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SPARC events bring together diverse decision-makers and community representatives to foster debate and share learning on ways to support agro-pastoralists, pastoralists and farmers in dryland areas to build resilience.

Theme
Region
Type
Date
1-9 of 27
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Side event
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SPARC at COP30

In Belém, SPARC researchers will share key lessons on how to build climate resilience, and support climate-vulnerable people, in some of the world's most protracted crises and conflicts.
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Panel
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SPARC insights for shifting social norms to enhance resource access and resilience in drylands

SPARC shared evidence from Nigeria, Somaliland and South Sudan on ways to shift social and cultural norms in conflict and climate-change affected pastoralist dryland communities.
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Conference
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SPARC, ICPALD and JO conference: Building resilience and prosperity of pastoralists and dryland communities

Convened by SPARC, the IGAD Centre for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD) and the Jameel Observatory for Food Security Early Action, this policy and practice dialogue focuses on the sustainable development of drylands.
A green and white digital flyer promoting the SPARC event '‘From margins to mainstream’: The role of pastoralism in food systems transformation - on Thursday, September 4th at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025
Side event
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From margins to mainstream: The role of pastoralism in food systems transformation

We will draw on key SPARC evidence from Mali on how investing in pastoralism can support livelihoods, food security, climate mitigation, adaptation, peace, and economic stability in West Africa.
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Roundtable
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LANDac Global Land Governance International Conference

Driving change: more evidence on gender and youth in fragile dryland contexts is key to transforming research on land governance.
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Webinar
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Rethinking vulnerability and humanitarian assistance in the pastoral drylands

Changing the way we approach vulnerability and external assistance in drylands.
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Roundtable
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Forum: Markets as lifelines: Strengthening our response to the Sudan crisis

SPARC joined experts to outline concrete ways to support markets in conflict-affected regions like Sudan.
A man walks through the flood waters in Beletweyne, Somalia. Credit: AMISOM Photo/Tobin Jones
Side event
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Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025

SPARC will be taking part in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025: the global forum for discussing the latest developments and trends in reducing disaster risk.
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Workshop
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Mapping major livestock routes in Kenya: partnering with the government and IGAD

SPARC has joined the Kenyan government and IGAD to identify and map - for the first time - the country’s main livestock routes.

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