A Tribute to Maurice Strong (1929-2015)
IISD is pleased to present a video tribute to the life of Maurice Strong.
IISD is pleased to present a tribute to the life of Maurice Strong, a trailblazing environmentalist who organized both the 1972 Stockholm and 1992 Rio UN conferences on the environment, as well as the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Canadian International Development Agency.
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