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We are looking forward to engage in meaningful dialogues to advance the safeguarding of pastoralists and the sustainable management of rangelands!</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 6, 2025 16:52<br>
<b>To:</b> Ykhanbai Hijaba <y.hijaba@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Engin Yilmaz <engin@bican.net>; iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu <iyrpsupportgroup@list.cals.arizona.edu>; Mark.Day@rspb.org.uk <Mark.Day@rspb.org.uk>; İlayda Öztepe <ilayda.oztepe@yolda.org.tr>; Mariam Archuadze <mariam.archuadze@sabuko.org>;
MUÑOZ CAÑAS Mercedes <Mercedes.Munoz@iucn.org>; Jovana Janjušević <jovana.janjusevic@czip.me>; Nika Budagashvili <nika.budagashvili@sabuko.org>; alex.mikeladze <alex.mikeladze@sabuko.org>; Stefan Ferger <stefan.ferger@euronatur.org>; Giorgichikorashvili <giorgichikorashvili@sabuko.org>;
Marinus Gebhardt <marinus.gebhardt@sabuko.org>; Ruben Khachatryan <ruben@fpwc.org>; Özge Balkız <ozge.balkiz@yolda.org.tr>; Gabriel Schwaderer <gabriel.schwaderer@euronatur.org>; Rigas Zafeiriou | MedINA <rigas@med-ina.org>; Ivana Selanec <ivana.selanec@biom.hr>;
Özgül Yahyaoğlu <ozgul.yahyaoglu@yolda.org.tr><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IYRPsupportgroup] IUCN Motion on Rangelands and Pastoralism – Accepted and Now Open for Online Discussion</font>
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<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
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<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>
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<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> –
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<p>The next step is the <strong>online discussion phase</strong>, where IUCN constituents are invited to:</p>
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<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">Congress website </a>and
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<p>Navigating to the motion titled <strong>“Conservation and sustainable management of rangelands and pastoralism”</strong></p>
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<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">Online Discussion of Motions</a>”</strong>
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<p>Once again, our sincere thanks to our partners mentioned above for their support and collaboration.</p>
<p>All the best,<br>
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<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>
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