In partnership with the Amazon Aid Foundation, the Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability is hosting a panel discussion titled Gilded or Green: How Gold Impacts The Amazon & Why We Should Care. The impact of gold mining on the Amazon rainforest is immense and complex: local and global demand for gold intersect with humanitarian and environmental crises. Substantive and transformational change of the global gold supply chain is non-negotiable. By building relationships between seemingly unlikely partners while committing to appreciating nuance and practicing empathy, we bridge the gap between understanding and action. In this panel, part of a new network-building initiative called Amazon Gold Working Group, we will explore perspectives – from lived experience to informed areas of study - to carve a path toward cleaner gold and an Amazon free of destructive mining. This event is open to the public so please share the registration information far and wide! Registration also gives access to an online screening of River of Gold. 

The panel will be moderated by Wake Forest Journalism Professor Justin Catanoso. Panelists include:

• Gina D’Amato, Executive Director, Alliance for Responsible Mining 
• Jupta Itoewaki, Indigenous Rights Activist, Mulokot Foundation
• Miles Silman, Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Professor of Conservation Biology; Founding Director, Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University