<div dir="auto">FYI for those in DC area.  P2 President Val Dolcini a panelist.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> Tom Van Arsdall<br>(703) 509-4746<br>    </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Kimberly Reed <<a href="mailto:reedkimberlyann@gmail.com">reedkimberlyann@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Wed, May 23, 2018, 3:58 PM<br>Subject: UN-FAO EVENT - World Bee Day<br>To: Tom Van Arsdall <<a href="mailto:tom@vanarsdall.com">tom@vanarsdall.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="auto"><div></div><div>FYI <br><br><br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div id="m_-6422187431514006824divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif" dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div id="m_-6422187431514006824divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr">
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<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(46,117,182);font-size:16pt">World Bee Day: A Call for Global Action<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="background:white;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(118,113,113)">Thursday, May 24^{<font size="2">th</font>}, 2018<br>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(118,113,113)">FAO Liaison Office for <a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=North+America++%0D%0A2121+K.+St&entry=gmail&source=g" id="m_-6422187431514006824LPlnk173270" class="m_-6422187431514006824OWAAutoLink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
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<p class="m_-6422187431514006824x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Join us in celebrating World Bee Day to explore ways in which we can spread awareness of the key role of bees and other
 pollinators in ensuring vibrant and sustainable ecosystems. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="m_-6422187431514006824x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Without bees, it would be impossible to achieve a world without hunger. Bees and other pollinators sustain one-third of
 all food produced globally. FAO estimates that 71% of all crop species grown for human consumption depend on pollinators. Deliberate actions to protect bees and other pollinator habitats can promote biodiversity and more resilient ecosystems.
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<p class="m_-6422187431514006824x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Despite their critical role, bees face significant threats from changes in land-use change, misuse of pesticides, monoculture
 agriculture, and climate change, which can disrupt flowering seasons and overall bee health. Healthy bees are a sign of well-functioning ecosystems, and the decline of pollinators is a sign of the disruptions that global changes are increasingly causing to
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<b><span style="color:black">Register at: <a href="https://worldbeeday2018.eventbrite.com/" id="m_-6422187431514006824LPlnk701376" class="m_-6422187431514006824OWAAutoLink" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
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<b><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Opening Remarks:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Vimlendra Sharan, Director, FAO Liaison Office for North America<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<i><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Short video on the importance of bees.<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
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<b><span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Featured Panelists:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Stanislav Vidovič, Ambassador, Embassy of Slovenia<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Val Dolcini, President & CEO, Pollinator Partnership<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="letter-spacing:0.4pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:11.5pt">Leda Huta, Executive Director, Endangered Species Coalition</span></p>
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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="3"><font color="#000000" size="3">Peter Kwapong, Co-Chair, Africa Pollinator Initiative</font></font></p>
<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><font color="#000000" size="3"><font color="#000000" size="3">Ivan Moore, Program Associate, Center for Food Safety</font></font></p>
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