New York Global Landscapes Forum ‘Restore the Earth’ 2019
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New York Global Landscapes Forum ‘Restore the Earth’ 2019

In September, the Rangelands Initiative hosted a panel, Drylands and Rangelands: Harnessing Change, at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) New York, which was organized as a starting point for planning the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration, which will be launched in 2021. Continue reading

Research to help secure rangelands for users presented at World Bank Land and Poverty Conference
Drylands / Event / Livestock Systems / Pastoralism / Rangelands / Resilience / SLS

Research to help secure rangelands for users presented at World Bank Land and Poverty Conference

Together with its partners, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has now taken its research agenda on adaptation and resilience a notch higher, at the on-going Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty themed ‘Responsible Land Governance—Towards an Evidence-Based Approach’. ILRI is one of the major partners that have supported this premier global forum on land governance. Continue reading

UN adopts resolution promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands
Drylands / Environment / Ethiopia / Event / Event Report / Kenya / Livestock / Livestock Systems / Pastoralism / Rangelands / SLS

UN adopts resolution promoting sustainable pastoralism and rangelands

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. Continue reading