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<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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Cordinator Rangelands Initiative Africa</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> |Regional Focal Point for CELEP|Cel. +254 722 90 22 23|+254 722 25 60 59<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Risgchairs <risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Igshaan Samuels<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2023 15:01<br>
<b>To:</b> risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sasha Alexander <salexander@unccd.int>; Pedro Herrera <pherrera@unccd.int><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:black">We as the IYRP GCG had a meeting with Pedro Herrera (<a href="mailto:pherrera@unccd.int" target="_blank">pherrera@unccd.int</a>), 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 <b>Regional IYRP Support Groups (RISGs) could help mobilise 1 or 2 regional, national or local experiences from each region
</b>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
<b>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. </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:black">Kind Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Igshaan Samuels<o:p></o:p></p>
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