Launch of IYC activities in the Russian Federation at the World Wildlife Day 2024

Moderators:

Oleg Kobiakov, Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the Russian Federation 
Vladimir Moshkalo, Head of the UNEP Office in Russia 

Video message from the FAO Director-General Dr. Qu Dongyu (2 min)

Video message from the head of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) (2 min)

13:10 – 14:50

Expert Presentations (6-7 min):

• Alexander Bashkin, Member of the Federation Council, representative from the executive body of the Astrakhan Region
• Giacomo de’ Besi, Animal Production Officer, FAO Animal Production and Health Division (online)
• Khulan Bayarsaikhan, Communication and Reporting Specialist, FAO Mongolia
• Vladimir Lenev, Head of Division, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
• Kirill Plemyashov, Professor, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector of the St. Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine
• Sergey Treshkin, Deputy Director, Department for Coordination of Activities of Organizations in the Field of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
• Yusupzhan Yuldashbaev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Animal Science and Biology, Professor of the Department of Private Animal Science of the Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after. K.A. Timiryazeva
• Yelena Chertina, Associate Professor, Astrakhan State University (online)
• Arkady Natyrov, Dean, Agrarian Faculty, B.B.Gorodovikov Kalmyk State University (online)
• Sergey Lenivtsev, Chairman, All-Russian Public Environment Protection Organization “Public Environmental Control of Russia” (online)

14:50 – 15:00

Closing remarks by the moderators