<div dir="ltr">Happy to hear this wonderful news. Congratulations to all who put lots of effort into achieving this. This is a big deal and very important. Actually, this is our chance to make changes.<div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Abolfazl Sharifian</div><div>Iran</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 7:11 PM Maryam Niamir-Fuller <<a href="mailto:mniafull2@gmail.com">mniafull2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear Friends and Supporters of IYRP<div><br></div><div>It is with a distinct pleasure that I can inform you that today, the UN General Assembly formally designated 2026 as the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists!</div><div><br></div><div>Our sincere thanks to the Government of Mongolia for leading the way, to FAO for their steadfast support, and to all of you who have supported this process through the long journey. In the end 67 other governments formally joined with Mongolia to co-sponsor this resolution. </div><div><br></div><div>Now the hard work really begins: We have 4 years to design, prepare and implement a spectacular and impactful IYRP 2026!</div><div><br></div><div>Attached is the ISG Press Release and we encourage you to please share this widely, and also go to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to spread the news, using @iyrp2026 . <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<div>Vice Chair of International Support Group for the IYRP</div><div><a href="https://iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://iyrp.info</a></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Support the call for an International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists! <a href="https://www.iyrp.info" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><i><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#999999">Abolfazl Sharifian</font><div><font color="#999999">Ph.D. Range Management Sciences</font></div><div><font color="#999999">Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources<br></font></div><div><font color="#999999">Pastoral Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Ethnoecology, Rangeland Ecology</font></div><div><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abolfazl_Sharifian_Bahraman2" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1dDaGK9akp3YIgdql2C9WWBhI1uqkIAXt&revid=0B203OgDlY59nM0xXSm5LdWY5Ty9wSEZOcUFXbHFZcFBnVjFjPQ" width="47" height="47" style="margin-right: 0px;"></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abolfazl.sharifiyan/" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1pHgNKSdkZJQy5fiWc-1nFyOzjjqyu9lC&revid=0B203OgDlY59ncG9kN0JFRkdkVXBqRkZSVnVVZmdyNi9RVTA4PQ" width="46" height="46" style="margin-right: 0px;"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Sharifian_AB" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1z8UhSevaZTCQJvBwCoPJ5rd46opA4Vgy&revid=0B203OgDlY59nWDFHbFVsNGRkd0VELzRnaEwrY1dQbkVYdVdRPQ" width="47" height="47" style="margin-right: 0px;"></a> <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3ra-Jf8AAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1S3jgnJ8KgUWbMW1580I2wb69BxRobX3C&revid=0B203OgDlY59nQitUSDRyWlhTVGtURkJLdlcxV2hLRm9HWE9FPQ" width="48" height="49" style="margin-right: 0px;"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>