Hello, everybody. Are we good to go . I am mark tercek, and originally of the nature conservatory. Im glad to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have a great panel. To my left is monica de bolle from the Houston Institute for economics. To her left is daniel zarin with climate and landuse alliance and onscreen is my good friend peter seligman, cofounder and ceo of nia tero which focuses on a lot of issues we will be discussing today. He is the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to be the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest you have been reading about in the news. This raises so many issues. First of all, what is really happening, hard to tell. How much of this is due to illegal logging, industrial ag, bad government policy, or is Climate Change itself impacting the forest . Also, the question arises, what happens . Until recently the amazon was one of the great conservation success stories. Through a gre
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Burning in amazons brazil rain forest. The council on Foreign Relations hosted this hourlong event. Hello, everybody. We good to go . Hi, my name is mark. Until recently, i was the ceo of the nature conservancy. Im delighted to berece nthere, the moderated of todays s discussion. We have a greattdi scupanel. To my left is monica. She is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for international economics. To monicas left is daniel, director of programs at the climate and land use alliance. And then on the screen is my good friend peter, the cofounder and ceo of neoterro, a new ngo focused on a lot of the issues well be discussing today. Petetedaniel, direct ser wer is founder and ceo of Conservation International, where he is the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest. Weve been reading about it in the news. Of course, this raises so many issues. First of all, whats really happening . Its hard to tell on the basisl of the news how much ofl this due to