Hello, everybody. I we good to go . My name is mark tercek, until recently i i was ceo of the Nature Conservancy. Im really delighted to be here to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have great panel to my left is monica de bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. To her left is daniel zarin, director programs at the climate and landuse alliance, and then on the screen is my good friend peter seligmann, the cofounder and ceo of and new ngo focused on a lot of issues that will be discussing today. It is also well known as the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest. You been reading about in the news you can of course so many issues. First of all whats really happening, its hard to tell on the basis of the news, how much of this is due to illegal logging or industrial agriculture or bad government policy or is Climate Change itself i
Hello, everybody. I we good to go . My name is mark tercek, until recently i i was ceo of the Nature Conservancy. Im really delighted to be here to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have great panel to my left is monica de bolle, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. To her left is daniel zarin, director programs at the climate and landuse alliance, and then on the screen is my good friend peter seligmann, the cofounder and ceo of and new ngo focused on a lot of issues that will be discussing today. It is also well known as the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest. You been reading about in the news you can of course so many issues. First of all whats really happening, its hard to tell on the basis of the news, how much of this is due to illegal logging or industrial agriculture or bad government policy or is Climate Change itself i
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello, everybody. I we good to go . My name is mark, until recently i i was ceo of the Nature Conservancy. Im really delighted to be here to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have great panel to my left is monica, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. To her left is daniel, director programs at the climate and landuse alliance, and then on the screen is my good friend peter, the cofounder and ceo of and new ngo focused on a lot of issues that will be discussing today. It is also well known as the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest. You been reading about in the news you can of course so many issues. First of all whats really happening, its hard to tell on the basis of the news, how much of this is due to illegal logging or industrial agriculture or bad government policy or is Cli
America, sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern, only on American History tv. Next, from the society for of american formulation annual conference, 99 years after the 19th amendment. The audiencens in to discuss the influence women have had on Foreign Relations its obtaining the vote in 1920. Coming toou for this panel, 99 years after the 19th amendment. , and you to our panelists caitlin mystery and jason x 10, who put this panel together and where the cochairs of the Conference Program committee, and are responsible for the Wonderful Program we will be enjoying over the next few days. Thek you as well to cosponsors of this event, the coordinating council for women the history and American Studies Department at the George Washington university. Scientists tell us that women played a bigger role in the 2018 elections than they had in any other election in American History. A Record Number of women are running for office, taking up seats in congress, and heading out on the president ial campaign
Panel event of this years conference. 99 years after the 19th amendment. Thanks to our panelists who will lead through an interesting conversation and thanks to katie mistry and jay sexton who not only put this panel together but also were cochairs of the Conference Program committee and are responsible for the Wonderful Program we will enjoy over the next couple of days. Thank you to the cosponsors of the event, the coordinating council for women in history and the history and American Studies Department at George Washington university. Political scientists tell us that women played a bigger role in the 2018 elections than they have in any other election in history. A Record Number of women are running for office, taking up seats in congress and heading out on the campaign trail. Women have made up the majority. Since 1980, there has been a growing gender gap. Despite these trends, women continue to be underrepresented. Even with the record chattering number of women that joined congr