<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 a blog about the Burren winterage transhumance in Ireland - ending in a call for the IYRP:<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><a href="https://www.ilri.org/news/ancient-farming-practices-burren-region-ireland-reveal-mutually-beneficial-relationship-between" class="">https://www.ilri.org/news/ancient-farming-practices-burren-region-ireland-reveal-mutually-beneficial-relationship-between</a></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><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="">ILRI News <<a href="mailto:noreply+feedproxy@google.com" class="">noreply+feedproxy@google.com</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="">ILRI news</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="">4 November 2021 at 20:28:40 PM CET</span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" id="emailbody" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; margin: 0px 2em; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px;" class=""><table style="border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; width: 532px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="99%" style="vertical-align: top;" class=""><h1 style="margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 6px;" class=""><a href="https://www.ilri.org/" title="(https://www.ilri.org/)" style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136); font-size: 22px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" class="">ILRI news</a></h1></td><td width="1%" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table><hr style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" class=""><table id="itemcontentlist" class=""><tbody class=""><tr xmlns="" class=""><td style="margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.4em;" class=""><p style="margin: 1em 0px 3px;" class=""><a name="1" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ilrinews/~3/zqkg2LDUISw/ancient-farming-practices-burren-region-ireland-reveal-mutually-beneficial-relationship-between?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" class="">Ancient farming practices in the Burren region of Ireland reveal the mutually beneficial relationship between farmers and the environment</a></p><p style="color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin: 9px 0px 3px; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px;" class=""><span class="">Posted:</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>02 Nov 2021 02:00 PM PDT</p><div style="margin: 0px; font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; font-size: 13px;" class=""><p class=""><em class="">The Burren's stone walls enclose grazing livestock (photo credit: Brendan Dunford)</em></p><p class="">For thousands of years, farmers in the Burren region of Ireland have marked the end of summer by moving their cattle onto ‘winterage’ pastures in the limestone uplands where they spend the winter grazing. This ancient form of transhumance, known as the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.burrenwinterage.com/winterage/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" class="">Burren Winterage</a>, has become synonymous with the Burren and its unique farming traditions. Recently recognized as part of Ireland’s...</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ilrinews/~4/zqkg2LDUISw?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" height="1" width="1" alt="" style="border: none;" class=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></body></html>