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Chanda Nimbkar
Jun 8, 2016, 1:49:36 AM6/8/16
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Dear All,
I thought this encouraging news would be of interest to our group.
Some might already know about it of course.
Regards,
Chanda
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ILRI News
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UN adopts resolution promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands
Posted: 05 Jun 2016 09:30 PM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ilrinews/~3/Bxfe4ZmkiBw/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Ethiopia’s Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shiferaw
Teklemariam, speaks at UNEA-2 (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo).
Written by Dorine Odongo, communications and knowledge management
specialist for ILRIs Livestock and Environment Program.
A new resolution on Combating desertification, land degradation and
drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands was presented
and adopted at the second session of the United Nations Environment
Assembly (UNEA-2) held 23–27 May 2016 at the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), in Nairobi, Kenya.
At a UNEA-2 side event on sustainable pastoralism, high-level discussions
among key players in the livestock sector highlighted pastoralism’s ability
to promote healthy ecosystems in the face of climate change, showing that
common pastures are potential reservoirs of greenhouse gases.
Kicking off the side event, the deputy executive director of UNEP and
assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, Ibrahim Thiaw, reminded
participants that ten years ago, myths and misconceptions surrounding
pastoralism were already being strongly debunked—particularly those
portraying it as ‘primitive, unproductive and environmentally destructive’.
Research showing that pastoralism promotes healthy productive ecosystems
continues to be largely ignored, underexploited or misunderstood.
The side event was spearheaded by UNEP, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI) and other collaborators.
UNEA’s then president and minister for environment and green development in
Mongolia, Oyuna Sanjasuren, argued that pastoralism plays a key role in
protecting ecosystems but must be managed well to be sustainable.
Ethiopia’s minister for environment, forests and climate change, Shiferaw
Teklemariam, said that to achieve the United Nations 2030 and Africa 2063
agendas, pastoralist issues must be addressed and with a unified voice.
Such issues include policies to protect pastoralists, increased investment
in drylands, improved pastoralist access to markets and incentives for
pastoral environmental stewardship.
Ethiopian Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shiferaw
Teklemariam, left, with Iain Wright, ILRI Deputy Director General, at
UNEA-2 (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo).
Land tenure for pastoralists: how best to achieve?
Lack of land rights is a huge challenge for pastoralists, posing big
threats to pastoral sustainability and viability. This is recognized in the
UN’s recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs #1, 2 and 5).
ILRI conducts research on pastoral and agro-pastoral dryland environments,
investigating such issues as institutional and governance approaches to
promoting participatory land-use planning and land tenure systems. In
addition, ILRI works to promote sustainable use of rangelands and to
improve livestock-based livelihoods. Together with its Kenyan NGO partner
RECONCILE (Resource Conflict Institute), ILRI coordinates and supports the
Global Rangelands Initiative of the International Land Coalition (ILC). The
initiative, established in 2010, supports governments and members of the
ILC in Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop and implement enabling
policies and legislation for more tenure-secure rangelands.
Abdelkader Bensada, an officer responsible for UNEPs work on sustainable
pastoralism and rangeland conservation and UNEPs focal point for the
International Land Coalition, talks with Fiona Flintan, a rangelands
governance scientist on joint appointment with ILRI and the International
Land Coalition, at the rangelands side event at UNEA-2 (Global Rangelands
Initiative) (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo).
Pushing the sustainable pastoralism agenda higher
A coalition of international organizations working on livestock and
environment issues, in addition to several African governments, led by
Ethiopia, Namibia and Sudan, fronted the resolution for adoption by UNEA 2,
and in so doing managed to push sustainable pastoralism and rangelands
higher up the international development agenda. The passing of this
resolution was the latest example of the importance people are placing on
SDG 15, ‘Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and
reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss’, and of the need for
multilateral environmental agencies to cooperate and collaborate.
This move has provided much-needed impetus for investing in pastoralism in
order to optimize and realize its full potential and comparative advantage
as a livelihood system, particularly suitable for coping with climatic
variability and change.
See photos from the side event here.
For further information, see ILRIs Livestock Systems and Environment blog
or contact Dorine Odongo (d.odongo [at] cgiar.org) or Fiona Flintan
(f.flintan [at] cgiar.org).
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I thought this encouraging news would be of interest to our group.
Some might already know about it of course.
