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"Tropical Forests and Climate Change: How research can help transform a problem into a solution" by Frances Seymour

Thursday, October 26, 2017 15:00to17:00
SSMU Building #203 (2nd Floor), Lev Bukhman Room, 3480 McTavish, Montreal, QC, CA
Price: 
FREE

The MSSI invites you to attend the second lecture in our exciting fall series.

Just how important is it to conserve and restore the world's tropical forests? Frances Seymour, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC, will speak about the big picture of forests and climate change through the lens of her global research and policy advising, with examples of strategic interventions at a variety of scales, including sustainably sourced timber and new policy frameworks. 

Frances' visit to McGill is jointly hosted by the McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative Invited Speaker Series and  Wood at Work 2017, an annual conference and community of practice that links designers, engineers, and urbanists who use wood with the people and communities that make sourcing this wood sustainable and beneficial for people and forests.

We warmly invite members of the MSSI community, Wood at Work participants, and the broader community to join us for this exciting event.

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Frances Seymour (World Resource Institute)

Frances Seymour

Frances Seymour is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at WRI. She conducts research and writing on forest and governance issues and advises major initiatives – including Global Forest Watch, the Global Restoration Initiative, the Forest Legality Initiative and the New Climate Economy. Seymour joined WRI from the Center for Global Development, where she was a Senior Fellow. She also served as Director General of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) from 2006 to 2012.

Contact Information

Contact: 
Heather McShane
Organization: 
McGill Sustainability Systems Initiative
Email: 
mssi [at] mcgill.ca
Office Phone: 
+1 514 398 6522
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Thu, 10/19/2017 - 10:00
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