In the sixth and final installment of the Pacific Council’s 2019 Summer Teleconference Series, Mark Cappellano, director of the Skyscrape Foundation, moderated a discussion on the political, economic, and environmental stakes of the Amazon rainforest’s continued deforestation and territorial disputes. The teleconference featured Susanna Hecht, professor of international history at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and Thomas E. Lovejoy, professor of environmental science and policy at George Mason University.

Listen to the full conversation below:

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