<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="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks to Véronique Ancey at FAO, we have a whole 10 minutes (!!!) on pastoralism in an EU side event at COP26. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">WAMIP and InsightShare have managed to organise much more for COP 26, taking less conventional routes. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But we need to use all routes to draw attention to the importance of pastoralism.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">"Ancey, Veronique (NSAG)" <<a href="mailto:Veronique.Ancey@fao.org" class="">Veronique.Ancey@fao.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Save the date : COP26, November 8th, 13h Glasgow time. "Pastoralism, making variability work" & "Pastoralism is the future"</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">27 October 2021 at 10:39:03 AM CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Dear all,</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">I hope this finds you well ;<br class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Some news about our proposed side event on pastoralism to the COP26:</span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">The EU (where we applied) has received circa 500 event proposals and selected 170 out of them.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">As you remember, our proposal had to merge with 4 others submitted by FAO.</span></span><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""></span><span class=""><br class=""></span></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span class="">Finally,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">pastoralism has got a 10 mns segment in a 60 mns session organized by FAO - EU and titling :</span><div align="left" style="text-align: left;" class=""><span class=""><p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class="">"Achieving NDCs commitments for climate action through transforming agri-food systems"</span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.693333625793457px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" class="">on November 8th, 13h Glasgow Time</span></span><b class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;" class="">.<br class=""></span></span></b></p></span></div><span class=""></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Badi Besbes, h</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class="">ead of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Animal Production and Genetics Unit, of Animal Production and Health Division,</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">will present FAO's publication "Pastoralism, making variability work" and the Organization's committment for pastoralism.<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="en-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Badi is also the Secretary of the Sub-Committee on Livestock, under FAO’s Committee on Agriculture</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">. He will then</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>introduce the - ormai famoso - video prepared by Celep "Pastoralism is the future", as part of the activities to promote the proposed International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists.</span><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">You can register at the link for</span><span class=""><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">ordinary attendees and session organisers</u></b></span><span style="background-color: white;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">(no deadline) for EU events</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">here: </span><a href="https://www.cop26eusideevents.eu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" class=""><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">https://www.cop26eusideevents.eu/</span></a><div class="LPBorder932076" style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; max-width: 800px; min-width: 424px;"><table style="padding: 12px; width: 774px; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 200, 200); border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px;" class=""><td style="width: 768px;" class=""><div style="font-size: 21px; font-weight: 300; margin-right: 8px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px;" class=""><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cop26eusideevents.eu/" style="color: var(--themePrimary);" class="">European Union side events at COP26</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; max-height: 100px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-right: 8px; overflow: hidden;" class="">The European green deal. 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