<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Dear Maryam,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">I extend
my heartfelt gratitude for the wisdom, profound knowledge, and generous
understanding you've shared with me and the global community dedicated to
rangelands and pastoralists. Your contributions were instrumental in shaping
the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP). This achievement
owes much to your visionary leadership, remarkable capacity to mobilize for
action, and unwavering dedication.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#000000">The
numerous and powerful messages pouring in from around the world stand as a
testament to your outstanding leadership. I not only wish to acknowledge this
but also emphasize the uniqueness and nuanced aspects of your leadership style
and underlying philosophy. Many of us are left in wonder, asking, 'How does
Maryam accomplish all this?' It's your exceptional personality, deep-rooted
belief in fundamental human values, and your philanthropic spirit that have
inspired and transformed us all to varying degrees. As a result, your legacy
will endure and continue to nourish the world's rangelands and the mobility of
pastoralists. What better way to ensure sustainability!</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">With fond gratitude</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="Segoe UI, sans-serif">elisabeth</font></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 10:39 AM 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 IYRP friends<div><br></div><div><div>After many years of being part of steering the IYRP ISG Coalition, I would like to inform you that I have stepped down as Co-Chair. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. We are now searching for a replacement and if you are interested, please contact Co-Chair Igshaan Samuels.</div><br><div>I also take this opportunity to bring to your attention this short opinion in the White Horse Press which is reproduced from the Special Issue of Nomadic Peoples entitled ‘Sedentist Biases in Law, Policy and Practic’, edited by Greta Semplici and Cory Rodgers. The whole issue (and all 2023 content) and is published Open Access thanks to the ‘Subscribe to Open’ project for NP.</div><div><br></div><div>Mobility has many different shapes around the world. At a time when migration of peoples (more popularly known as immigration) generates so much passion and debate, let us not confuse it with "mobility", that is, the tradition, science and art of being on the move as a response and adaptation to natural variability in our environment. </div><div><br></div><div>WHP blog:<br></div><div><a href="https://whitehorsepress.blog/2023/10/16/sedentist-biases-in-law-policy-and-practice-concluding-commentary/" target="_blank">https://whitehorsepress.blog/2023/10/16/sedentist-biases-in-law-policy-and-practice-concluding-commentary/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">*...*...*...*<div>Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<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 International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 <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><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald</div><div>Investigadora Titular C</div>
<div>División de Ciencias Ambientales</div>
<div>Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, A.C. (IPICYT)</div>
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<div>Correo: <a href="mailto:ehs@ipicyt.edu.mx" target="_blank">ehs@ipicyt.edu.mx</a></div><div>Web: <a href="http://www.ipicyt.edu.mx/curricular/ElisabethHuber-Sannwald" target="_blank">http://www.ipicyt.edu.mx/curricular/ElisabethHuber-Sannwald</a></div><div><img width="200" height="128" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zelZ8PqdRHjVW9jq9tY6cKuN6GDs05eGTpCoDsEUeOYOTVHjP-8cpOL_qZvHWnnqwBPT37LL4"><br></div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.iyrp.info/" target="_blank">Para más información sobre el Año Internacional de los Pastizales y Pastores consultar esta liga</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>