| Sumario: | CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate and its partners including IYRP 2026 Alliance, International Land Coalition (ILC) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) hosted a pivotal side event at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP-16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This event served as a critical milestone in the lead-up to the International Year of Pastoralists and Rangelands (IYRP), slated for 2026 and to be hosted by Mongolia.
“Rangelands cover more than half of the Earth’s land mass and directly or indirectly support livelihoods of over two billion people, yet these ecosystems and the pastoralists who depend on them, remain some of the most overlooked globally,” stated Anar Enkhbold, the representative of the government of Mongolia at COP-16 as he officially opened the IYRP 2026 side event. He informed participants that his government had taken proactive measures to prepare for IYRP 2026.
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