<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="">FYI; Event as part of IYRP campaign: Pastoral Communities’ Territories ofLife in Asia, virtual workshop, 16 July 2021<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"<a href="mailto:pastoralist-hub@fao.org" class="">pastoralist-hub@fao.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pastoralist-hub@fao.org" class="">pastoralist-hub@fao.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[pastoralist-hub] Fw: Pastoral Communities’ Territories of Life in Asia; Tales of Coexistence of Nature and People - Virtual Workshop on 16th July 2021</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">8 July 2021 at 12:19:52 PM CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Forum of the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub" <<a href="mailto:pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org" class="">pastoralist-hub@dgroups.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Pastoral Communities’ Territories of Life in Asia;</span></strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Tales of Coexistence of Nature and People</span></strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""> </div><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><strong class="">Virtual workshop about Rangelands and Pastoralism in Asia</strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""> </div><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><strong class="">16 July 2021</strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" class=""> </div><div align="left" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Rangelands and pastoralism are essential for millions of people around the world, providing or contributing to livelihoods, food security, and cultural identity. Around half of the Earth's land surface is rangeland. As rangelands are often among the harshest of environments, many pastoral communities have adopted a seasonal migration lifestyle in their ancestral territories in order to increase their resilience to natural challenges and simultaneously to sustain natural resources. As the late Dr Taghi Farvar regularly noted, "the migratory practices of indigenous peoples are almost always <em class="">de facto</em> nature conservation strategies".</span></div><div align="left" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">To acknowledge the vital roles of rangelands and pastoralism for human wellbeing and nature conservation and to support and bring greater recognition to the upcoming International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) in 2026, a virtual workshop is scheduled for July 16, 2021, on <strong class="">Pastoral Communities’ Territories of Life</strong> in grasslands/rangelands across Eurasia.</span></div><div align="left" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">The workshop is co-hosted by the ICCA Consortium, the ICCA-GSI, GEF SGP (UNDP), and collaboration of Regional IYRP Support Groups (RISGs) for the IYRP 2026: East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, and Central Asia & Mongolia. The high-level objectives of this inaugural special event are to establish an <em class="">Asia-wide Learning Network</em> on rangelands and pastoralism, particularly in relation to local and indigenous pastoral communities' Territories of Life, and to promote the IYRP 2026.</span></div><div align="left" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 6pt 0in;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">The specific objectives of this one-day special event are the following:</span></div><ul class=""><li style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 15px; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">To share experiences (best practices, key challenges) on rangelands and pastoral communities’ territories of life/ ICCAs from across Asia</span></li><li style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 15px; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">To declare support for the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralism (IYRP)</span></li><li style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 15px; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">To determine key topics, format, and timing for follow-up events and other actions</span></li><li style="margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 15px; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">To commemorate the life, work and vision of Dr M. Taghi Farvar</span></li></ul><div style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">During this event participants will contribute toward the planning of a series of workshops in Asia to further advance the above objectives and enhance enabling environments that promote and strengthen the role of </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">territories of life / </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">ICCAs </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">in the conservation of nature </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">at various levels.</span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Dr M. Taghi Farvar (1942-2018) was a pioneer in bringing to light the collective conservation capacities of indigenous peoples and local communities. Throughout his life, he defended their collective rights over their territories, and sought to influence relevant policies at national and international levels. An account of Dr Farvar’s life and achievements is available at </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.iccaconsortium.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Mohammad-Taghi-FARVAR-24-July-2018-1.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">https://www.iccaconsortium.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Mohammad-Taghi-FARVAR-24-July-2018-1.pdf</span></a></span></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 9pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""> </div><div style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin-bottom: 9pt; text-align: justify;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">The workshop will be held on July 16, 2021<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""> from 16:00-20:00 ULAT (</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Virtual+workshop+about+rangelands+and+pastoralism+in+Asia&iso=20210716T16&p1=720&ah=4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">check local times here</span></span></a><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">)</span><span style="color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-size: 12pt;" class="">.</span></span></span></strong></div><div align="left" style="font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 6pt 0in 9pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class=""><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The workshop will be held on Zoom. 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