Regards,
Chanda
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From: ILRI News <noreply+...@google.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:08:37 +0000
Subject: ILRI news
To: Chanda....@gmail.com
ILRI News
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UN adopts resolution promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands
Posted: 05 Jun 2016 09:30 PM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ilrinews/~3/Bxfe4ZmkiBw/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Ethiopia’s Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shiferaw
Teklemariam, speaks at UNEA-2 (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo).
Written by Dorine Odongo, communications and knowledge management
specialist for ILRIs Livestock and Environment Program.
A new resolution on Combating desertification, land degradation and
drought and promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands was presented
and adopted at the second session of the United Nations Environment
Assembly (UNEA-2) held 23–27 May 2016 at the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), in Nairobi, Kenya.
At a UNEA-2 side event on sustainable pastoralism, high-level discussions
among key players in the livestock sector highlighted pastoralism’s ability
to promote healthy ecosystems in the face of climate change, showing that
common pastures are potential reservoirs of greenhouse gases.
Kicking off the side event, the deputy executive director of UNEP and
assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, Ibrahim Thiaw, reminded
participants that ten years ago, myths and misconceptions surrounding
pastoralism were already being strongly debunked—particularly those
portraying it as ‘primitive, unproductive and environmentally destructive’.
Research showing that pastoralism promotes healthy productive ecosystems
continues to be largely ignored, underexploited or misunderstood.
The side event was spearheaded by UNEP, the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI) and other collaborators.
UNEA’s then president and minister for environment and green development in
Mongolia, Oyuna Sanjasuren, argued that pastoralism plays a key role in
protecting ecosystems but must be managed well to be sustainable.
Ethiopia’s minister for environment, forests and climate change, Shiferaw
Teklemariam, said that to achieve the United Nations 2030 and Africa 2063
agendas, pastoralist issues must be addressed and with a unified voice.
Such issues include policies to protect pastoralists, increased investment
in drylands, improved pastoralist access to markets and incentives for
pastoral environmental stewardship.
Ethiopian Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Shiferaw
Teklemariam, left, with Iain Wright, ILRI Deputy Director General, at
UNEA-2 (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo).
Land tenure for pastoralists: how best to achieve?
Lack of land rights is a huge challenge for pastoralists, posing big
threats to pastoral sustainability and viability. This is recognized in the
UN’s recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs #1, 2 and 5).
ILRI conducts research on pastoral and agro-pastoral dryland environments,
investigating such issues as institutional and governance approaches to
promoting participatory land-use planning and land tenure systems. In
addition, ILRI works to promote sustainable use of rangelands and to
improve livestock-based livelihoods. Together with its Kenyan NGO partner
RECONCILE (Resource Conflict Institute), ILRI coordinates and supports the
Global Rangelands Initiative of the International Land Coalition (ILC). The
initiative, established in 2010, supports governments and members of the
ILC in Africa, Asia and Latin America to develop and implement enabling
policies and legislation for more tenure-secure rangelands.
Abdelkader Bensada, an officer responsible for UNEPs work on sustainable
pastoralism and rangeland conservation and UNEPs focal point for the
International Land Coalition, talks with Fiona Flintan, a rangelands
governance scientist on joint appointment with ILRI and the International
Land Coalition, at the rangelands side event at UNEA-2 (Global Rangelands
Initiative) (photo credit: ILRI/Dorine Odongo).
Pushing the sustainable pastoralism agenda higher
A coalition of international organizations working on livestock and
environment issues, in addition to several African governments, led by
Ethiopia, Namibia and Sudan, fronted the resolution for adoption by UNEA 2,
and in so doing managed to push sustainable pastoralism and rangelands
higher up the international development agenda. The passing of this
resolution was the latest example of the importance people are placing on
SDG 15, ‘Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and
reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss’, and of the need for
multilateral environmental agencies to cooperate and collaborate.
This move has provided much-needed impetus for investing in pastoralism in
order to optimize and realize its full potential and comparative advantage
as a livelihood system, particularly suitable for coping with climatic
variability and change.
See photos from the side event here.
For further information, see ILRIs Livestock Systems and Environment blog
or contact Dorine Odongo (d.odongo [at] cgiar.org) or Fiona Flintan
(f.flintan [at] cgiar.org).
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Phone: Office (Direct) +91-2166-262063
Front Office +91-2166-262106/200783
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Kamal Kishore
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this is definitely encouraging news
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Kamal Kishore
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