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The Amazon at a Crossroads

January 19, 2023
17:30–18:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Home to more than 30 million people, the Amazon is the Earth’s largest rainforest and the world’s richest biological reservoir. The absence of immediate action on ecosystem degradation will affect the lives of its inhabitants and the stability of global climate systems. How to strengthen collaboration and enable the bio-economy of the Amazon to deliver sustainable benefits for people and...
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Speakers

DG
Derek Gallo
Founder
Awí Superfoods
JM
Jennifer Morris
Chief Executive Officer
The Nature Conservancy
MG
Maria Susana Muhamad González
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia
CN
Carlos Afonso Nobre
Senior Researcher, Institute of Advanced Studies
University of São Paulo
MS
Marina Silva
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change of Brazil

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