events
Global Environmental Justice Series: Conversation about Environmental Health
contact
event sponsored by
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) &
Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), Duke University Center for International and Global Studies, and Nicholas School of the Environment
series
Global Environmental Justice
speaker
Bill Pan & Diana McCaulay
Diana McCaulay is a Jamaican writer and environmental activist. She is the founder of the Jamaica Environmental Trust, one of the island's strongest non-profit organizations, now in its 30th year. She will be speaking on the impacts of bauxite mining in Jamaica.
William Pan is the Elizabeth Brooks Reid and Whitelaw Reid Associate Professor of Population Studies and Global Environmental Health at Duke. He will share his research on artisanal gold mining and mercury exposure.
Categories
Sustainability, South America focus, Central America focus, Caribbean focus, Human Rights, Global, Natural Sciences, and Panel/Seminar/Colloquium