IYRP News

UNCCD COP16 passed decision on rangelands & pastoralists
Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Forum at IRC2025 in Adelaide
GASL-IYRP side event on gender at 2nd Session of COAG Subcommittee on Livestock, 16 July 2024
IYRP Newsletter

June 2024
IRC2025 in Australia with strong focus on IYRP2026

3rd announcement of IRC2025
Eulogy for former IYRP chair Jim O'Rourke

Jim O’Rourke, who spearheaded the IYRP initiative, died on 5 March 2024. A eulogy for this remarkable man, whose passion for rangelands continued to burn into his 82nd year.
IYRP coalition agrees to cooperate with Carpathian Convention in Europe
Three co-chairs of IYRP coalition as of January 2024
IYRP newsletter November 2023

November 2023
Pastoralists advocate at GASL 2023 meeting in Thailand
IYRP at GASL 2023 - report by Nitya Ghotge
IYRP in 58th Congress of Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA)
IYRP at IGC 2023 in Kentucky, USA
IYRP newsletter for IGC May 2023
RISG update Nov 2022 - Mar 2023
IYRP Global Coordination Group Co-Chairs

Maryam Niamir-Fuller & Igshaan Samuels
November 2022 update on IYRP2026
June 2022 update on IYRP2026
IYRP at RWSN webinar on pastoralism & water
Stockholm+50 side event on rangelands & pastoralists, 2 June 2022
Mongolian Ambassador's letter of appreciation to IYRP International Support Group

sent from Permanent Mission of Mongolia to ISG
IYRP Declaration Celebrated at GIZ-Ethiopia & MetaMeta (Dream II Conference) 18-03-22

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Celebrating UNGA approval of IYRP 2026!
IYRP symposium at SRM 2022 conference
November 2021 update on IYRP designation process
Poster on glossary of pastoralist-related terms for IGC-IRC2021
Mongolian Ambassador addresses UNGA about IYRP 6.10.21

https://estatements.unmeetings.org/estatements/11.0020/20211006/LeMkKYBq1F1I/rz5wh5oFAfjg_en.pdf
Mongolian Ambassador addresses UNGA about IYRP 6 Oct 2021

https://estatements.unmeetings.org/estatements/11.0020/20211006/LeMkKYBq1F1I/rz5wh5oFAfjg_en.pdf
Mobile Pastoralism, Game Changing Ideas, and IYRP

Presentation by Maryam Niamir-Fuller at the Global Grasslands & Savannah Dialogue Platform, 7 September 2021
IYRP session on pastoralism at UNFSS Pre-Summit
UNFSS pre-summit session on pastoralism 26.07.21
IYRP session on pastoralism at UNFSS Pre-Summit 26 July 2021

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July 2021 update on IYRP designation process
HLPF side event on sustainable pastoralism 6 July 2021 news item
HLPF side event on sustainable pastoralism 6 July 2021 VIDEO

Video of HLPF Event
April 2021 update on IYRP designation process
November 2020 update on IYRP designation process (ppt)

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