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 supply chain and climate change issues, such as water conservation, payment for ecosystem services and emissions reduction projects.
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Tasso Azevedo is a forester and social entrepreneur on forests, climate and sustainability. Tasso is the general coordinator of MapBiomas (land cover and land use change monitoring initiative) and Chair of the Board Conection Forest People initiative. Tasso was founder and general director of IMAFLORA and General Director of the Brazilian Forest Service. He is a visiting scholar of Brazil Lab at Princeton University, an Ashoka Senior Fellow (2021) and Skoll Award Fellow (2022) and board member of Rainforest Alliance, Preferred by Nature and Santander.
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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 philanthropy that emphasized large-scale partnerships with business and government to address and solve for the complex challenges of the 21st century, and championed two new fields that are at the forefront of current thinking: resilience and impact investing. Dr. Rodin has served as a board member of nine leading public companies, including Citigroup, Comcast and Aetna, as well as numerous venture-capital backed startups, and nonprofits including The Brookings Institution. She has been the recipient of 19 honorary doctorate degrees, numerous prestigious honors, and is a sought-after speaker for influential global forums including The World Economic Forum, the United Nations General Assembly and the Vatican Global Forum. Dr. Rodin has authored more than 200 academic articles and chapters, and has written or co-written 15 books, including The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good and The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong. Her latest book, released in early 2021 by Wharton School Press, is entitled Making Money Moral: How a New Wave of Visionaries is Linking Purpose and Profit.
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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 development of the Brazilian Amazon and Director of Social Progress Brazil. He received several awards including the 2010 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Verissimo has a graduate degree in Agriculture by Federal University of Brazilian Amazon and Ecology by Penn State University.
