Webinar on “The Afghan Emerald Trade: Challenges and Opportunities” (Third in an Occasional Series of Discussions on Environment, Conflict, and Peace in Afghanistan)
Jun 10, 2020
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Environmental Peacebuilding Association
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This webinar will examine the burgeoning commercial trade in one of Afghanistan’s most beautiful and prized natural resources -- Panjshir Emeralds. While Afghanistan has been mired in armed conflict for over forty years, and certainly there are problems with conflict minerals around the world, Panjshir emeralds could be a stabilizing force by providing livelihoods where there are few other options.
The Panjshir Region has long been a unique area of Afghanistan. During the Soviet Occupation, the sale of emeralds funded the resistance of Ahmad Shah Masood against the Soviets and they were never able to penetrate the region. Similarly, today, Panjshir has held off incursions by insurgent groups such as Isis and the Taliban creating a relatively conflict-free zone in a nation beset by conflict. Please join us for a lively discussion about the opportunities and challenges presented by the emerald trade in Afghanistan.
Date: June 10th 2020, 10 am EST
Participants
Mr. Forrest Snowden,Chairman and Group CEO of Aria Gems, Inc. and Sister Companies; former Senior Advisor Deloitte Consulting LLP; founder of KPMG’s Consulting ePayment and UK Divisions, KPMG LLP. Founding team member of global secure eCommerce, IBM. Tufts University, Entrepreneurship Center Advisory Board.
Mr. Shakib Noori, CEO of M-Paisa, Roshan Telecom's owned Mobile Services Development Afghanistan Ltd; former Economic Counselor in the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC, and Consultant at the World Bank HQ.
Moderator: Mr. Carl Bruch, JD, President of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and Director of International Programs for the Environmental Law Institute.
Registration
Please register for EnPAx Webinar on the Afghan Emerald Trade: Challenges and Opportunities on Jun 10, 2020 10:00 AM EDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2147787519583077899
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.