
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p data-start="233" data-end="242" class="">Dear all,</p><p data-start="244" data-end="645" class="">We are pleased to inform you that the motion titled <span data-start="296" data-end="371" class="">“<b class="">Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism</b>”</span>, for which we at Yolda Initiative led the drafting process, has been accepted <em data-start="450" data-end="471" class="">without any changes</em> by the <span data-start="479" data-end="509" class="">IUCN Motions Working Group</span>, following a technical review of its scientific and technical content. It is one of only <span data-start="599" data-end="644" class="">109 motions accepted out of 200 submitted</span>.</p><p data-start="647" data-end="830" class="">The motion directly refers to the <span data-start="681" data-end="741" class="">International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP)</span> and highlights the role of our <span data-start="773" data-end="829" class="">Alliance.</span></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class="">We are deeply grateful to our IUCN Member partners who submitted the motion:</p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="911" data-end="956" class="">- Society for Nature Conservation (Georgia)</span> – <em data-start="959" data-end="968" class="">Sponsor</em></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="973" data-end="1030" class=""><i class="">- </i>EuroNatur – Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe (Germany) - </span><em data-start="959" data-end="968" class="">Co-Sponsor</em></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="1035" data-end="1060" class=""><i class="">- </i>Udruga BIOM (Croatia) </span><span data-start="973" data-end="1030" class="">- </span><em data-start="959" data-end="968" class="">Co-Sponsor</em></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="1065" data-end="1101" class=""><i class="">- </i>Al Shouf Cedar Society (Lebanon) </span><span data-start="973" data-end="1030" class="">- </span><em data-start="959" data-end="968" class="">Co-Sponsor</em></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="1106" data-end="1167" class=""><i class="">- </i>Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Greece) </span><span data-start="973" data-end="1030" class="">- </span><em data-start="959" data-end="968" class="">Co-Sponsor</em></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="1172" data-end="1236" class=""><i class="">- </i>Centar za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Crne Gore (Montenegro) </span><span data-start="973" data-end="1030" class="">- </span><em data-start="959" data-end="968" class="">Co-Sponsor</em></p><p data-start="832" data-end="908" class=""><span data-start="1241" data-end="1318" class=""><i class="">- </i>Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (Armenia)</span> – <em data-start="1321" data-end="1334" class="">Co-sponsor</em></p><p data-start="1336" data-end="1425" class="">The next step is the <strong data-start="1357" data-end="1384" class="">online discussion phase</strong>, where IUCN constituents are invited to:</p>

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<li data-start="1426" data-end="1445" class=""><p data-start="1428" data-end="1445" class="">Express support</p>

</li>

<li data-start="1446" data-end="1464" class=""><p data-start="1448" data-end="1464" class="">Raise concerns</p>

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<li data-start="1465" data-end="1490" class=""><p data-start="1467" data-end="1490" class="">Discuss pros and cons</p>

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<li data-start="1491" data-end="1510" class=""><p data-start="1493" data-end="1510" class="">Submit amendments</p>

</li>

</ul><p data-start="1512" data-end="1709" class="">This process is open <strong data-start="1533" data-end="1606" class="">ahead of the electronic vote by IUCN Members in August–September 2025</strong>, and eventual endorsement at the <strong data-start="1640" data-end="1708" class="">IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, 9–15 October 2025</strong>.</p><p data-start="1711" data-end="1902" class=""><span data-start="1714" data-end="1814" class="">We kindly encourage all members of the IYRP Global Alliance who are <b class="">IUCN Members, National Committee representatives</b>, or<b class=""> Commission members</b> to log in to the <a href="https://iucncongress2025.org" class="">Congress website </a>and express their support for the motion. </span>You can do so by:</p>

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<li data-start="1903" data-end="1956" class=""><p data-start="1906" data-end="1956" class="">Clicking on the <strong data-start="1922" data-end="1950" class="">“Exercise member rights”</strong> tab</p>

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<li data-start="1957" data-end="2002" class=""><p data-start="1960" data-end="2002" class="">Selecting <strong data-start="1970" data-end="2000" class="">“View and discuss motions”</strong></p>

</li>

<li data-start="2003" data-end="2113" class=""><p data-start="2006" data-end="2113" class="">Navigating to the motion titled <strong data-start="2038" data-end="2113" class="">“Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism”</strong></p>

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</ol><p data-start="2115" data-end="2291" class="">Attached, you will find the motion text in English, French, and Spanish.</p><p data-start="2115" data-end="2291" class="">

Further details about the process are available in the <strong data-start="2245" data-end="2279" class="">“<a href="https://dy77rrua7fjmo.cloudfront.net/sites/iucncongress2025.org/files/2025-04/IUCN_Guidance_note_Online_discussion_of_motions-EN.pdf" class="">Online Discussion of Motions</a>”</strong> guidelines.</p><p data-start="2293" data-end="2348" class="">Once again, our sincere thanks to our partners mentioned above for their support and collaboration.</p><p data-start="2350" data-end="2375" class="">All the best,<br data-start="2363" data-end="2366" class="">

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