<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Dear all</font><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Jon Davies, coordinator of the IYRP2026 Working Groups (WGs), has compiled an update about what the WGs are doing and have accomplished. You can find it here: <a href="https://www.iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/IYRP Working Group Updates October 2024.pdf" class="">https://www.iyrp.info/sites/iyrp.org/files/IYRP%20Working%20Group%20Updates%20October%20%202024.pdf</a></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The links to outputs of the WGs can be found here: <a href="https://www.iyrp.info/working-groups" class="">https://www.iyrp.info/working-groups</a> </font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">As a reminder, in preparation fo 2026, the WGs are <span lang="EN-GB" style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class="">collating and analysing existing research results, i</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">dentifying gaps in knowledge and information, a</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">nalysing existing international policy related to their topic, i</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">dentifying “targets” (international bodies, conventions, events etc) for science- and</span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class=""> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class="">experience-based advocacy, s</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="">trategising on the right messages for these targets and also </span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class="">disseminating messages for public awareness of how </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class="">rangelands & pastoralists contribute to food security, economy, environment & cultural heritage. </span></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><span style="text-indent: -18pt; background-color: white;" class="">T</span>he current WGs are:</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">1.</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">Afforestation in Rangelands</span></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pastoralism & Gender</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pastoralists & Water</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rangelands & Land Degradation Neutrality</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rangelands & Biodiversity</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">6.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Economics of Pastoralism</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">7.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pastoralist Youth</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">8.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pastoralism & Land</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">9.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pastoralism & Climate Change</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">10.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Mountain Pastoralism</font></div></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Anyone interested in being <i class="">actively</i> involved in one or more of these WGs should contact Jon (in cc) and he can connect you with WG coordinators. Or if you are interested in setting up a WG on a new topic important for rangelands and pastoralists, then suggest this to Jon and he can advise you how to go about it.</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Cheers,</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ann</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font><div class="">
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word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">German Institute for Tropical & Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL) Research Fellow</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP) Core Group</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP2026) Global Secretariat</i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font size="1" class=""><i class="">E: <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" class="">waters-bayer@web.de</a> / <a href="mailto:waters-bayer@agrecol.de" class="">waters-bayer@agrecol.de</a> / <a href="mailto:a.waters-bayer@ditsl.org" class="">a.waters-bayer@ditsl.org</a></i></font></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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