Zero-conversion food

Feeding a growing world in ways that enable recovery of biodiverse lands and waters

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Explore how regions around the world are taking nature-based, science-driven, and community-informed approaches to producing food, creating sustainable livelihoods, and protecting ecosystems.

Key resources:

Saving the Gran Chaco (The Nature Conservancy)
Naturaleza. El bosque desconocido y deforestado que puede ayudar a evitar el colapso del planeta (La Nación)
GFI is funding research to develop alt protein ingredients from Brazilian plant species (The Good Food Institute)
Restoring Degraded Landscapes in the Cerrado (The Nature Conservancy)
Getting to know…Vanessa Haley-Benjamin, Research Fellow (New Harvest)

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Session topic overview

Theresa Lieb, Senior Food Systems Analyst, GreenBiz

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Speaker introductions

Deborah Bossio, Lead Scientist, Food Systems, The Nature Conservancy
Denise Bussio, Country Director of Argentina, The Nature Conservancy
Gus Guadagnini, Managing Director, The Good Food Institute Brazil
Andrea Azevedo, Executive Director, JBS Fund for the Amazon
Petra Laux, Global Head Business Sustainability Crop Protection, Syngenta Group
Vanessa Haley-Benjamin, Marine & Cellular Biologist, PhD Student, Newcastle University

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The Gran Chaco Foodscape

Deborah Bossio, Lead Scientist, Food Systems, The Nature Conservancy
Denise Bussio, Country Director of Argentina, The Nature Conservancy

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Brazil’s Biomes Program

Gus Guadagnini, Managing Director, The Good Food Institute Brazil
Andrea Azevedo, Executive Director, JBS Fund for the Amazon

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The Cerrado Biome Reverte Program

Petra Laux, Global Head Business Sustainability Crop Protection, Syngenta Group

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Smallscale fisheries protection in The Bahamas

Vanessa Haley-Benjamin, Marine & Cellular Biologist, PhD Student, Newcastle University

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Audience Q&A

Theresa Lieb, Senior Food Systems Analyst, GreenBiz
Deborah Bossio, Lead Scientist, Food Systems, The Nature Conservancy
Denise Bussio, Country Director of Argentina, The Nature Conservancy
Gus Guadagnini, Managing Director, The Good Food Institute Brazil
Andrea Azevedo, Executive Director, JBS Fund for the Amazon
Petra Laux, Global Head Business Sustainability Crop Protection, Syngenta Group
Vanessa Haley-Benjamin, Marine & Cellular Biologist, PhD Student, Newcastle University

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Closing remarks