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Outstanding international experts at environmental summit
Outstanding international experts from the USA & Australia to present at EDS’s environmental summit
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We’re pleased to have 2 international expert speakers attending the EDS conference in August.
PETER COSIER - Director and a founding member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, Australia
Accounting for Nature: Peter will be talking about an Australia-wide, regionally-based trial of the Wentworth Group’s Accounting for Nature model which constructs a common, non-monetary currency for measuring environmental assets.
The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists was established in 2002 with the aim of connecting science to public policy. Peter believes that future prosperity requires a fundamental transformation of our economic and political institutions as the world’s natural systems come under increasing pressure in the 21st century. He believes that such a transformation is impossible until the condition of environmental assets can be systematically measured in a form which can enlighten economic and policy decisions.
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DR ANGEL HSU - Director, Environmental Performance Measurement Program, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, USA
New Zealand’s environmental performance: Angel oversees the preparation of the influential Yale Environmental Performance Index and she will describe New Zealand’s environmental track record when compared to that of other countries.
In addition to Angel’s directorship at the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, she is a post-doctoral research associate in the Urbanization and Global Change Research Group at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her research focuses on environmental performance measurement and policy evaluation, aiming to understand how quantitative data and scientific approaches can be better geared toward environmental solutions and policymaking.
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ENDS
Environmental Defence Society
EDS speaks for the environment. It has influence.
Since 1971, EDS has been driving environmental protection in Aotearoa New Zealand
through law and policy change. That's why it's one of this country's most influential non-
profit organisations when it comes to achieving better environmental outcomes.
EDS has expertise in key disciplines including law, planning, landscape and science. It
operates as a policy think-tank, a litigation advocate, and a collaborator – bringing together
the private and public sectors for constructive engagement.
EDS runs conferences and seminars on topical issues, including an annual Environmental
Summit and the Climate Change and Business Conference.
EDS is a registered charity and donations to it are tax-deductible.
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