<div dir="ltr">Some of you might be interested in the FAO seminars series below.<div><br><div>Cheers</div><div>Deborah</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">FAO North America</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:fao-washington-news@fao.org">fao-washington-news@fao.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, May 21, 2021 at 7:16 AM<br>Subject: Local Food Dialogue, Seminar on Climate Change Impacts on Indigenous Peoples, and Webinar on Mainstreaming Biodiversity<br>To: <<a href="mailto:deborahp@ucr.edu">deborahp@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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