Protecting primary forests

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Brendan Mackey, Director of Griffith University’s Climate Change Response Program, speaks at Woods Hole Research Center on March 21, 2019 on “Protecting Primary Forests: How We Can Get There and Why it Affects Us All”.

Logging in the Amazon

Brendan's talk is followed by a discussion with a panel of experts: Cyril Kormos, Executive Director of Wild Heritage, Virginia Young, Director of the International Forests and Climate Program at ARCS, and Barbara Zimmerman, Kayapo Program Director at ICFC.

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Dr Brendan Mackey

Brendan Mackey

Project Director and Director of the Griffith Climate Action Beacon at Griffith University, contributing to community planning and engagement in forest projects.
Virginia Young

Virginia Young

Virginia is a Director of the International Forests and Climate Programme for the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS) working in the international policy arena on primary forests as part of a global collaborative research programme funded through Griffith University. 
Cyril Kormos

Cyril Kormos

Cyril is Founder and Executive Director of Wild Heritage, a project of Earth Island Institute. He also serves as IUCN-WCPA Vice-Chair for World Heritage, is a member of IUCN’s World Heritage Panel and chairs the IUCN-WCPA World Heritage Network.
Barbara Zimmerman

Barbara Zimmerman

Barbara is the Director Kayapo Project on behalf of the International Conservation Fund of Canada playing a key role in support of Indigenous Peoples in conservation of very large areas of forest in Brazilian Amazon.