[IYRPsupportgroup] IYRP: Word Clouds for "Rangelands" and "Pastoralist" - May 2021

[Ykhanbai Hijaba]

Dear Ann,

Thank you. Yes, good to know.

On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 5:10 AM Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de> wrote:

> Dear IYRP ISG members,
>
> Here are two Word Clouds that show how many different names there are for
> "rangelands" and "pastoralist" around the world (in English, more or less).
> We hope that this will help to harmonise how we communicate and what we
> mean when we use these two words in our efforts to raise awareness for the
> IYRP.  We expect countries and people to continue using the words they feel
> most comfortable with and, through these two images, to be able to
> communicate with others effectively.
>
> The words included in the Clouds were suggested by 74 people responding to
> an online survey distributed to the ISG and RISGs. The top three Search
> Engines chosen were: Google (46%), Bing (18%) and Yahoo (7%). Only Google
> was searched in preparation of these graphics, as it is not possible to
> combine results electronically from different search engines. Some words
> suggested by respondents were not included either because they did not get
> any hits on Google or because they got too few to appear on the image. The
> size of each word reflects how commonly the word is used in information
> contained in Google as of May 2021. The search was done only in the English
> language.
>
> We thank Barbara Hutchinson, Sheila Merrigan and Maria del Carme Aranguren
> from the University of Arizona for helping to prepare these images.
>
> We encourage the RISGs to prepare similar Word Clouds in other languages
> and to share them with us for the website.
>
> By 2026, these Word Clouds may look somewhat different - that will make
> for an interesting comparison.
>
> All the best,
>
> Maryam and Ann
>
>
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Best regards,

*Hijaba Ykhanbai*, Dr, Director, Environment and Development Association
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