Speakers:
Tasso Azevedo, General Coordinator, SEEG Network and MapBiomas; Affiliated Scholar, Brazil Lab, Princeton University
Beto Veríssimo, Co-founder, Imazon; Director, Amazon Center for Entrepreneurship; Affiliated Scholar, Brazil Lab, Princeton University
Gina McCarthy, former U.S. EPA Administrator, Director, C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Moderator: Daniel Schrag, Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Director, Harvard Univ. Center for the Environment; Director, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program, HKS; Area Chair for Environmental Science and Engineering
[[{"fid":"1033771","view_mode":"default","type":"media","attributes":{"height":"438","width":"778","alt":"Satellite Imaging of Deforestation in the Amazon","class":"media-element file-default"}}]]Amazonia is at a crossroads. After more than a decade of progress in combating deforestation, the region faces major threats with increasing deforestation and forest fires. Brazil’s current federal government has been calling for a new cycle of business as usual “development" based on the expansion of deforestation, subtraction of the rights of indigenous peoples, and reduction of protected areas. This composes a perfect storm scenario with serious threats to the future of the whole Amazon biome with catastrophic consequences for biodiversity and climate regulation at regional and global levels.
Presented in collaboration with the Harvard University Center for the Environment
LOCATION:Harvard University Center for the Environment, MCZ 440 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20191021T150000Z DTEND:20191021T150000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR