<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Great Jonathan! <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 28, 2020, at 16:45, Wright, Iain (ILRI) <I.Wright@cgiar.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0cm;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;
margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ILRI sent a general letter of support last year but we have now sent a more specific support letter committing in-kind resources – see attached. The CAOG Secretatiat acknowledged receipt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Best Wishes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Iain<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>DAVIES Jonathan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 September 2020 11:40<br>
<b>To:</b> iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IYRPsupportgroup] IUCN support for the International Year<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please see attached IUCN’s letter of support for the IYRP. I have sent this to the Mongolian representative and I hope that it is in time to support the decision on Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best of luck to everybody involved – I look forward to working on the IYRP once a favourable decision is reached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">All the best, Jon <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Jonathan Davies, Ph.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Global Drylands Coordinator / Senior Agriculture Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Global Ecosystem Management Programme<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">IUCN
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">(International Union for Conservation of Nature)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel. +254 715 058 644<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.iucn.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.iucn.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.iucncongress2020.org/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.iucncongress2020.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.iucncongress2020.org/"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none"><div><image001.png></div></span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://twitter.com/iucn"><b><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none"><div><image002.jpg></div></span></b></a></span><span lang="FR" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/iucn.org"><b><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none"><div><image003.jpg></div></span></b></a></span><span lang="FR" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/iucn_congress/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;text-decoration:none"><div><image004.jpg></div></span></a></span><u><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center">
</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
This communication, together with any attachment, may contain confidential information and/or copyright material and is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or if you received
it in error, you are asked to kindly delete it and promptly notify us. Any review, copying, use, disclosure or distribution of any part of this communication, unless duly authorized by or on behalf of IUCN, is strictly forbidden.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div><ILRI Letter H.E. Mendsaikhan Zagdjav - 17Sept2020.pdf></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>IYRPsupportgroup mailing list</span><br><span>IYRPsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu</span><br><span>http://calsmail.arizona.edu/mailman/listinfo/iyrpsupportgroup</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>