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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear members of the GCG-IYRP,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I would like to introduce <b>Habibou Assouma</b>, a colleague from <a href="https://www.cirad.fr/en">CIRAD</a> based in Burkina Faso and working on livestock GHG emissions – some of you may know him, see for instance this article: <a href="https://theconversation.com/au-sahel-maintenir-lelevage-pastoral-pour-sadapter-au-changement-climatique-106808">https://theconversation.com/au-sahel-maintenir-lelevage-pastoral-pour-sadapter-au-changement-climatique-106808</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>He would like to set up a global-level <b>working group</b> on this topic – <b>pastoralism and GHG emissions</b> – and I proposed to him that we go through our GCG.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>With this email, <b><u>I would like to know if anyone within our group is interested in being involved in this WG</u></b>: Habibou could be the coordinator together with another person.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Serena<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:gray;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Serena Ferrari<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:gray;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Value chain economist / Pastoralism specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray;mso-fareast-language:FR'>UMR SELMET - Systèmes d'Elevage Méditerranéens et Tropicaux <br>ISRA-CRA - Saint-Louis, Senegal<br>Tél : +221 78 486 99 09</span><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><br></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR'><img border=0 width=110 height=31 style='width:1.1416in;height:.325in' id="Image_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01DA70B3.390BEA30" alt=logo-cirad><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR'> <img border=0 width=126 height=82 style='width:1.3083in;height:.85in' id="Image_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.png@01DA70B3.390BEA30" alt="Logo IYRP"></span><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>