<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 4 Sep 2020, at 14:39 PM, Pablo Manzano Baena <<a href="mailto:pablo.manzano.baena@gmail.com" class="">pablo.manzano.baena@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I like the idea of the video testimony very much too. And it should be easy to get thanks to the widespread smartphone use.<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><span class=""><font size="1" class=""><span class=""><font size="1" class=""><span class=""><font size="1" class=""><span class=""></span></font></span></font></span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El vie., 4 sept. 2020 a las 12:44, Jurgen Hoth (<<a href="mailto:jurgenhoth1521@gmail.com" class="">jurgenhoth1521@gmail.com</a>>) escribió:<br class=""></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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<div class="gmail-m_-6172109581144270733WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Maryam, <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for your always wise advise.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Quick question. Is this the definition you have in mind for Rangelands:
<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">“Land on which the indigenous vegetation (climax or natural potential) is predominately grasses, grass-like plants, forbs, or shrubs and
is managed as a natural ecosystem. If plants are introduced, they are managed similarly. Rangelands include natural grasslands, savannas, shrublands, many deserts, tundra, alpine communities, marshes, and wet meadows (SRM 1999).”<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36pt"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">I think making the video and testimony you suggested would make a great contribution towards our common effort.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Best,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Jürgen<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p>
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<b class="">Date: </b>Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 3:33 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To: </b>Ilse Köhler-Rollefson <<a href="mailto:ilse.koehlerroll@googlemail.com" target="_blank" class="">ilse.koehlerroll@googlemail.com</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Cc: </b>"<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank" class="">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank" class="">iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>><br class="">
<b class="">Subject: </b>Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] Information about IYRP for pastoralist organisations - call for letters of support/commitment & visual materials for website<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Ilse<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Good comments. But in our discussions in the past, we made a deliberate choice to be inclusive in our definition
<i class="">for the purpose of the IYRP</i>. The IYRP is a global worldwide initiative for all people whose livelihood depends on rangelands. (Note that the definition of "rangeland" comes from the International Rangeland Congress). For example, the folks herding reindeers
do consider themselves as pastoralists (and these are semi-wild animals); also the southern african pastoralists who also have (and manage) wild ruminants in their domain. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps at some point in the future we can try to get an academic consensus on who is a ‘pastoralist’ , but for now it is important that we maintain an inclusive and extensive definition in order for the IYRP to be meaningful and useful
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">Would folks agree if we were to make a short video of testimony from as many pastoralists from around the world - all they have to say is "hello, my name is xxxx. I'm a pastoralist/rancher/herder (etc) from xxxx and I support the IYRP.
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