[Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists

[Dana Kelly]

Apologies - email meant for my Australian colleagues sent to you all by
mistake.
Sincere apologies!!!
Dana

On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:33 PM Dana Kelly <danammkelly at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> I was on a ZOOM call last night, the first RISG Chair's meeting for 2023.
> Below is a call for 2-3 Case studies from Australia for Global Land Outlook
> being prepared by the UNCCD.
>
> All IYRP groups are being encouraged to Case studies to be submitted - and
> there is not much time. I am checking the Due Date!
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Igshaan Samuels <isamuels at uwc.ac.za>
> Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:00 PM
> Subject: [Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and
> Pastoralists
> To: <risgchairs at list.cals.arizona.edu>
> Cc: Sasha Alexander <salexander at unccd.int>, Pedro Herrera <
> pherrera at unccd.int>
>
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> 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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> Dear Igshaan,
> Could someone please clarify the date when these Case Studies need to be
> provided please. I have looked but cannot see it, and I remember that the
> time frame was quite short.
>
> Best regards
> Dana
>


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*Dana Kelly PhD*
*Adjunct A/ Professor *
*Centre for Applied Climate Sciences*

*University of Southern Queensland*
*Mobile +61 418745889*

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2026  https://www.iyrp.info <https://www.iyrp.info/>*
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