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IYRP News
- Survey on the future of pastoralism
What are you asking the world to do for rangelands and pastoralists in the next 25 years?
- Take the survey (Link to FAO.org)
- GA4RP policy recommendations
- Society for Range Management op-ed for IYRP: sustainable grazing is the key
The Royal Australian Mint’s latest release, Heart and Soul of Australia: International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, honours the people and places who call the vast red heart of Australia home – the people behind the food on our tables and the fibres in our clothes – and their stories of resilience and sense of community.
- Botswana rangelands and the IYRP 2026 (Video; 2:55 minutes)
Description: The video is sharing the launch of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralist of 2026 and its significance to Botswana.
Originator: Baitshepi
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- Announcing rangeland awards 2026
- SRM 2026 awards ceremony video (incl. Renner Awards)
- SRM 2026 Renner Award press release
- SRM Renner Award introduction to the winners - 8 minutes
- SRM awards ceremony - YouTube - the Renner Award starts at 23 min.
- SRM Monterey Maryam Niamir-Fuller plenary speech (with notes)
- Acceptance speeches for SRM Renner Awards
- Shepherd's Eye In The Sky
- Pastoralists and civil society mobilise for IYRP 2026
See the full list of the Pastoralist Gatherings.
- IYRP Global Alliance launches appeal for support to pastoralist gatherings in 2025-2026
- Andean Regional Gathering a success!
Tiquipaya, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 4-6 August 2025
- Meeting summary
- Presentation (pdf)
- Declaran IYRP GA amigo de la ciudad Tiquipaya, Bolivia (pdf)
- Poster
- Mongabay: "We must prioritize rangeland conservation for planetary health & biodiversity"
The production of this op-ed by Igshaan Samuels was supported by the STELARR project funded by GEF.
- IYRP newsletter
- IYRP newsletter June 2024
3rd announcement of IRC2025
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.
https://www.iccaconsortium.org/index.php/2023/02/17/rangelands-pastoralism-global-initiative-pastoralists-territories-of-life-workshop-recap/
Maryam Niamir-Fuller & Igshaan Samuels
sent from Permanent Mission of Mongolia to ISG
- IYRP Declaration celebrated at GIZ-Ethiopia & MetaMeta (Dream II Conference) 18-03-22
Presentation by Maryam Niamir-Fuller at the Global Grasslands & Savannah Dialogue Platform, 7 September 2021
- IYRP session on pastoralism at UNFSS Pre-Summit 26 July 2021
Press Releases
The Royal Australian Mint’s latest release, Heart and Soul of Australia: International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, honours the people and places who call the vast red heart of Australia home – the people behind the food on our tables and the fibres in our clothes – and their stories of resilience and sense of community.
- Pan-African Women’s Charter for Rangelands and Pastoralists
African Pastoralist Women’s Gathering (APWG), Kampala, Uganda, 16–19 Mar 2026; enriched by contributions from Manifesto of Universities of Women in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Settings West & Central Africa, Tsévié, Togo, 11–14 Jan 2026; and by African Pastoralist Women and Leaders from North, West, Central, Eastern & Southern Africa (28 Apr 2026)
Rassemblement des femmes pastorales africaines (APWG), Kampala, Ouganda, du 16 au 19 mars 2026 ; enrichie par les contributions du Manifeste des universités de femmes en milieu pastoral et agro-pastoral d'Afrique de l'Ouest, du Sahel et d'Afrique centrale, d’Afrique centrale, Tsévié, Togo, 11-14 jan 2026 ; validée par des femmes et des leaders pastorales africaines du Nord, de l'Ouest, du Centre, de l'Est et du Sud de l'Afrique le 28 avril 2026.
- AGROSAVIA joins Global Alliance to promote sustainable rangelands & pastoralists' livelihoods
- Society for Range Management IYRP press release 16 March 2022
