Forests
17 Jun 2012, 15:30:00-18:00:00
Recommendations
- Restore 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands by 2020.
- Promote science, technology, innovation and traditional knowledge in order to face forests main challenge: how to turn them productive without destroying them.
- Zero Net Deforestation by 2020, respecting the rights and knowledge of peoples living in and from the forests and responding to their sustainable development needs.
| Panelists | |
 James Chao (China)
CCTV Moderator |  Dr. Klaus Toepfer (Germany)
Founder, Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), former Executive Direcotr of the United Nations Environment (1998-2006) |
 Mr. Andre Giacini de Freitas (Brazil)
Executive-Director, Forest Stewardship Council |  Dr. Bertha Becker (Brasil)
Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ |
 Mr. Estebancio Castro Diaz (Panama)
Executive-Secretary, Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forests |  Dr. Julia Marton-Lefevre (France)
Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) |
 Dr. Lu Zhi (China)
Director, Center for Nature and Society Beijing University |  Dr. Yolanda Kakabadse (Ecuador)
President, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) |
 Mr. Anders Hildeman (Sweden)
Global Forestry Manager IKEA of Sweden AB |  Mr. Christian Del Valle (United Kingdom)
Founder, Manager, Althelia Climate Fund |
 Mr. Guilherme Leal (Brazil)
Founder, CEO, Natura Cosmeticos | |
| Facilitators of the online discussion | |
 Benjamin Cashore (United States of America)
Yale University Facilitor |
 Ms. Michelle Kovacevic (Australia)
Founder, Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Center for International Forestry Research - CIFOR (Indonesia) Facilitator |
 Edson Vidal (Brazil)
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ Facilitator | |