</b></a> and reading <a href="https://www.fao.org/dryland-forestry/news/news-detail/en/c/1681923/" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">THIS
ARTICLE</b></a>.</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">We also count on you to disseminate the announcement below, so it reaches all potentially interested people, organizations and institutions.<br class="">Please, help us by sharing this announcement through your networks and contacts.<br class="">All the best,<br class=""><br class="">Pedro M.<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Announcement<br class=""></b><br class="">FAO, UNCCD, the IYRP and other international partners<br class="">proudly announce the launch of the<br class="">2nd Summer School on Drylands forests and agrosilvopastoral systems<<a href="https://www.fao.org/dryland-forestry/working-group/cofo-wg-summer-school/en/" class="">https://www.fao.org/dryland-forestry/working-group/cofo-wg-summer-school/en/</a>><br class="">to be celebrated in the CIFOR-ICRAF campus in Nairobi (Kenya)<br class="">between the 12 and 15 of September 2024<br class=""><br class="">The Dryland summer schools explore transformative approaches to building climate resilient dryland systems.<br class="">This second edition is focused on monitoring drylands and agrosilvopastoral systems towards climate change and sustainability.<br class="">Participants will graduate the course as experts on monitoring and integrating transformational sustainable practices in drylands agrosilvopastoral management!<br class=""><br class="">This edition is funded by UNCCD's G20 and held in partnership with different institutions and international organizations, including FAO, UNCCD's G20, CIFOR-ICRAF, WOCAT, IUCN, SLU, ARC, and the International Year on Rangelands and Pastoralists.<br class="">There is no cost for the summer school itself, but participants will be expected to cover their flights and lodging in Kenya for the duration of the course. Some support could be available from international and national partners.<br class="">Participants should have prior experience in dryland management and should complete FAO's e-Learning course on dryland forests and agrosilvopastoral systems before the Summer School begins. Also, we will ask each participant to bring one case study on drylands agrosilvopastoral management to work on it during the school<br class=""><br class="">Please, fill <a href="https://forms.office.com/e/BxLticNp3s" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;" class="">THIS FORM</a> and we'll keep you updated</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Additional info: <a href="https://www.fao.org/dryland-forestry/news/news-detail/en/c/1681923/" class="">https://www.fao.org/dryland-forestry/news/news-detail/en/c/1681923/</a><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Pedro M. Herrera (NFOD)<br class="">COFO WG on Drylands and Silvopastoral Systems<br class="">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)<br class=""><a href="mailto:Pedro.HerreraCalvo@FAO.org" class="">Pedro.HerreraCalvo@FAO.org</a><<a href="mailto:Pedro.HerreraCalvo@FAO.org" class="">mailto:Pedro.HerreraCalvo@FAO.org</a>><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>