<div dir="ltr">Apologies - email meant for my Australian colleagues sent to you all by mistake.<div>Sincere apologies!!!<div>Dana</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:33 PM Dana Kelly <<a href="mailto:danammkelly@gmail.com">danammkelly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone, <div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>All IYRP groups are being encouraged to Case studies to be submitted - and there is not much time. I am checking the Due Date!</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Igshaan Samuels</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:isamuels@uwc.ac.za" target="_blank">isamuels@uwc.ac.za</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 10:00 PM<br>Subject: [Risgchairs] Global Outlook Thematic Report on Rangelands and Pastoralists<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>><br>Cc: Sasha Alexander <<a href="mailto:salexander@unccd.int" target="_blank">salexander@unccd.int</a>>, Pedro Herrera <<a href="mailto:pherrera@unccd.int" target="_blank">pherrera@unccd.int</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div style="min-height:100%"><div style="width:1536px"><div><div style="display:flex;background-color:transparent"><div style="overflow:hidden"><div style="border-radius:16px;margin-bottom:16px;overflow-y:hidden"><div><div><div><div><div id="m_8339493096603402031m_9115612887973185673m_-2906566743698979805gmail-:3" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;overflow-y:scroll;padding-right:0px;height:536px"><div id="m_8339493096603402031m_9115612887973185673m_-2906566743698979805gmail-:1" style="padding:0px;vertical-align:bottom;min-height:346px"><div><div role="main"><div><table cellpadding="0" role="presentation" style="border-spacing:0px;padding:0px;border-collapse:collapse;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;min-height:64ex;display:block;width:1140px"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:0px"><div style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;min-height:64ex;margin:0px;padding-right:16px"><div><div style="background-color:transparent;min-width:502px;padding:0px"><div role="list"><div role="listitem" aria-expanded="true" style="clear:both;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:100000px;outline:none"><div style="margin-bottom:0px;border-width:0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);border-right-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-radius:0px;width:1124px"><div style="padding-top:0px;background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-left-color:initial;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgba(100,121,143,0.12);border-radius:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><div><div id="m_8339493096603402031m_9115612887973185673m_-2906566743698979805gmail-:21l"><div><div style="border-left:none;padding:0px;display:flex"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:1052px"><div><div id="m_8339493096603402031m_9115612887973185673m_-2906566743698979805gmail-:155" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="m_8339493096603402031m_9115612887973185673m_-2906566743698979805gmail-:21j" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.5;overflow:hidden"><div><div><div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-size:small;margin:0cm">Dear RISG chairs<font face="HelveticaNeue" style="font-size:15px"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:rgb(0,112,192)"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size:small;margin:0cm"><br></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB">The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is preparing a Global Land Outlook (GLO) Thematic Report </span><span lang="EN-GB">that will</span><span lang="EN-GB"> comprehensively analys</span><span lang="EN-GB">e</span><span lang="EN-GB"> the dynamics linking pastoralists and the land they use, focusing on rangelands. And they have asked for our help.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB">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 </span><span lang="EN-GB">and thereby</span><span lang="EN-GB"> contribut</span><span lang="EN-GB">e</span><span lang="EN-GB"> to multiple Sustainable Development Goals in the different regions of the world.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">The recommendations included in the report will be built upon a collection of </span><span lang="EN-US">experiences</span><span lang="EN-US"> from all around the world, linking </span><span lang="EN-US">pastoralists with issues of</span><span lang="EN-US"> rangeland management and governance.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-US">We as the IYRP GCG had a meeting with </span><span lang="EN-US">Pedro Herrera (</span><a href="mailto:pherrera@unccd.int" target="_blank">pherrera@unccd.int</a>)<span lang="EN-US">,</span><span lang="EN-US"> the coordinator of this report</span><span lang="EN-US">,</span><span lang="EN-US"> and agreed that the GLO Rangelands report should be aligned with the IYRP approach and </span><span lang="EN-US">fully</span><span lang="EN-US"> acknowledge </span><span lang="EN-US">the IYRP</span><span lang="EN-US">. Also that the </span><b><span lang="EN-US">Regional </span><span lang="EN-US">IYRP </span><span lang="EN-US">Support </span><span lang="EN-US">Groups </span><span lang="EN-US">(RISGs)</span><span lang="EN-US"> could help </span><span lang="EN-US">mobilise</span><span lang="EN-US"> 1 o</span><span lang="EN-US">r</span><span lang="EN-US"> 2 regional</span><span lang="EN-US">, national </span><span lang="EN-US">or</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><b> local experiences from each region </b>that could  illustrate our main lines of </span><span lang="EN-US">argument and </span><span lang="EN-US">action regarding land management and governance. The report will collect</span><span lang="EN-US"> experiences</span><span lang="EN-US"> from all regions </span><span lang="EN-US">of the world</span><span lang="EN-US"> and <b>we </b></span><b><span lang="EN-US">want to</span><span lang="EN-US"> ensure that as many appropriate </span><span lang="EN-US">cases as possible with a wide geographic coverage hopefully from ALL 11 IYRP regions are available, from which cases for the report would</span><span lang="EN-US"> 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. </span></b></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">Pedro is</span><span lang="EN-US"> prepared</span><span lang="EN-US"> to have direct contact with any RISG co-chairs</span><span lang="EN-US"> who</span><span lang="EN-US"> could help to gather those contributions by disseminat</span><span lang="EN-US">ing</span><span lang="EN-US"> the call </span><span lang="EN-US">and/or</span><span lang="EN-US"> pointing to key </span><span lang="EN-US">experiences</span><span lang="EN-US"> and people behind them </span><span lang="EN-US">and/or</span><span lang="EN-US"> actually contributing</span><span lang="EN-US"> information on</span><span lang="EN-US"> cutting-edge </span><span lang="EN-US">experiences in your region</span><span lang="EN-US">. You may receive an email from him or you can contact him </span><span lang="EN-US">at</span><span lang="EN-US"> his </span><span lang="EN-US">e</span><span lang="EN-US">mail address </span><span lang="EN-US">given above</span><span lang="EN-US">. </span><span lang="EN-US">H</span><span lang="EN-US">e will directly follow up </span><span lang="EN-US">on </span><span lang="EN-US">any case you provide.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">I’m sharing with you two documents: 1) the UNCCD call for contributions and 2) the template to provide a summary of </span><span lang="EN-US">a relevant experience</span><span lang="EN-US">.<u></u><u></u></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">We would like to encourage you to</span><span lang="EN-US"> communicate </span><span lang="EN-US">with Pedro, collaborate with </span><span lang="EN-US">him in preparing </span><span lang="EN-US">this report and help mobilise some good cases, as we think that </span><span lang="EN-US">the results of this report could provide tremendous support </span><span lang="EN-US">for the IYRP</span><span lang="EN-US"> initiative</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></font></div></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm"><font face="HelveticaNeue" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US">Kind Regards,</span></font></div><div style="margin:0cm">Igshaan Samuels</div><div style="margin:0cm">IYRP co-chair </div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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