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In the North American Great Plains, we have experience of 100 years or more of planting trees in native rangelands and a lack of tree-removing prescribed burning due to a forestry bias. The result isn't good for rangelands, as detailed in this new publication.</div>
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<p>Carol Baldwin, Ph.D.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> on behalf of Enkh-Amgalan Tseelei <enkhamgalan@greengold.mn><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 9, 2021 9:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ariell Ahearn Ligham <ariell.ahearn@ouce.ox.ac.uk>; Flintan, Fiona (ILRI) <F.Flintan@cgiar.org>; iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu <iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] President of Mongolia commits to planting a billion trees by 2030</font>
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This email originated from outside of K-State.</p>
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This is even worse…</p>
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<a href="https://montsame.mn/en/read/279993?fbclid=IwAR2VwOfwffIrD1KPzfpGVTzPy48OVKJMMqwfWQVMbZJpqjIbRcMneCYKwRY">UNCCD expresses readiness to support President’s initiative (montsame.mn)</a></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 9, 2021 10:51:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Flintan, Fiona (ILRI) <F.Flintan@cgiar.org>; iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu <iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] President of Mongolia commits to planting a billion trees by 2030</font>
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It reminds me of Stalin's great plan for the 'transformation of nature' - also an enormous afforestation campaign to keep the steppe at bay. It was fraught with racist ideas about steppe landscapes, 'drying winds' from Asia and was obsessed with expanding agricultural
cultivation into the grasslands. <br>
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A great article on this topic: Brain, Stephen. "The great Stalin plan for the transformation of nature."
<i>Environmental History</i> 15.4 (2010): 670-700.<br>
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I personally think planting a billion trees in Mongolia is a huge waste of time and money. Better to shut down the coal mines if you really want to make a positive impact for the environment and society.
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<b>Sent:</b> 07 November 2021 13:57<br>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am wondering where this tree planting will take place:
<a href="https://montsame.mn/en/read/279993">https://montsame.mn/en/read/279993</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black">Senior Scientist-Rangelands and Pastoralism, ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) (hosted at IFAD Rome)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black; background:white">Skype: fiona.flintan </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black; background:white">Support the call for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists! https://www.iyrp.info</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></i></p>
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