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Resources included on this website are scientific, educational and outreach materials that refer directly to the IYRP initiative.
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- Amid FMD, a quiet success story is unfolding in South Africa’s grasslands
SARAH FRAZEE: Amid FMD, a quiet success story is unfolding in South Africa’s grasslands Communal farmers lead the way in sustainable land management. Business Day, Opinion, January 29, 2026.
- South Africa’s grasslands set a global first for community-led carbon markets
Farming Online - Farming News - South Africa’s grasslands set a global first for community-led carbon markets
- First-ever CCB-labelled credits issued under Verra's updated VM0042 methodology
- 266,255 credits from 95,364 hectares of South African grasslands managed in the first monitoring period, engaging 4,000 communal farmers, and employing almost 300 people
- Project spans 950,000 hectares of communal and commercial rangeland
- Ministry of Agriculture - Ethiopia's Post
- Key Step Toward IYRP 2026 (FAO Ethiopia)
- Why 2026 is the Critical Turning Point for Ethiopia’s Rangelands