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Date: Thursday, May 16, 12:00 pm -5:00 pm
Venue: OAS 1889 F St NW (Corner 19th and F)
Around 22 speakers representing key organizations in tropical forest conservation based in the DC area, convened in the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States on Thursday, May 16 to participate in a constructive discussion. They came from various backgrounds of the conservation spectrum, ranging from international organizations, development agencies and civil society. The aim of this conversation is to share experiences, workplans, and challenges to facilitate a coordinated interagency delivery of forestry and conservation in the America’s tropical forests.The experts covered a range of innovative initiatives (financial, administrative, political, and scientific) that also looked at crosscutting themes such as gender and indigenous peoples. The main focus of the meeting was the Amazon rainforest which plays a critical role as a storehouse of carbon and the global water cycle. It holds a greater share of the world's known biodiversity than any other ecosystem.
Jefferson Chirimuscay presents theories and practices for sustainable tropical forest management
Acknowledging recent reports made by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Andes Amazon Fund, unregulated development is placing the Amazon under threat, pushing forest cover loss to near-record levels throughout the region. As a result, various policies, measures, and deliverables that could reduce deforestation in the major Amazonian countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Suriname, the Guyanas, and Ecuador) were debated. This discussion allowed the speakers to form, expand and strengthen the institutional ties for a more integrated approach for the protection and management of tropical forests in our continent.
NAME |
AFILIATION |
Richard Huber |
OAS -
Moderator |
Adrian Rico |
OAS -
Coordinator |
Ani Cuevas |
US FWS |
Arturo
Restrepo |
Ecotropics |
Claudia
Sobrevilla |
WORLD BANK,
Women in Nature Network |
David
Antonioli |
CEO of Verra |
Dr. Adrian
Forsyth |
Executive
Director Andes Amazon Fund |
Dr. Mark J.
Plotkin
Jefferson
Chirimuscay |
Co-Founder &
President Amazon Conservation
Team |
Enrique Ortiz |
Program
Director Andes Amazon Fund |
Greg Minnick |
Director at
Rainforest Alliance |
Greg Butcher |
US Forest
Service |
Guy Foulks |
US FWS |
Jeremy
Radachowsky |
WCS |
John Beavers |
Executive
Director at Amazon Conservation
Association |
Juan Pablo
Bonilla |
Manager of
the IDB's Climate Change and
Sustainable Development Sector
(CSD). |
Kerry Cesareo |
Senior Vice
President, Forests WWF |
Liliana
Madrigal |
Co-Founder &
Executive VP |
Lisa M.
Famolare |
Vice
President, Amazonia at
Conservation International |
Lisa Viscidi |
Director of
the Energy, Climate Change and
Extractive Industries Program at
the Inter-American Dialogue. |
Meg Symington |
Managing
Director, Amazon WWF |
Michael
Jenkins |
President
Forest Trends |
Peter Ellis
|
Forest Carbon
Scientist at the Nature
Conservancy |
Rodrigo
Martinez |
WORLD BANK |
Sofia Faruqui |
Manager, New
Restoration Economy World
Resource Institute |
Todd Hamner |
USAID
|
Walter
Vergara |
Initiative
20x20 |
William
Ehlers
Pascal
Martinez |
Secretary to
the Council. Head of External
Relations at Global Environment
Facility, GEF |