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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Maryam, I add my voice to the chorus recognizing and thanking you for all your contributions to scholarship and support for pastoral peoples and especially your
leadership role in in the IYRP ISG Coalition. As we say, you are a hard act to follow! We are grateful for the wisdom, experience, communication and coordination expertise and tireless advocacy that you have brought to this effort.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">María<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">María E. Fernández-Giménez (she/her/ella)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Senior Research Scholar and Professor (Retired)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Colorado State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Fort Collins, CO 80523-1472<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:Maria.fernandez-gimenez@colostate.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">Maria.fernandez-gimenez@colostate.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Maryam Niamir-Fuller<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 16, 2023 9:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sarah Johnson <sarah@whpress.co.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IYRPsupportgroup] Searching for a Co-chair, and Blog on sedentist bias in support of IYRP 2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:black;background:#FEEC97">** Caution: EXTERNAL Sender **</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear IYRP friends <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://whitehorsepress.blog/2023/10/16/sedentist-biases-in-law-policy-and-practice-concluding-commentary/">https://whitehorsepress.blog/2023/10/16/sedentist-biases-in-law-policy-and-practice-concluding-commentary/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Support the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists 2026 <a href="https://www.iyrp.info/" target="_blank">https://www.iyrp.info</a></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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