{"id":2416,"date":"2012-06-05T03:36:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T03:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2012-06-05T04:10:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T04:10:43","slug":"asia-institute-seminar-the-great-green-wall-and-the-fight-against-desertification-in-china-june-28-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/circlesandsquares\/2012\/06\/05\/asia-institute-seminar-the-great-green-wall-and-the-fight-against-desertification-in-china-june-28-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Institute Seminar “The Great Green Wall and the Fight against Desertification in China” JUNE 28, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Asia Institute Seminar<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The Great Green Wall and the Fight against Desertification in China<\/strong><\/p>\n

Report to the Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thursday, June 28, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:30-7:30 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speakers:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ambassador Byong Hyon Kwon<\/p>\n

President of Future Forest<\/p>\n

(former Korean Ambassador to China)<\/p>\n

Dr. Kwak Sang Soo<\/p>\n

Senior researcher<\/p>\n

Korea Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology<\/p>\n

Moderator:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emanuel Pastreich, Director of Asia Institute<\/p>\n

Desertification is emerging as a central security issue for the world, and specifically for Northeast Asia in the current age. Climate change resulting from a diverse set of human activities is changing the ecosystem of Northern China, leading to the spread of deserts with profound implications for the region and the world. As the yellow sands from Mongolia and Northern China reach all the way to the United States, we must rethink the threat posed to the world by the misuse of land and dangerous misconceptions about the economy.<\/p>\n

This seminar highlights the achievements of Future Forest and the project known as the \u201cGreat Green Wall,\u201d an innovative approach to stopping the spread of the Kubuchi desert in Northern China through a combination of tree planting, land fixation technology and education in sustainable land management for local people that has proven the skeptics wrong. The \u201cGreat Green Wall\u201d is an example of innovation in governance, education, agriculture and technology worthy of emulation and benchmarking that will be highlighted at RIO +20.<\/p>\n

Place:<\/strong> The Asia Institute<\/p>\n

GCS International Building 115-3 Kwon-nong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul<\/p>\n

GCS International Building \uc11c\uc6b8\uc2dc \uc885\ub85c\uad6c \uad8c\ub18d\ub3d9 115-3<\/p>\n

(Come out of exit 4 of Anguk Station and head straight for 400 meters; GCS building is across the street from the entrance to Changdok Palace)<\/p>\n

Phone:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 02 741-2274 (010 3444 1598 for Emanuel\u2019s cell)<\/p>\n

Flier<\/a><\/p>\n

Asia Institute Seminar 2012.06.28.pdf2<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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