Professor Virgilio Viana, former Secretary of State for Environment and Sustainable Development, Amazonas and  currently the Director General of the Amazon Sustainability Foundation, talks about the role for the Amazon in combating climate change.

Professor Viana  stresses the need for benefit sharing strategies to be allied with research and cross sector collaboration to protect the value of the forest  as it stands.

An additional  key point he makes relates to global tropical forests role as biotic pumps, recycling water around the planet.

Professor Viana will be speaking at Chatham house on Tuesday 24th March:

Forests and Climate Change: an Amazonian Perspective for Copenhagen