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The Asia Society and Internews present
Can Asia’s Growth Be Environmentally Sustainable?
Environment
in Asia Series
Asia Society and Museum, 725
Park Avenue (at 70th Street), New York City
Registration: 6:00-6:30 pm; Discussion: 6:30-8:30 pm; Reception: 8:30-9:00
pm
Monday, June 11, 2007
Introductory Remarks
Jon A. Anda, President, Environmental Markets Network,
President, Environmental Defense Fund, Trustee, Asia Society
Panelists:
Jon A. Anda, President, Environmental Markets Network,
President, Environmental Defense Fund, Trustee, Asia Society
James Fahn, Executive Director, Internews’ Earth
Journalism Network
Nigel Sizer, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Rare Conservation
Moderator: Orville Schell, Director, Berkeley’s
Journalism School, and Director, Asia Society Center on US-China Relations.
Program Synopsis:
The future of our planet will be determined in Asia. Home to 60 percent
of the world’s population, some of the world’s most biodiverse
ecosystems and most of the world’s fastest growing economies,
Asia is consuming ever greater quantities of resources, and emitting
every larger amounts of pollutants. China, for instance, is set to
become the largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in just a couple
of years. But the region is also host to growing environmental and
civil society movements, and US-based organizations are providing help
and working with local partners to protect tropical forests and coral
reefs, working with local media to improve the quantity and quality
of environmental coverage, and introducing efficient technologies to
try and make development less harmful. Here is your chance to meet
with representatives of some of these groups, learn about what they’re
doing in Asia, and hear their thoughts about the prospects of turning
this mammoth continent green.
To register ONLINE: https://www.tickets.asiasociety.org
Program Contact:
Yoshie Ito
(212)-327-9381
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