[Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists

Tue Feb 14 06:01:19 MST 2023

Dear Igshaan,

Thank you for this useful update. It is indeed an opportunity to define some of the regional cases to help build the momentum around the IYRP initiatives.

Ken

From: Risgchairs <risgchairs-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu> On Behalf Of Igshaan Samuels
Sent: 14 February 2023 15:01
To: risgchairs at list.cals.arizona.edu
Cc: Sasha Alexander <salexander at unccd.int>; Pedro Herrera <pherrera at unccd.int>
Subject: [Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists

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<mailto: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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