<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="">An op-ed commentary by IYRP Global Alliance co-chair Igshaan Samuels entitled "We must prioritize rangeland conservation for planetary health and biodiversity” was posted on<i class=""> Mongabay</i> during the UNCCD COP16:</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/we-must-prioritize-rangeland-conservation-for-planetary-health-and-biodiversity-commentary/" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><b class=""><i class="">https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/we-must-prioritize-rangeland-conservation-for-planetary-health-and-biodiversity-commentary/</i></b></font></a></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="moz-forward-container"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The key ideas expressed are:</font></div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><em class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Rangelands, despite their size and significance, have been
historically under-appreciated in global conservation and climate
discussions..</font></em></li><li class=""><em class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">They cover more
than 79 million sq.km of grasslands, savannas, deserts,
shrublands, and tundra globally. But they are more than just expansive
open landscapes – rangelands are central to global economies,
ecosystems, and cultures.</font></em></li><li class=""><em class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ahead of the IYRP in 2026, governments and
conservationists have an opportunity to lay groundwork to ensure their
health for wildlife habitat and their use by pastoralists is
sustainable.</font></em></li></ul></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Happy New Year!</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ann</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><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="">Dr Ann Waters-Bayer</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">Secretariat of International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP) Global Alliance</i></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="font-family: Arial; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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="">W: <a href="http://www.agrecol.de" class="">www.agrecol.de</a> / <a href="http://www.ditsl.org" class="">www.ditsl.org</a> / <a href="http://www.celep.info" class="">www.celep.info</a> / <a href="http://www.iyrp.info" class="">www.iyrp.info</a></i></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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