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Conference
on the Politics of the Environment
Program for Washington D.C. Conference
Wednesday, April 5
Auditorium, American Association for the Advancement
of Science
1200 New York Avenue NW
Washington D.C., 20005
| 8:30
- 9:00 am |
Coffee |
| 9:00
am - 12:15 pm |
Screening of documentaries |
| 9: 00
- 10:30 am |
OS CARVOEIROS: The Charcoal People of Brazil, Brazil, 1999, 70
min. Nigel Noble, Director
- "A film of consummate beauty and intensity, ... exploring the
lives of laborers employed in cutting down forests and producing
charcoal for the international pig-iron industry"
|
| 10:30
- 11:00 am |
RISKY BUSINESS, USA, 1996, 24 min. Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young,
Directors
- "... a clear, engaging introduction to the environmental and
health risks of agricultural biotechnology"
|
| 11:15
am - 12:15 pm |
BIG SPUDS LITTLE SPUDS, Mexico, 1999, 52 min. Christoph Corves
and Delia Castineira, Directors
- "... exploration of the causes and profits of monocultures
in the world's staple crops through a case study of potatoes from
the origin in the Andes to the plains of Idaho."
|
| 1:00
- 3:00 pm |
Panel on Environmental Issues and Developing Countries |
| |
- Regis Aslanian, Minister Counselor "Trade and the Envi ronment
- Brazil" Embassy of Brazil Robert Manning, C.V. Starr Senior
"Environmental Energy Issues and China" Fellow, Council on Foreign
Relations Aziz Bouzaher, Sr. Environmental "Environmental Issues
- India and Pakistan" Economist, World Bank Justin Ward, Senior
Research Assoc. "Trade Issues and Developing Countries" Natural
Resources Defense Council P.J.Simmons, Co-Director, Global Affairs
Moderator Carnegie Endowment
|
| 4:00
- 6:00 pm |
Panel on Bio-Diversity |
| |
- Mary Pearl, Executive Director "Principle Future Bio-Diversity
Issues" Wild Life Preservation Trust Gonzalo Castro, Bio-Diversity
Expert "Role of International Organizations" World Bank Juan Enriquez,
Prof. "Bio-Diversity and Politics" Harvard University Thomas Nixon*,
Director, Technology "Bio-Engineering and Agriculture" and Ecology
Center, Monsanto Jacob Scherr, Director, International Moderator
Programs, NRDC
|
| 6:30
- 8:30 pm |
Reception in the Atrium |
* to be confirmed
Registration for Washington D.C.
Heinrich Boell Foundation
202-462-7512/13
marcberthold@hotmail.com
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