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

[Lina]

Congratulations Engin,

Well-deserved result of all the hard work!

And we are happy to be part of it.

All the best,

Lina 

 



 

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From: IYRPsupportgroup [mailto:iyrpsupportgroup-bounces at list.cals.arizona.edu] On Behalf Of Francesca Pasetti
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Subject: Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] IUCN Motion on Rangelands and Pastoralism – Accepted and Now Open for Online Discussion

 

Congratulations dear Engin,

 

All the efforts you and Yolda are bringing to IYRP since the very beginning are having their fruits

 

Congratulations also to all your IUCN partners you worked with.

 

Wish you, that you will receive all the support by IYRP IUCN members.

You deserve it 

 

Best regards 

Francesca 

 

 

 

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Francesca Pasetti Bombardella 

Co-chair Regional  <https://iyrp.info/> IYRP  Support Group Europe    

Focal Point Spain Nomination Transhumance UNESCO ICH

International Projects Coordinator Fundación Trashumancia y Naturaleza - Spain

Coordinator Programma TRE Terre Rurali d'Europa​ - Spain

Secretary of the Transhumance and Transition UNESCO Club

Facilitator of the ERASMUS +   “Eco-TransH” project

Email:  <mailto:fpasettib at gmail.com> fpasettib at gmail.com

 

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El vie, 2 may 2025, 20:43, Engin Yilmaz <engin at bican.net <mailto:engin at bican.net> > escribió:

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:

1.     Clicking on the “Exercise member rights” tab

2.     Selecting “View and discuss motions”

3.     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 

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