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DESCRIPTION:Can Economics Save the Rainforest?\n\nSpeakers:\nJohn Reid, Founder and 
 President, Conservation Strategy Fund\nMarcos Amend, Brazil Executive 
 Director, Conservation Strategy Fund \n\nThere are still places on the 
 planet of staggering beauty and biological diversity that defy the 
 imagination. Countless species have yet to be described by scientists. 
 These very places are being gradually carved up, cleared and converted to 
 suit economic needs, with serious environmental consequences on a local and 
 global scale. A growing recognition of the centrality of economics to the 
 fate of the forest and other natural areas has spurred international 
 conservation organizations to place new emphasis on understanding and 
 changing the economics. Can an economically informed approach make a 
 difference?\n\nJohn Reid and Marcos Amend draw on over three decades of 
 combined experience to address that question in a session that will look at 
 the economic fundamentals of forest conservation. Their talk will focus on 
 Brazil, looking at the country as both a regional powerhouse and home to 
 some of the last Indigenous, forest-based cultures. Reid and Amend will 
 show how Brazil's economy is driving development in the Amazon Basin, 
 shared by nine countries, with important implications for biodiversity and 
 demanding economically smart solutions. They will also provide a glimpse 
 into economics at a local scale, where Indigenous people are trying to plan 
 realistic businesses that maintain a role for standing forest. Photos of 
 the forest and its people will serve as a backdrop to their talk.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/08/18725319.php
SUMMARY:Can Economics Save the Rainforest?
LOCATION:World Affairs Council Auditorium \n312 Sutter St, Second Floor\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94108
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/11/08/18725319.php
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