Cary Fowler of the Global Crop Diversity Trust laid out a compelling case to do more to protect endangered food species in advent of climate change, especially in South Asia, where the environment is anticipated to be most fragile.

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The answer to this question will undoubtedly shape the geostrategic environment of the Asia-Pacific theater in the coming decades.

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Our objective is to shape the environment in the Asia Pacific region in which the peaceful rise of important countries, including China, contributes to the common good, is fundamentally stabilizing and not destabilizing, and in which every party can contribute to the work at hand.

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This decline in the anticipated first quarter EPS points to the effect of the European sovereign debt crises, slowing growth in the Asia-Pacific region and the weak economic environment in the U.S. In addition, the company faces increased pressure on its net income on account of higher pension contributions, which have increased as a result of historically low interest rates.

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The economy in the U.S. is strengthening, Asia is in full recovery mode and, if anything, the macro environment for stocks is improving, not deteriorating.

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Others honored by the organization, which runs programs focused on security, cooperation, economics, the environment and which centers on the Middle East, Africa and Asia, were Unilever CEO Paul Polman and violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

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