The origin of the term Green New Deal (GND) predates the pandemic, but it was US President Joe Biden who brought it back to the center of the debate. The term provides for U.S. leadership in promoting a sustainable economic model, with the goal of zero global emissions by 2050. To this end, the country […]
The Choices Institute holds the webinar launching the study "How does Brazilian Agro benefit from deforestation?" Discussants: - Joaquim Bento de Souza Ferreira Filho, senior professor at ESALQ/USP and coordinator of the team responsible for the econometric analysis of the study. - Marcio Astrini, executive secretary of the Climate Observatory. - Leila Harfuch, managing partner […]
The OCAA (Observatory of Trade and Environment in the Amazon) promotes the series of webinars "Dialogues on the Amazon bioeconomy and international trade", bringing together representatives from the private sector, academia, and civil society organizations, with the aim of understanding what criteria should define the Amazon bioeconomy, opportunities and challenges, and its viability in Brazil […]
From February 8th to 22nd, registration is open for the V Edition of the "Festival Fotografia em Tempo e Afeto", which was born from the desire to expand Rondônia's visual sense of belonging, and this year has "the environment" as its central theme. Since 2017 and annually, the streets of the city of Porto Velho […]
A realização de investimentos requer bem mais do que avaliações sobre seus retornos financeiros. Quando se trata de investimentos na Amazônia Brasileira, a responsabilidade social, corporativa e ambiental, conhecido como ESG, ganha ainda mais atenção. Neste contexto, os investimentos precisam estar engajados aos ODS (Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável). Neste episódio dos Diálogos Amazônicos, vamos ouvir […]
The event, on-line and free of charge, will present the diagnosis resulting from the first phase of the initiative "Together for quilombola children and adolescents in Pará", promoted in partnership by UNICEF and Agenda Pública. The project's goal is to identify challenges and opportunities in serving quilombola children and adolescents, building an integrated look at […]
The potential of the Amazon bioeconomy and the valorization of knowledge and biodiversity need innovation, investors, and entrepreneurs capable of changing the key to the region's development. AMAZ is promoting a debate about this with Denis Minev (Bemol's CEO), Fernando Russo (founder of the impact investment manager Meraki Impact), Joanna Martins (CEO of Manioca, an […]
The live is part of the series "Brazilian Amazon: Integrated Territorial Perspectives and Vision of the Future", produced by the Center for Synergia Studies, and will be a meeting to debate the historical process of transformation and use of Amazonian soil and the pressures suffered over the years. Among the subjects on the agenda will […]
The Vale Fund, in partnership with Palladium, promotes a conversation about the Mapping of Agroforestry Businesses in Brazil: Approaching scalable productive arrangements initiatives with the Vale Fund. Representatives from the institutions will be present for a brief presentation about the proposal and, soon after, time will be dedicated to answer questions from the participants. With […]
The speaker Inaiê Takaes Santos will share about the work of the Bioeconomy WG of the initiative A Concert for the Amazon, which was born motivated by the existence of different interpretations of the bioeconomy in the Amazonian context, and by its implications for sustainable business models and public policies that the group seeks to […]
Na próxima segunda, 13/06, damos início ao projeto "A Amazônia Que Queremos", um programa global virtual que explora o estado atual do ecossistema amazônico e suas comunidades. O objetivo é aumentar a conscientização sobre a Amazônia, além de dar aos participantes uma visão geral sobre o ecossistema amazônico, tendências atuais e suas implicações para o […]
O presidente do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID), Ilan Goldfajn, assim se manifestou recentemente sobre a Iniciativa Amazônica, criada pelo BID em 2021: "Queremos aumentar a ambição do banco para […]
