[IYRPsupportgroup] Comments needed: IRC 2025 draft Resolutions

[Matt Luizza]

Hi Maryam,

Thanks for sharing this. Basing my review on the *IRC draft
27apr25-ddb *document,
my only comments for consideration pertain to Resolution 4: *"Commit to
inclusive knowledge co-production that involves Indigenous Peoples."*

I would encourage tweaking this language, as "involving" Indigenous Peoples
doesn't fully capture the idea of co-equal partnerships explicit to the
concept of "knowledge co-production" and it could afford an easy avenue for
delegates to pay mere lip service through "consultation".

Perhaps something to the effect of: *"Commit to inclusive knowledge
co-production that upholds Indigenous Peoples' right to self-determination,
ensuring their equal participation, leadership, and ownership in all stages
of the process."*

Additionally, the following sentence is fairly long and would benefit from
being broken up (additional copy edit tweaks included below).

*"to actively encourage all delegates to respectfully recognize the value
of indigenous and local knowledge and acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the
custodians of that knowledge. Furthermore, support to development of
solutions that are recognized by diverse stakeholders and that specifically
address reflect the aspirtions aspirations of Indigenous Peoples. and
effectively bridge the knowledge gap about rangelands and pastoralism
through a decade of action on co-production of new knowledge." *

Cheers,
Matt

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM Srijana Joshi Rijal <Srijana.Joshi at icimod.org>
wrote:

> Dear Maryam,
>
> Thank you so much for the opportunity to provide our input to the draft
> resolutions. I suggest adding mobilize resources in resolution 1    “to
> raise awareness, build coalitions, mobilize resources, influence national
> and international policies” and agree with the inputs provided by alliance
> members
>
>
>
> Looking forward to meeting you in IRC 2025
>
> Regards,
>
> Srijana
>
>
>
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> The International Rangeland Congress is meeting 2-6 June 2025 in Adelaide
> Australia.
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> The theme of the Congress is *‘Working Together for our Global Rangelands
> Future*’.
> (https://irc2025.rangelandcongress.org).  The Congress sub-themes
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> > Valuing rangelands and pastoral systems for their societal contribution;
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> > Co-design, partnerships, and incorporating traditional knowledge for
> more enduring rangeland outcomes
> > Technology, information systems, communication, and big data to aid
> monitoring and decision making
> > Integrating rangeland ecology into management
> > Managing risk – climate and other system shocks and trends
> > Livestock production systems in a world of changing drivers
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> > Multi-functional land use in rangelands – moving beyond niche
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> The IRC 2025 is an important event that can contribute to achieving
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> that will be considered and voted upon by delegates at the end of the
> Congress. A draft of 5 possible resolutions has been drawn up by the IYRP
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