<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">And may I add that we are currently developing an <b class=""><i class="">IYRP 2026 Newsletter</i></b> for the International Grassland Congress (IGC) in Kentucky, USA, this May and would like to be able to link to the latest news update from all the RISGs. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class="">
<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 21 Mar 2023, at 23:00 PM, Igshaan Samuels <<a href="mailto:isamuels@uwc.ac.za" class="">isamuels@uwc.ac.za</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Dear RISG chairs<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you to all the regions who have responded and provided a brief report and names of people who will assist with the Traditional Knowledge Forum event and fundraising for the IYRP. I have received responses from South Asia, CAM, WCA and South America. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It would be great if all regions could respond to my initial requests. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Igshaan Samuels</div><div class="">IYRP ISG co-chair </div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 4:18 PM Igshaan Samuels <<a href="mailto:isamuels@uwc.ac.za" class="">isamuels@uwc.ac.za</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class="">Dear RISG chairs<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you are all doing well. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to request the following from all the regions: </div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class="">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. </li><li class="">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. </li><li class="">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. </li><li class="">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. </li></ul><div class="">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.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards</div><div class="">Igshaan </div></div>
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