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Thomas Lovejoy
Affiliation:
Biodiversity Chair, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Brazil Institute Advisory Board Member
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The GEF Looking Forward
May 20, 2013 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
On Monday, May 20th, the new CEO and Chairperson of the GEF, Dr. Naoko Iishii, gave her insight on the role of the GEF in international development.
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May 15, 2013 // 2:00pm — 5:00pm
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December 05, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Jack Goldstone (George Mason University) is joined by Suzanne Ehlers (Population Action International) and Matthew Erdman (USAID) to discuss the implications of seven billion people and counting for the environment in the final 2012 installment of the joint Wilson Center-George Mason University Managing the Planet series.
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November 16, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
“We still see people thinking about the environment as if it is something apart. The idea of a synergy, a balance of development still, I think, eludes us both in theoretical, but especially in practical terms. And that is what Rio+20 is about,” said Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, under-secretary for environment, energy, science, and technology at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Book Launch: Walking the Forest with Chico Mendes, by Gomercindo Rodrigues
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