<div dir="auto"><div><div>Congratulations dear Engin,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">All the efforts you and Yolda are bringing to IYRP since the very beginning are having their fruits</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Congratulations also to all your IUCN partners you worked with.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Wish you, that you will receive all the support by IYRP IUCN members.</div><div dir="auto">You deserve it </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards </div><div dir="auto">Francesca </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Francesca Pasetti Bombardella </div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">Co-chair Regional <a href="https://iyrp.info/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">IYRP </a> Support Group Europe    </span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">Focal Point Spain Nomination </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Transhumance UNESCO ICH</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:x-small">International Projects Coordinator Fundación Trashumancia y Naturaleza - Spain</span><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1">Coordinator Programma TRE Terre Rurali d'Europa<span style="font-size:small">​ - </span>Spain</font></div><div><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;color:black;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="1"><font face="Helvetica">S</font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ecretary of the Transhumance and Transition UNESCO Club</span></font></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;vertical-align:baseline">Facilitator of the ERASMUS +   “Eco-</span><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;vertical-align:baseline">TransH</span><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black;vertical-align:baseline">” project</span></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="1" color="#000000">Email: <a href="mailto:fpasettib@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">fpasettib@gmail.co</a>m</font></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><a href="https://youtu.be/7hl5qTGZTiU?feature=shared" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/7hl5qTGZTiU?feature=shared</a></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><img></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El vie, 2 may 2025, 20:43, Engin Yilmaz <<a href="mailto:engin@bican.net">engin@bican.net</a>> escribió:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><p>Dear all,</p><p>We are pleased to inform you that the motion titled <span>“<b>Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism</b>”</span>, for which we at Yolda Initiative led the drafting process, has been accepted <em>without any changes</em> by the <span>IUCN Motions Working Group</span>, following a technical review of its scientific and technical content. It is one of only <span>109 motions accepted out of 200 submitted</span>.</p><p>The motion directly refers to the <span>International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP)</span> and highlights the role of our <span>Alliance.</span></p><p>We are deeply grateful to our IUCN Member partners who submitted the motion:</p><p><span>- Society for Nature Conservation (Georgia)</span> – <em>Sponsor</em></p><p><span><i>- </i>EuroNatur – Stiftung Europäisches Naturerbe (Germany) - </span><em>Co-Sponsor</em></p><p><span><i>- </i>Udruga BIOM (Croatia) </span><span>- </span><em>Co-Sponsor</em></p><p><span><i>- </i>Al Shouf Cedar Society (Lebanon) </span><span>- </span><em>Co-Sponsor</em></p><p><span><i>- </i>Mediterranean Institute for Nature and Anthropos (Greece) </span><span>- </span><em>Co-Sponsor</em></p><p><span><i>- </i>Centar za zaštitu i proučavanje ptica Crne Gore (Montenegro) </span><span>- </span><em>Co-Sponsor</em></p><p><span><i>- </i>Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (Armenia)</span> – <em>Co-sponsor</em></p><p>The next step is the <strong>online discussion phase</strong>, where IUCN constituents are invited to:</p>
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<li><p>Express support</p>
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<li><p>Raise concerns</p>
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<li><p>Discuss pros and cons</p>
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<li><p>Submit amendments</p>
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</ul><p>This process is open <strong>ahead of the electronic vote by IUCN Members in August–September 2025</strong>, and eventual endorsement at the <strong>IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, 9–15 October 2025</strong>.</p><p><span>We kindly encourage all members of the IYRP Global Alliance who are <b>IUCN Members, National Committee representatives</b>, or<b> Commission members</b> to log in to the <a href="https://iucncongress2025.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Congress website </a>and express their support for the motion. </span>You can do so by:</p>
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<li><p>Clicking on the <strong>“Exercise member rights”</strong> tab</p>
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<li><p>Selecting <strong>“View and discuss motions”</strong></p>
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<li><p>Navigating to the motion titled <strong>“Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism”</strong></p>
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</ol><p>Attached, you will find the motion text in English, French, and Spanish.</p><p>
Further details about the process are available in the <strong>“<a href="https://dy77rrua7fjmo.cloudfront.net/sites/iucncongress2025.org/files/2025-04/IUCN_Guidance_note_Online_discussion_of_motions-EN.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Online Discussion of Motions</a>”</strong> guidelines.</p><p>Once again, our sincere thanks to our partners mentioned above for their support and collaboration.</p><p>All the best,<br>
<strong><br></strong></p><p><span>Engin</span></p><p>ps: We have also co-submitted a side event proposal linked to this motion, the IYRP, and our Alliance, to be held at the IUCN World Conservation Congress — we are currently awaiting confirmation.</p><div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><font color="#797979"><span>Engin Yılmaz</span></font></div><div><font color="#797979"><span>Yolda Initiative & AMNC</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><font color="#797979"><span>T +90 549 860 27 66 </span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><font color="#005493"><a href="http://www.yolda.org.tr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.yolda.org.tr</a></font><font color="#919191"><font> </font><font>|</font> </font><font color="#005493"><a href="http://www.mednatureculture.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">www.mednatureculture.org</a></font> <font color="#919191">| </font><font color="#005493"><a href="mailto:engin@yolda.org.tr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">engin@yolda.org.tr</a></font> <div></div><br></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div></div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div></div></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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