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

[Ykhanbai Hijaba]

Dear Engin,

Thank you very much for such good news and big Congratulations to you!

Yes,  you and Yolda were always in front of the IYRP campaign, as one of
the leading members and institutions.

We hope you and all  your IUCN partners  will greatly support our common
agenda.



On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM Engin Yilmaz <engin at bican.net> wrote:

> 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
> www.yolda.org.tr | www.mednatureculture.org | engin at yolda.org.tr
>
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-- 
Best regards,


*Dr.Hijaba Ykhanbai*,
Co-chair, RISG "Central Asia & Mongolia" for IYRP, ILC NLC Mongolia
Facilitator,
Director, Environment and Development Association *"JASIL" *
Baruun Selbiin-15, MAS building Selbe  riverside, 9-11 Ulaanbaatar, MONGOLIA
Tel/Fax: (976)-11-329619   Mobile: 99282205 Web: *https://cbnrm.mn
<https://cbnrmjasil.wordpress.com/>*
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