Mobilising For Large Scale Change: Slowing Deforestation In The Amazon
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Session Description
Tropical deforestation is one of the most serious contributors to climate change, representing 20% of global carbon emissions. This issue affects us all andthe path to solve it is complex, requiring widespread behaviour, systems and policy changes. Attend this session to learn how a strategic ecosystem play, including satellite technology, groundbreaking policy changes, and market transformation by some of the world’s largest beef producers, have slowed deforestation dramatically.
Time & Location
Time:
11:00 - 12:30, Thursday, March 31, 2011
BST
Speakers
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Sustainability Manager, Marfrig Group
Mathias Almeida holds an MBA in International Trade and Environmental Management. He has worked on R&D for beef products, beef sales to Middle Eastern markets and, most recently, as Sustainability Manager for the Beef Division of Marfrig Group. He is interested in the connection between food…
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Tasso Azevedo is a forester and social entrepreneur on forests, climate and sustainability. Tasso is the general coordinator of MapBiomas Network (land cover and land use change monitoring initiative) and Chair of the Board Connection Forest People initiative. Tasso was founder and general director of…
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Unknown, Rockefeller Foundation
Judith Rodin is a pioneer, innovator, change-maker, and global thought-leader. For over two decades, Dr. Rodin led and transformed two global institutions: The University of Pennsylvania and The Rockefeller Foundation. Her leadership at Rockefeller ushered in a new era of strategic…
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Beto Veríssimo is a co-founder and associate researcher at Imazon, a think and do tank in the Brazilian Amazon. He is also co-founder of Amazon Center for Entrepreneurship. Moreover, he is Co-Director of Amazon 2030 Program, an initiative that seeks to develop an action plan for sustainable…
