[IYRPsupportgroup] Nomination of Dr Igshaan Samuels as co-chair of IYRP GCG

[CORET Pastoralist]

>From CORET, we also support the proposal.

Mohammed

On Mon, 30 May 2022, 5:13 pm Letizia Bindi, <letizia.bindi at unimol.it> wrote:

> I support the proposal,
> Best regards to all of you,
> Letizia
>
> Il Mar 24 Mag 2022, 18:42 Ann Waters-Bayer <waters-bayer at web.de> ha
> scritto:
>
>> Dear Maryam,
>>
>> Thanks for the call for nominations for co-chair of the IYRP GCG. I would
>> like to nominate Dr Igshaan Samnuels from South Africa as your co-chair.
>>
>> Igshaan is a researcher on rangeland ecology and management for the
>> Agricultural Research Council (ARC) in South Africa. He holds a PhD in
>> Botany from the University of Cape Town and has worked in arid agricultural
>> landscapes for 19 years. His research puts him in touch with grassroots
>> activities and the challenges of pastoralists, particularly the indigenous
>> Nama peoples of South Africa. He is the current president of the Grassland
>> Society of Southern Africa (GSSA), having served in this position and other
>> GSSA portfolios previously. He is also on the International Rangeland
>> Congress (IRC) Continuing Committee representing Africa south of the
>> Sahara. Furthermore, he is part of the core leadership team of the IYRP
>> RISG for Eastern and Southern Africa and a member of the IYRP GCG. He has
>> been involved in policy development at both local and national level in
>> South Africa and is currently leading the development of the country’s
>> rangeland management strategy.
>>
>> I have been working closely with Igshaan during the awareness-raising and
>> advocacy activities leading up to the approval of the IYRP 2026. He has
>> devoted a great deal of time to these activities and has been utterly
>> reliable when we agreed on shared tasks. I can assure you 100%, Maryam: you
>> will be able to depend on Igshaan in sharing the co-chair tasks!
>>
>> I asked Igshaan about his willingness to take on the co-chair position.
>> He discussed it with his family and with his manager in ARC, as he is aware
>> that the tasks will take some time away from his other professional duties
>> and his personal life. All have supported the idea that he take on the
>> co-chair position. He has therefore agreed to accept this nomination.
>>
>> In my view, he would provide a perfect balance for you, Maryam, in
>> co-chairing the GCG.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ann
>>
>> *Dr Ann Waters-Bayer*
>> *Agrecol Association for AgriCulture & Ecology*
>> *Coalition of European Lobbies for Eastern African Pastoralism (CELEP)*
>> *International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists (IYRP2026) Global
>> Coordination Group*
>> *E: waters-bayer at web.de <waters-bayer at web.de> / waters-bayer at agrecol.de
>> <waters-bayer at agrecol.de>*
>> *S: ann-waters*
>>
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