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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear Igshaan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>You can find herewith a short report on our activities from Western and Central Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>In addition, we would like to let you know that we intend to commit </span><span lang=EN-US>in the organisation/planning of the Traditional Knowledge Forum to be held in 2025 in Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Harouna & Serena<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>De :</b> Risgchairs <risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> <b>De la part de</b> SEVA<br><b>Envoyé :</b> Saturday, 11 March 2023 7:26 am<br><b>À :</b> ceciturin@gmail.com<br><b>Cc :</b> risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu<br><b>Objet :</b> [Message Suspect] [Message Suspect] Re: [Risgchairs] update on RISG activities<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Igshaan,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please find attached our brief progress report for South Asia. Hope we will upload it in our web page-South Asia. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Vivekanandan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 11:36 PM <<a href="mailto:ceciturin@gmail.com">ceciturin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Dear Igshaan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Hope this email finds you well. Thanks for sharing your meeting notes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>From RISG South America please receive our apologies for not participating in the last GCG meeting. We will improve our participation for future meetings. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Appreciate if you can share the link to the meeting recording.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Regarding the required information, please find our answers below in <span style='color:red'>red</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red'> </span><span lang=EN-US>A brief update on IYRP related activities from Nov 2022 to the end of Feb 2023. We would like to populate an update for the IYRP ISG. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>Fieldwork in the Peruvian Southern Andes were carried out from November 26 to December 16 2022 by Greta Semplici (PASTRES postdoc) and Cecilia Turin as part of the small research “Rangelands and Pastoralists of Latin America” proposed in collaboration of Pablo Manzano. Alpaca and llama pastoralists contacted during fieldwork were informed about IYRP 2026 and short videos were recorded in Aymara and Spanish.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>First RISG SA coordination meeting (virtual) was realized in December 28 2022. It allowed to identify who continue interested in participating and supporting IYRP 2026.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>The research proposal “Documentation of indigenous pastoralist knowledge and practices for the sustainable management of high Andean rangelands and bofedales (Andean wetlands)” was submitted on January 30 2023 by Cecilia Turin to the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme - British Museum. Right now under assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>A meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture of Peru was carried out in January 31 2023 to increase awareness on country rangelands and pastoralists and of the importance of IYRP 2026. As a result, the Government of Peru is preparing a support letter to the Government of Mongolia and IYRP 2026. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>A webinar “Rangelands and Pastoralists of Latin America” organized by Greta Semplici and Cecilia Turin was carried out on February28 2023, where the cases of Mexico, Colombia and Peru were presented, and Pablo Manzano presented latest research.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>The blog “The futures of the pastoralist systems of Southern Andean Peru” written by Cecilia Turin and illustrated by Greta Semplici’s photos was posted on February 25<sup>th</sup> at PASTRES.org: <a href="https://pastres.org/2023/02/24/the-futures-of-the-pastoralist-systems-of-southern-andean-peru/" target="_blank">https://pastres.org/2023/02/24/the-futures-of-the-pastoralist-systems-of-southern-andean-peru/</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US>A book on “Latin-American Pastoralism” proposed by Pablo Manzano is making little advances.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US>A representative from your region (any member of your RISG) who will be part of the IYRP fundraising team. We already had some good suggestions on how to raise funds for the IYRP. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US>We may need further information to identify a person for that. We will appreciate if you could tell us what to be in this group implies, for example in terms of skills and work time. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Names of any interested person who would like to be part of a small IYRP group that will assist in the organisation/planning of the Traditional Knowledge Forum in 2025 in Australia. This activity will be led by our Australian colleagues and we will support them. We hope that this forum that will take place a few days before the IRC in Australia will be attended by pastoralists and other traditional knowledge holders from different regions of the world. We thus need to assess how we can assist by raising funds for pastoralists to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span lang=EN-US>Cecilia Turin’s one of research interests is indigenous pastoralist knowledge. She can assist in the organization and planning of the Forum 2025 but also contact Andean and other pastoralists to represent the region.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=ES style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'> </span><span lang=EN-US>Lastly, names of any person who might be interested in being part of the Indigenous Oversight Committee by providing inputs and assisting with the scope for this forum as well as other IRC 2025 events. <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=m-2316462296005734365msolistparagraph style='color:red;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><span lang=EN-US>Cecilia Turin due to same reason above.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Cecilia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>RISG South America<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Risgchairs <<a href="mailto:risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">risgchairs-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Igshaan Samuels<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 3, 2023 9:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Risgchairs] update on RISG activities<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Dear RISG chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I hope you are all doing well. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>We had a GCG meeting on 13 Feb 2023 but not all RISGs were represented. I thereby urge all RISG chairs to ensure that at least one person in your coordinating group attends the GCG meetings as very important matters are discussed. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I would like to request the following from all the regions: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><span lang=EN-US>A brief update on IYRP related activities from Nov 2022 to the end of Feb 2023. We would like to populate an update for the IYRP ISG. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><span lang=EN-US>A representative from your region (any member of your RISG) who will be part of the IYRP fundraising team. We already had some good suggestions on how to raise funds for the IYRP. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><span lang=EN-US>Names of any interested person who would like to be part of a small IYRP group that will assist in the organisation/planning of the Traditional Knowledge Forum in 2025 in Australia. This activity will be led by our Australian colleagues and we will support them. We hope that this forum that will take place a few days before the IRC in Australia will be attended by pastoralists and other traditional knowledge holders from different regions of the world. We thus need to assess how we can assist by raising funds for pastoralists to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo5'><span lang=EN-US>Lastly, names of any person who might be interested in being part of the Indigenous Oversight Committee by providing inputs and assisting with the scope for this forum as well as other IRC 2025 events. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>I still need to finalize the minutes of the last GCG meeting, but I can send you a link to the recording if you need further explanations.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>Igshaan <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-stretch:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#454545'>Disclaimer - This e-mail is subject to UWC policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at: <a href="https://www.uwc.ac.za/disclaimer" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC;background:white'>https://www.uwc.ac.za/disclaimer</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Risgchairs mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu" target="_blank">Risgchairs@list.cals.arizona.edu</a><br><a href="https://list.cals.arizona.edu/mailman/listinfo/risgchairs" target="_blank">https://list.cals.arizona.edu/mailman/listinfo/risgchairs</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Sincerely,<br>P.Vivekanandan,<br>SEVA,<br>45, T.P.M.Nagar,<br>Virattipathu,<br>Madurai - 625 016<br>Tamil Nadu, India.<br>Phone: 0452 - 238 09 43 ; 238 00 82 .(O)<br>e-mail: <a href="mailto:vivekseva@gmail.com" target="_blank">vivekseva@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>website: <a href="http://www.sevango.in" target="_blank">www.sevango.in</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>