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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Greetings Maryam. Thank your providing us with an opportunity to comment on these important resolutions. I have made several suggestions and added two comments in the attached
document. Please incorporate those that you consider appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">David<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">IYRPsupportgroup <iyrpsupportgroup-bounces@list.cals.arizona.edu> on behalf of Maryam Niamir-Fuller <mniafull2@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 8:53</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu <iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[IYRPsupportgroup] Comments needed: IRC 2025 draft Resolutions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Dear IYRP Friends The International Rangeland Congress is meeting 2-6 June 2025 in Adelaide Australia. The theme of the Congress is ‘Working Together for our Global
Rangelands Future’. (https:</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">//irc2025.</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">rangelandcongress.</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">org).
The Congress sub-themes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear IYRP Friends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The International Rangeland Congress is meeting 2-6 June 2025 in Adelaide Australia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The theme of the Congress is <b>
‘Working Together for our Global Rangelands Future</b>’.<br>
(<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/irc2025.rangelandcongress.org__;!!KwNVnqRv!H3Stmw_s33APGQHjzlzIvkeOf6aUJAy2l2vSishMWdCDts1bbcOTpzqF9MHloy6kFLbePfQafEsnjTb9FQ$">https://irc2025.rangelandcongress.org</a>). The Congress sub-themes include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">> Valuing rangelands and pastoral systems for their societal contribution; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">> Co-design, partnerships, and incorporating traditional knowledge for more enduring rangeland outcomes<br>
> Technology, information systems, communication, and big data to aid monitoring and decision making<br>
> Integrating rangeland ecology into management<br>
> Managing risk – climate and other system shocks and trends<br>
> Livestock production systems in a world of changing drivers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">> Multi-functional land use in rangelands – moving beyond niche opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The IRC 2025 is an important event that can contribute to achieving positive impact on healthy rangelands and livelihoods of pastoralists in 2026 and beyond. Many members of the IYRP Global Alliance are attending
the congress in person. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The IYRP Global Alliance has an opportunity to submit draft resolutions that will be considered and voted upon by delegates at the end of the Congress. A draft of 5 possible resolutions has been drawn up by
the IYRP Global Secretariat as a starter, and we seek your inputs as members of the IYRP Global Alliance to refine and improve it. Please add more resolutions if you feel something is missing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">All comments received by 14th May 2025
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">will be incorporated into a final set of resolutions and submitted to the Congress by the Co-Chairs of the Global Alliance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Maryam Niamir-Fuller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Senior Advisor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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