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<div class="">Thanks for the summary and for sharing the links.</div>
<div class="">Congratulations to all! :-)</div>
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<div class="">All the best,</div>
<div class="">Kathrine</div>
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<div class="">On 16 Mar 2019, at 15:07, Maryam Niamir-Fuller <<a href="mailto:mniafull2@gmail.com" class="">mniafull2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Dear friends and colleagues
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<div class="">I am very pleased to share with you the final Resolution L17 passed yesterday by the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) at its 4th Session. It was originally proposed by the Government of Kenya and supported by the Africa Group.</div>
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<div class="">It is a very significant achievement to have a resolution specifically on rangelands and pastoralism (compared for example to having a sentence embedded into another wider resolution). In my opinion it shows that the world's governments and other
stakeholders are becoming increasingly cognizant of the vital importance of addressing this issue in all of its aspects. </div>
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<div class="">A careful reading of the resolution will show you that:</div>
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<div class="">a) there continues to be support for raising global awareness, and it recognizes the process for an IYRP that the Government of Mongolia has initiated through FAO's COAG; our eyes therefore turn next to that process;</div>
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<div class="">b) UNEP has been requested to assist countries who wish to conduct regional assessments of rangelands and pastoralism; my hope is that we will now have a way to work together to first harmonize methodologies and terminologies for these assessments,
and to focus collectively on the gaps in information identified through the UNEP Gap Analysis (Case of Benign Neglect) and other efforts. </div>
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<div class="">c) efforts should be redoubled to seek innovative solutions; the resolution acknowledges the value of traditional knowledge grazing and herding mechanisms and institutions, and calls for ecosystem restoration, resilience planning, financing of
sustainable development, and more.</div>
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<div class="">The final text of the Resolution in all 5 UN languages can be found on:</div>
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<div class=""><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" class=""><font color="#0000ff" class=""><a href="http://web.unep.org/environmentassembly/ministerial-declaration-resolutions-and-decisions-unea-4" class="">http://web.unep.org/environmentassembly/ministerial-declaration-resolutions-and-decisions-unea-4</a> </font></span></div>
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<div class="">The UNEP Gap Analysis report can be found on:</div>
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<div class="">> The report and its executive summaries in 5 UN languages: <font color="#0000ff" class="">
<a href="http://www.grida.no/publications/428" class="">http://www.grida.no/publications/428</a></font></div>
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<div class="">> The story map presentation: <font color="#0000ff" class=""><a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=e34ff8095ea34e96a298d13e861b8b9d" class="">https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=e34ff8095ea34e96a298d13e861b8b9d</a></font></div>
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<div class="">I wish to thank so many of our colleagues who worked both in Nairobi and elsewhere to make this Resolution happen, and the institutional support particularly of the Governments of Mongolia and Kenya, of IRC, SRM, GRID-Arendal, ILRI, IUCN, CELEP,
and all those who attended the Ministerial Breakfast at UNEA. I apologize if I have inadvertently left anyone out!</div>
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<div class="">In conclusion, I believe that this Resolution L17, and the UNEP Gap Analysis report can be effective tools for you to work within your countries and institutions to continue to enhance our collective support to sustainable rangelands and pastoralism. </div>
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<div class="">Thank you and best regards</div>
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<div class="">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller</div>
<div class="">Advisor on Sustainability</div>
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