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Join us this Thursday for the final instalment of Regional Webinar on Sustainable Rangelands and Pastoralism.

Asia & Arab Region Webinar
🔴 Date: February 12th, 08:00–09:15 UTC
🔴Languages: English, Arabic, Russian, Chinese
🔴Register here: engage.iucn.org/event/region...
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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🦙This Tuesday, tune in for the second Regional Webinar on Sustainable Rangelands and Pastoralism.

Latin America & Caribbean Webinar
🔵Date: February 10th, 16:00–17:15 UTC
🔵Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese
🔵Register here: engage.iucn.org/event/region...
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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🐎 Tomorrow is first Regional Webinar on Sustainable Rangelands and Pastoralism.

Africa Webinar
🟢 Date: February 04th, 14:00–15:15 UTC
🟢Languages: English, French, Portuguese
🟢Register here: engage.iucn.org/event/region...
February 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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⭐SAVE THE DATE!⭐ Next month, IUCN will host the Regional Webinar on Sustainable Rangelands & Pastoralism as part of the Regional Virtual Rangelands Webinar Series on the road to UNCCD COP17.

🟢Africa: lnkd.in/dsykN3PQ
🔵Latin America & Caribbean: lnkd.in/duH3cUZa
🔴Asia & Arab Region: lnkd.in/d_96mVhw
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 IUCN recently released a new policy brief entitled "How to Ensure Social Outcomes in Restoration" offering guidance on integrating social considerations into forest and landscape restoration practices.

🔸Read the news story: iucn.org/news/202601/...
🔸Read the policy brief: iucn.org/sites/defaul...
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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The IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team invites all interested International Model Forest Network (IMFN) partners to submit their stories for inclusion on the PANORAMA. IUCN kindly requests that all submissions be emailed to IUCN by January 20, 2026.

Read the story: iucn.org/story/202512...
PANORAMA Solution Template for IMFN Submissions
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December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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📜 Last week, IUCN and UNCCD signed an MoU to enhance cooperation leading up to UNCCD #COP17. The IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team, is proud to have worked with UNCCD to develop this MoU and enhance support for #rangelands, #drylands, and #grasslands, and the people who depend on these ecosystems.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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⭐The Science Task Force (STF), was created by IUCN to act as an authoritative science reference point for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

To learn more about STF, read the blogs:
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December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This week IUCN launched a new Knowledge Management Platform on Savannahs and Grasslands for Latin America.

🦙Visit the platform: sabanasypastizales.org
🌐Join the community: sabanasypastizales.org/comunidad/
📹Watch the event: www.youtube.com/live/7AcJnsS...
📰Read the article: iucn.org/news/202512/...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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🌱Last week, Paloma Pressato and Gustavo Pacheco from WRI Brasil and Anique Hillbrand from IUCN met up in Brazil’s Mata Atlântica to explore how the FLR Hub can connect with local partners to accelerate restoration implementation in this critical landscape.
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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🌎 In November, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team had the honour of joining IUCN's delegation at #COP30.

📚Read this story to learn about how the Forest and Grasslands Team engaged at COP30, and reflections from our team members and partners who were on the ground in Belém: lnkd.in/eQZFgnjG
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🥕 This Thursday, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team will be hosting the side event "Agroecology as a Pathway for Dryland Restoration" at UNCCD CRIC23. This side event will surface practical pathways to inform CRIC discussions on LDN.

💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gC4YGP24
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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🧑‍🌾Tomorrow morning, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands team will be hosting the side event "Shared Pathways to LDN: Knowledge Exchange on Integrating Grasslands, Savannahs, and Rangelands into Implementation" at UNCCD CRIC23.

💡Learn more: www.unccd.int/cric23/13-iu...
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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🐑 This evening at #CRIC23, the IUCN FGT will be hosting the event "Scaling Integrated Approaches to Drylands and Rangeland Resilience." This event will bring partners together to help shape a collective pathway for drylands and rangelands ahead of COP17.

💡Learn more: lnkd.in/gd6ipkAe
December 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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🌍 The IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team will be at the 23rd session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention of the UNCCD

To learn more about the Forest and Grasslands Team’s vision, connect with our team attending CRIC 23:
December 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🔥Globally, wildfires are emerging as a leading threat to forests. Model Forests provide valuable lessons on how to execute wildfire management strategies centred around Nature-based Solutions, community engagement, & knowledge sharing.

📕To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Wildfire
Globally, wildfires are emerging as a leading threat to forests. As climate change continues to further alter weather patterns and disturbance regimes, the severity and frequency of wildfires are pred...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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🐛 The diversity of life on Earth, or biodiversity, defines the world as we know it. Model Forests present unique strategies to protect, conserve, and restore biodiversity for the continued survival and diversity of life on our planet.

📗To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Biodiversity
The diversity of life on Earth, or biodiversity, defines the world as we know it. However, as our planet battles issues like habitat loss, climate change, and natural resource exploitation, biodiversi...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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⭐To leverage forests to meet global goals, we must address the gender imbalance between those who have power and those impacted. Model Forests present valuable strategies to ensure forests are managed in ways that are gender-responsive.

📙To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Gender
Forests are one of our planet’s most valuable resources in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. Although tremendous progress has been made towards restoring and conserving the world...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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🌀Climate change is an existential threat to nature and society, and Model Forests provide valuable lessons and replicable models on how to use forest conservation as Nature-based Climate Solutions.

📘 To learn more, read the full brief: iucn.org/resources/ex...
Model Forests and Climate Change
Climate change is an existential threat to nature and society. As climate shocks intensify and the impacts of anthropogenically-induced global warming become increasingly damaging to people and ecosys...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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🌎Taking place in Belém, Brazil, #COP30 has put the spotlight on one of the world’s most sprawling and significant ecosystems: forests. The International Model Forest Network (IMFN) is an exemplar in successful forest initiatives.

🌲To learn more, read the full story here: iucn.org/story/202511...
November 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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🌴 Over the past month, we have been learning about primary forests and the role that they play in mitigating climate change, maintaining biodiversity, supporting populations, and contributing to the health of our planet and people.

🪲Read this Crossroads Blog to learn more: iucn.org/crossroads-b...
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🌲At #COP30, global leaders gathered to celebrate 15 years of the Bonn Challenge – the world’s largest restoration initiative.
The milestone was honored at the event, The Bonn Challenge: 15 Years of Forest Landscape Restoration for Climate, Nature & People.

🔗Read more here: iucn.org/press-releas...
Germany and IUCN celebrate 15 years of the Bonn Challenge, the world’s largest restoration initiative
Belém, Brazil, 17 November 2025 (IUCN) – Today at the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30), global leaders gathered to celebrate the prog...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🌍Today, at #COP30, the IUCN-led Science Task Force of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, led by FGT team member Paula Prist, launched the report: "Lessons and Challenges of a Restoration Flagship: The Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact."

🔗Read the full news story here: iucn.org/news/202511/...
Lessons and challenges of a restoration flagship: The Trinational Atlantic Forest Pact
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November 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🍁 Join our panelists on November 20th at #COP30, as they discuss the steps needed to protect our primary forests from increasing threats like fire.

📅 Date: November 20, 2025
🕓 Time: 12:00 – 13:15 BRT
📍 Location: UNFF Pavilion (Blue Zone)
💡Learn more: www.un.org/esa/forests/...
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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🌎 This morning at #COP30, the "Protecting the Overlooked Carbon Sink: A Policy Agenda for Grasslands" brief was launched.

🔗 Read the full report: wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/pr...
🔗 Learn more about FGT's work on grasslands: www.international-climate-initiative.com/en/project/s...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM