TFA 2020: General Assembly 2017 Morning Program - International Forest Day
This video is a recording of a morning session at the Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) 2020 General Assembly 2017. The following is a list of speakers, keynotes, and panel discussions that took place during this session.
Welcome
- Marco Albani, Director, TFA 2020 Secretariat
Opening Keynotes
- HE Sarney Filho, Minister of Environment, Brazil
- HE Henri Djombo, Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Congo
Panel Discussion: Partnering for deforestation free commodities in Latin America
- Mauricio Antonio Lopes, President, Embrapa
- Marcelo Vieira, President, Sociedade Rural Brasileira
- Leonardo Fleck, Biologist, Administrator, and Economist, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation
- Marcelo Furtado, Executive Director, Instituto Arapyau (Brazilian Coalition on Climate, Forests and Agriculture)
- Mark Murphy, Global Head for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Corporate Affairs Vice President, Cargill
- Juliana Santiago, Head of Department, Amazon Fund, BNDES
- Moderator: Isabella Freire Vitali, Country Director, Proforest
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