Best Motivational Speaker Singapore for High-Impact Corporate Events
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Since the age of five, Stuart knew he wanted to be a “naturalist”. He started working for WWF in 1993, initially in Vietnam’s Bach Ma National Park and then in WWF-UK. As head of the WWF-UK Species Programme, which covered Asia, Latin American and Africa, he successfully devised a campaign which resulted in a change in UK law to make wildlife trade crime an arrestable offence.
In 2004, he moved to Indonesia to coordinate WWF’s Heart of Borneo campaign. Following his 3 years of work there, in February 2007, the governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia signed a historic Declaration for the conservation of the Heart of Borneo - covering an area of 240,000 sq km of rainforest.
In 2008, he moved to Laos to take up the position of Conservation Director for WWF’s Greater Mekong Programme which covers Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. During this time he ensured the successful implementation of a WWF strategy to oppose the construction of Lower Mekong mainstream dams resulting in two downstream countries adopting WWF’s pre-stated position of a 10 year delay in dam construction. He also led the team that convinced stakeholders of the need for a Mekong regional programme under the Global Environment Facility, which after 2 years of sustained work, leveraged over US$150 million for conservation in the Mekong region.
Synopsis of Presentation:
DAM RIGHT!
By the end of 2008, 11 Memorandums of Understanding were signed for the construction of hydropower dams on the lower sections of the Mekong River. With such signing, a clock is ticking as each of these dams goes through the procedures of approval. If any one of these dams is constructed, the Mekong River will be changed forever. The benefits of hydropower, electricity and poverty alleviation, are not without costs. Hydropower dams fundamentally alter the river ecosystem, often with negative impacts to livelihoods and biodiversity.
In his presentation, Stuart argues that the “natural capital” provided by the river needs to be considered alongside the economic returns of hydropower and a paradigm shift must be made in hydropower development in a way that provides a win-win for end consumers and the local custodians of the river.
TEDxWWF Singapore speaker - Simon Tay, Chairman, Singapore Institute of International Affairs
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Simon is a public intellectual focusing on Asia’s international relations, such as US-Asia relations, the global economy and issues of regionalization. He is concurrently the chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs think-tank, professor of international law at the National University of Singapore and Senior Consultant at the law firm, WongPartnership.
