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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES-AR link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Por favor, difundir.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'>Muchas gracias!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:red;mso-fareast-language:ES-AR'><img width=363 height=93 style='width:3.7812in;height:.9687in' id="Imagen_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D70424.B30A2800"></span></i></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:ES-AR'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:ES-AR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=DE>Upcoming FAO Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity (GSOBI21) <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=DE>19-22 April 2021 (postponed from February 2021), virtual <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE>In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Symposium on Soil Biodiversity ‘Keep soil alive, protect soil biodiversity’ will be a science-policy meeting, fully virtual. Due to its new format and the time difference between the different regions of the world, adjustments have been made to the current agenda. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE>It is jointly organized by the UN FAO and its Global Soil Partnership (GSP), the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (ITPS), together with the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) and the Science-Policy Interface of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (SPI UNCCD). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE>The main objective will be to fill some critical knowledge gaps and promote discussion among policy makers, food producers, scientists, practitioners and other stakeholders on solutions to live in harmony with nature, and ultimately, achieve the SDGs through the conservation and sustainable use of soil biodiversity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE>Read more: <u><a href="http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/soil-biodiversity-symposium/en/">http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/soil-biodiversity-symposium/en/</a></u> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=DE>[From GSBI Newsletter – January 2021] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:ES-AR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>