[IYRPsupportgroup] IUCN Motion on Rangelands and Pastoralism – Accepted and Now Open for Online Discussion

[Engin Yilmaz]

Dear all,

We are pleased to inform you that the motion titled “Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism”, for which we at Yolda Initiative led the drafting process, has been accepted without any changes by the IUCN Motions Working Group, following a technical review of its scientific and technical content. It is one of only 109 motions accepted out of 200 submitted.

The motion directly refers to the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) and highlights the role of our Alliance.

We are deeply grateful to our IUCN Member partners who submitted the motion:

- Society for Nature Conservation (Georgia) – Sponsor

- EuroNatur – Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe (Germany) - Co-Sponsor

- Udruga BIOM (Croatia) - Co-Sponsor

- Al Shouf Cedar Society (Lebanon) - Co-Sponsor

- Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Greece) - Co-Sponsor

- Centar za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Crne Gore (Montenegro) - Co-Sponsor

- Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (Armenia) – Co-sponsor

The next step is the online discussion phase, where IUCN constituents are invited to:

Express support

Raise concerns

Discuss pros and cons

Submit amendments

This process is open ahead of the electronic vote by IUCN Members in August–September 2025, and eventual endorsement at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, 9–15 October 2025.

We kindly encourage all members of the IYRP Global Alliance who are IUCN Members, National Committee representatives, or Commission members to log in to the Congress website  <https://iucncongress2025.org/>and express their support for the motion. You can do so by:

Clicking on the “Exercise member rights” tab

Selecting “View and discuss motions”

Navigating to the motion titled “Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism”

Attached, you will find the motion text in English, French, and Spanish.

Further details about the process are available in the “Online Discussion of Motions <https://dy77rrua7fjmo.cloudfront.net/sites/iucncongress2025.org/files/2025-04/IUCN_Guidance_note_Online_discussion_of_motions-EN.pdf>” guidelines.

Once again, our sincere thanks to our partners mentioned above for their support and collaboration.

All the best,


Engin

ps: We have also co-submitted a side event proposal linked to this motion, the IYRP, and our Alliance, to be held at the IUCN World Conservation Congress — we are currently awaiting confirmation.

Engin Yılmaz
Yolda Initiative & AMNC
T +90 549 860 27 66 
www.yolda.org.tr | www.mednatureculture.org | engin at yolda.org.tr 









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