The Forest and the Trees – and the People
Saving Rainforest Biocultural Diversity
SUNDAY AFTERNOON SESSION: October 18, 2009
2:45pm – 4:15pm
Hosted by: Amazon Conservation Team (ACT).
Rainforests are perhaps the planet’s greatest treasures, repositories of the vast biological diversity and some of the oldest cultures. They serve as immense carbon sinks, oxygen factories and global climate stabilizers. Their loss would devastate life on Earth, and key to saving them is to support their indigenous peoples.
With:
- Vasco van Roosmalen, ACT’s Brazil representative
- Chief Almir, Surui tribal leader.
Moderated by Ken Wilson, executive director of the Christensen Fund.
Location: A22
Topic Areas: Indigenous Knowledge; Restoring the Ecosystems; Social/Environmental Activism
