<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Dear Fiona and colleagues,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Many thanks Ann for sharing the information. Although I will not be able to participate in Tropentag, I fully support Fiona's idea to promote the IYRP during the event.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Tungaa</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 5:11 PM Flintan, Fiona (ILRI) <<a href="mailto:F.Flintan@cgiar.org">F.Flintan@cgiar.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">




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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">I was actually thinking that the IYRP should put a proposal for a panel together promoting the year and providing the case for the year highlighting importance of rangelands from a grassroots to global level....of course
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 29, 2019 10:43:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ann Waters-Bayer <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" target="_blank">waters-bayer@web.de</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] Pre-Tropentag workshop: Research in pastoral systems: filling gaps and avoid methodological traps</font>
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<div dir="auto">Hi Ann and everyone, 
<div>I am not sure if this an appropriate request. I wonder if I could ask people if they would be happy to promote the next International Rangelands & Grassland Congress which will be held in Nairobi October 2020? </div>
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<div>I am happy to send through materials if this is OK.</div>
<div>Best regards</div>
<div>Dana</div>
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<div>We have flyers and posters of different sizes available. These can be obtained from the Kenyan <br>
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On 26 Jul 2019, at 12:10 am, Ann Waters-Bayer <<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" target="_blank">waters-bayer@web.de</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>In case any of you will be in Germany in September for the Tropentag 2019 conference at the University of Kassel - or know of others who might be there and interested in this pre-conference workshop on research in pastoral systems - I send you this announcement
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<div>Of course, attention will be drawn to the proposed IYRP during the workshop and the film festival.</div>
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<div><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Organisers: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Ann Waters-Bayer, Agrecol Association; Brigitte Kaufmann, DITSL (German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical
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<div><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Date: </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 09:00 – 12:00 h</span></div>
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<div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Why are there so many misunderstandings about pastoralism and rangeland management? The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) asked the UN Environment Programme to make an analysis of
 the gaps in data and other information on pastoralism and rangelands. This workshop takes the opportunity of a Tropentag with the theme “</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri">Filling gaps and removing traps for sustainable resources
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">The lead author of the gap analysis, Kathrine Johnsen (Norway), will present the main findings of the study team. Panellists from Benin, Kenya, Turkey and Germany will discuss how researchers could fill
 some of the gaps identified in the study. They will also highlight challenges in conducting research on pastoralism, e.g. mobility and multifunctionality in common property systems of resource use, and suggest appropriate research methods for working with
 mobile peoples using heterogeneous rangeland resources. They will offer examples of such research in West and Eastern Africa and in the Mediterranean region. Discussion will then be opened up to the other participants.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">This workshop is meant primarily for graduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers dealing with issues of resource use and management by pastoralists and other stakeholders in rangeland
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">9:00 – 9:40         Kathrine Johnsen, GRID-Arendal, Norway: </span><b style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">A case of benign neglect – gaps in knowledge </b><b style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">about
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">10:35 – 10:50    Engin Yilmaz, Yolda Initiative, Turkey: </span><b style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">Investigating links between pastoral mobility and biological and cultural diversity</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"> –
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt">11:10 – 11:55    Discussion among panellists and with other workshop participants about emerging issues (moderation: Ann Waters-Bayer)</span></div>
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<div><b><i><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri">Open-air film festival</span></u></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri">: To set the scene for the workshop, short films about pastoralism
 in various parts of the world will be shown on the eve of the workshop – on Tuesday 17 September from 19:00 h onwards – in the patio of the Periptero kiosk on</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri"> Moritzstrasse
 (beside the LEO Learning Centre and across the street from the Campus Centre)</span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri">. If it rains, the films will be shown in the old Lecture Hall 1. Be prepared to be flexible
 and mobile – like pastoralists!</span></i></b></div>
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<div><b><i>PLEASE NOTE!</i></b></div>
<div>The Tropentag organisers are asking for email registration for the pre-conference workshops. Registration for this pre-conference workshop is free of charge. Workshops with less than 10 persons registered by 15 August will be cancelled. The size of the
 room assigned to the workshop will depend on the number of persons who pre-register.</div>
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<div>Therefore:<b><i> if you intend to join the workshop on research in pastoral systems, please register by sending me an email (<a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" target="_blank">waters-bayer@web.de</a>) by 15 August!</i></b></div>
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<div>Please share this announcement with others who may be interested.</div>
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<div>Thanks! Ann</div>
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