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Mark Tercek: Redefining Conservation in the 21st Century

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Powering the Planet: Aspen Environmental Forum

The Aspen Institute

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Partner:: Aspen Institute
Location:: Aspen Institute
Aspen, CO
Event Date:: 03.28.09
Speakers:: Chris Johns,; Mark R. Tercek
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Summary: Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, talks with National Geographic's Editor-in-Chief Chris Johns about the future of environmental conservation.

They explore everything from ecosystem protection to global warming while discussing the keys to an effective non-profit organization.

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Chris Johns

From Anchorage, Alaska, to Africa's Zambezi River, Chris Johns's National Geographic magazine assignments have taken him all over the globe. And in 2005, this versatile photographer comfortable photographing people, wildlife, landscapes, and complex environmental issues became National Geographic's Editor in Chief. In 1990 Johns photographed and wrote the critically acclaimed book Valley of Life: Africa's Great Rift. He followed with a National Geographic Society book, Hawaii's Hidden Treasures, which dealt with Hawaii's extinction crisis. Johns lives on a small farm in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children.

Mark R. Tercek

Mark Tercek is president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. Previously, he was a managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he headed the firm’s Center for Environmental Markets and its environmental strategy group. He played a major role in designing and implementing its environmental strategy, and he headed various business units, including corporate finance, equity capital markets, consumer/healthcare, and leadership development. He is a member of many boards and councils, and he serves as an adjunct professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business.

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01 hr 11 min 06 sec

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01.: Introduction

01 min 03 sec

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02.: Leaving Goldman Sachs

03 min 45 sec

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03.: Challenges in the Non-Profit Sector

05 min 08 sec

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04.: Examples of Successful Environmental Conservation

07 min 43 sec

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05.: Making Controversial Partnerships

05 min 11 sec

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06.: The Benefits of Partnering with Businesses

04 min 21 sec

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07.: Battling Climate Change

04 min 35 sec

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08.: Q & A

00 min 15 sec

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09.: Q1: Prioritizing Projects

03 min 51 sec

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10.: Q2: The Growing Rift in the Environmental Movement

03 min 22 sec

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11.: Q3: Cooperation in the Non-Profit Sector

03 min 30 sec

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12.: Q4: Implementing International Environmental Reform

04 min 21 sec

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13.: Q5: Planning for a Post-Climate Change World

03 min 59 sec

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14.: Q6: Private Sector Skills and Non-Profits/Non-Profit Collaboration

02 min 54 sec

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15.: Q7: Creating Protected Areas

04 min 39 sec

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16.: Q8: Protecting the Rocky Mountain Region

07 min 29 sec

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17.: Q9: Protecting the Ocean

05 min 01 sec

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Can Green Nonprofits Benefit from Large Corporations?

02 min 52 sec

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Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, argues that partnerships between non-profits and large corporations may contribute towards long-term sustainability.

He cites China’s Three Gorges Dam Project as an example as one success.
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