WASHINGTON, DC, April 30, 2007 -- Please join the World Resources Institute, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program for light beverages and snacks at the launch of:
Restoring Nature's Capital: An Action Agenda to Sustain Ecosystem Services
DATE: Monday, May 7, 2007
TIME: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
VENUE: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor Auditorium, Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.
Webcast live at www.wilsoncenter.org.
SPEAKERS:
Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute
AUTHORS Q&A:
Frances Irwin, Senior Fellow, WRI
Janet Ranganathan, People and Ecosystems Director, WRI
Our ecosystems provide us with crucial goods and services, and their degradation is already threatening people in many regions of the world. Restoring Nature's Capital presents the first concerted thinking on what changes are needed to address the major finding of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment � that 15 of the world's 24 ecosystem services, the benefits nature provides to people, are degraded. The speakers will discuss a practical action agenda for business, government, civil-society leaders and others to invest in ecosystems to meet the development aspirations of today's and future generations.
Please RSVP to [email protected] with your name and affiliation.
WEBCAST: If you are unable to attend the event, please tune into the live or archived Webcast at www.wilsoncenter.org. The live Webcast will begin approximately 10 minutes after the posted meeting time. You will need Windows Media Player to watch the Webcast.
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