Join the Governors鈥� Climate and Forests (GCF) Task Force as Peter Newton, assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Program, provides an overview of some of his recent research in and around the Brazilian Amazon.
Who: Students, faculty and staff
What: "Forest conservation and rural livelihoods: ideas and evidence from the Brazilian Amazon"
When: Tuesday, Feb. 27, noon to 1 p.m.
Where: Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community, GCF-LEEP Lab
Enter through the northwest doors (near the traffic circle), go up to the third floor on the right-hand side. Or use the Wayfinder on the first floor.
Tropical forests store and sequester carbon, harbor biodiversity and support the livelihoods of forest-dependent people. But in many places, tropical forests are threatened by agricultural expansion. Tropical forest and agricultural landscapes are therefore central to the conservation, sustainable development听and climate-change mitigation strategies of many countries.
As such, many governments, NGOs, development agencies and companies are interested in policies and programs that can help to achieve the dual objectives of conserving forests and supporting rural livelihoods. Much of Newton's听research aims to understand the impacts of such interventions.
Newton will speak听at the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community (SEEC) on Tuesday, Feb. 27. Lunch will be provided.
This event is sponsored by the Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Policy innovation (LEEP) and the Environment and Society Program at the Institute of Behavioral Science.
