<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Dear all,</font><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">2024 is the International Year of Camelids (IYC). The first international event of the IYC has just been completed: the International Workshop on Camelid Pastoralism, h<span lang="EN-IN" style="line-height: 107%;" class="">eld in Sadri, Rajasthan,
India, hosted by Lokhit Pashu-Palak Sansthan (LPPS), the League for
Pastoral Peoples (LPP) and the Godwar camel pastoralist milk producers.
Participants represented Raika camel herders and other camel pastoralists
from Rajasthan and Gujarat in India, camel herders from Mongolia and Kenya, and researchers and practitioners from India, Iran, Kenya, U<span style="background:white" class="">K and Germany. They were joined online by scientists
and practitioners from Peru, Pakistan, UAE and USA.</span></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">The statement issued by the workshop participants (attached) sees the IYC is an opportunity to understand and value
the work and knowledge of camelid-herding communities, which must be at the centre
of the IYC activities. They expect mobile camelid pastoralists to unite
their voices globally and to work in alliance with each other to promote and adopt a
development model that is good for camelids, people and the planet and can also
pave the way for a successful IYRP in 2026. </font><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">Most of the people involved in this workshop are also part of the IYRP coalition.</span></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">This statement can also be found on the IYRP website (<a href="https://iyrp.info/international-year-camelids-iyc-2024" class="">https://iyrp.info/international-year-camelids-iyc-2024</a>).</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue;" class="">Cheers,</span></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class="">Ann</font></div><div class=""><font face="HelveticaNeue" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""></div></body></html>