Environment

Abstract: The Brazilian Amazon burned in August 2019 on a scale never before recorded. The impact of this episode is global. The importance of this biome in the planet's climate balance is undeniable. However, the Amazon remains interpreted as a depository territory of natural resources, as reflected by the activities of mining and agribusiness aompanies and aam buildings. When political questions about the governance of this territory emerged, the Brazilian government quickly positioned itself against the international political community demarcating Brazil's sovereignty in this territory. Native communities for thousands of years preserved the Amazon biome; now the Brazilian government is undertaking a process of institutional deconstruction in both the environmental and human rights arena. Deregulation of environmental policy is ongoing, and endangers the traditional knowledge of indigenous people and rural communities. Their lands are invaded by agents who cooperate with the mining, agribusiness and dam construction sectors. What is the responsibility of the institutions of Environmental Global Governance with the Amazon in this scenario of domestic deconstruction of environmental protection and human rights guarantees in Amazon? This round table will discuss the Amazon today and its global interdependence and sustainability, as a central theme for Global Environmental Governance, while highlighting the important role played by Multilateral Institutions in the current scenario of environmental and social damages.

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PANEL – Expanding knowledge networks: towards an integration of Western and non -Western traditional environmental knowledge in Latin America. // Ampliando las redes de conocimiento: hacia una integración del conocimiento ambiental occidental y tradicional, en América Latina - scheduled for 5/14/2020 17:00:00 - 18:45:00

Abstract: This panel explores the territory-nature-culture relationship, by means of a dialogue of knowledge between local communities and Western production systems. Currently, science recognizes the value of the biocultural heritage that brings together the symbolic and material expressions of the relationship between indigenous peoples and their ecosystems. It is for this reason that this panel brings together papers that examine current productive practices and processes, from a perspective that seeks new social relations in a postmodern and globalized Latin America. These emerge from the circulation of traditional and scientific knowledge, and in the meeting of knowledge paradigms, such as conservation from a biocultural approach, the reformulation / recovery of traditional agroecosystems as an alternative to agro-industrial development, and artistic and cultural expressions that claim the conservation of biocultural heritage.

Resumen: Este panel explora la relación territorio-naturaleza-cultura, a través del diálogo de saberes de las comunidades locales y los sistemas de producción de las sociedades occidentales. Actualmente, la ciencia reconoce el valor del patrimonio biocultural que reúne las expresiones simbólicas y materiales de la relación entre los pueblos originarios y sus ecosistemas. Es por este motivo que este panel reúne ponencias que examinan prácticas y procesos productivos de actualidad, desde una perspectiva que busca nuevas relaciones sociales en un México posmoderno y globalizado. Esta nuevas relaciones se establecen en la circulación de los saberes tradicionales y científicos, y en el encuentro de paradigmas del conocimiento.

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WORKSHOP #1: Emerging Issues in Latin American Environmental Research - scheduled for 5/15/2020 09:00:00 - 10:45:00

ROUND TABLE: Damaging until When? Amazon Territories, Climate Crisis and Global Governance -- scheduled for 5/14/2020 13:00:00 - 14:45:00

Organizer: Maria Alessandra P Woolson; University of Vermont
Chair: Nírvia Ravena Sousa; Universidade Federal do Pará

PRESENTERS
1. Nírvia Ravena Sousa; Universidade Federal do Pará
2. Claudia Horn; London School of Economics and Political Science
3. Maria AP Woolson for Nele Azevedo (in absentia), artist, Sao Paulo
4. Joana Salem Vasconcelos; University of São Paulo (USP)

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PANEL: Expanding knowledge networks: towards an integration of Western and non -Western traditional environmental knowledge in Latin America -- scheduled for 5/14/2020 17:00:00 - 18:45:00

Organizer: Maria Alessandra Woolson, University of Vermont
Chair: Lidia Blásquez Martínez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Lerma
Discussant: Marcela López-Vallejo Olvera, Universidad de Guadalajara

PRESENTERS

1. Lidia Ivonne Blasquez Martinez, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Lerma
2. Nírvia Ravena Sousa; Universidade Federal do Pará
3. Armelle Gouritin; CONACyT
4. Armando Garcia Chiang; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana/Iztapalapa

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WORKSHOP #1: Emerging Issues in Latin American Environmental Research - scheduled for 5/15/2020 09:00:00 - 10:45:00

Organizer: Li1dia Blásquez Martínez; Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Lerma
Chair: Maria Alessandra P Woolson; University of Vermont

PRESENTERS

1. Marcela López-Vallejo Olvera, Universidad de Guadalajara
2. Gabriela Muñoz Melendez; El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
3. Claudia Horn; London School of Economics and Political Science
4. Andrew R Smolski; North Carolina State University
5. Joana Salem Vasconcelos; University of São Paulo (USP)
6. Daniela Garcia Grandon; RIMISP

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WORKSHOP #2: Towards an Integration of Western and Non -Western Traditional Environmental Knowledge in Latin America - scheduled for 5/15/2020 11:00:00 - 12:45:00

Organizer & Chair: Maria Alessandra P Woolson; University of Vermont
Discussant: Marcela López-Vallejo Olvera, Universidad de Guadalajara

PRESENTERS

1. Estela González, Middlebury College, USA
2. Enrique Leff, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM (invitado especial)
3. Georgina Vega Fregoso, Universidad de Guadalajara
4. Maria Alessandra Woolson, University of Vermont