[Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists

[Dana Kelly]

Thanks so much Igshaan!

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:00 PM Igshaan Samuels <isamuels at uwc.ac.za> wrote:

>
> Dear RISG chairs
>
> The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is
> preparing a Global Land Outlook (GLO) Thematic Report that will comprehensively
> analyse the dynamics linking pastoralists and the land they use, focusing
> on rangelands. And they have asked for our help.
> This GLO report will show evidence on how sustainable rangeland management
> and rehabilitation contribute to achieving land degradation neutrality,
> improved livelihoods, and ecosystem restoration worldwide and thereby
>  contribute to multiple Sustainable Development Goals in the different
> regions of the world.
> The recommendations included in the report will be built upon a collection
> of experiences from all around the world, linking pastoralists with
> issues of rangeland management and governance.
>
> We as the IYRP GCG had a meeting with Pedro Herrera (pherrera at unccd.int), the
> coordinator of this report, and agreed that the GLO Rangelands report
> should be aligned with the IYRP approach and fully acknowledge the IYRP.
> Also that the *Regional IYRP Support Groups (RISGs) could help mobilise 1
> or 2 regional, national or** local experiences from each region *that
> could  illustrate our main lines of argument and action regarding land
> management and governance. The report will collect experiences from all
> regions of the world and *we **want to ensure that as many
> appropriate cases as possible with a wide geographic coverage hopefully
> from ALL 11 IYRP regions are available, from which cases for the report
> would be selected.  We know that each region provides a unique context and
> set of experiences that this report and the subsequent use of this
> information could benefit from. It is also a way of us acknowledging the
> good work from those in our regions and we through this report, elevate
> those messages to a global audience. *
>
> Pedro is prepared to have direct contact with any RISG co-chairs who could
> help to gather those contributions by disseminating the call and/or pointing
> to key experiences and people behind them and/or actually contributing information
> on cutting-edge experiences in your region. You may receive an email from
> him or you can contact him at his email address given above. He will
> directly follow up on any case you provide.
>
> I’m sharing with you two documents: 1) the UNCCD call for contributions
> and 2) the template to provide a summary of a relevant experience.
> We would like to encourage you to communicate with Pedro, collaborate
> with him in preparing this report and help mobilise some good cases, as
> we think that the results of this report could provide tremendous support for
> the IYRP initiative.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Igshaan Samuels
> IYRP co-chair
>
>
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