Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Demonstrating and measuring nature‘s values requires a rigorous, evidence-based assessment of business-as-usual and alternative policy scenarios. This session identifies the economic and policy drivers and incentives that influence land-use decisions and management techniques within production systems around the world.
Moderator: Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Sustainability Institute, George Washington University
Speakers:
Francesco Branca, Director, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, World Health Organization
Guillermo Castilleja, Chief Program Officer, Environmental Conservation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Gustavo Junqueira, President SRB, Brazilian Rural Society
Alexander Müller, Study Leader, TEEB for Agriculture and Food
Pavan Sukhdev, CEO GIST Advisory, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador and TEEBAgFood Special Adviser
Sunday, 6 December 2015
Global Landscapes Forum, Paris, France
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