Dr. Gregory Thaler and Dr. Don Nelson organized the conference session, “Brazilian Natural Resource Governance: Towards an Integrative Approach,” for the 2020 Integrative Conservation Conference at the University of Georgia. Juliana Santiago (Tropical Conservation and Development Program, University of Florida) served as session discussant.
The session brought together scholars and practitioners from Brazilian and US institutions to discuss integrative approaches to Brazilian natural resource governance, emphasizing transdisciplinary work that intersects research and practice. This session involved graduate students from:
Amazonian Institute of Family Agricultures, Federal University of Pará, Brazil
Tropical Conservation and Development Program, University of Florida (UF), USA
Department of Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil
Integrative Conservation Program at University of Georgia (UGA), USA
BNRGI Conference and Workshop Participants
Back Row (left to right): Evandro Neves (Federal University of Pará), Bruno Ubiali (UGA), Gabriela de Azevedo Reis (Federal University of Ceará), Gregory Thaler (UGA); Front row (left to right): Oswaldo Medina-Ramírez (UF), Carolina Jordão (UF), Ana Luiza Violato Espada (UF), Juliana Santiago (UF)
The following papers were presented during the the session:
Logging in protected areas in Amazonia: Communities that flourish can inform those that struggle
Ana Luiza Violato Espada (UF), Natalie Cooper (UF), Fernanda Fonseca (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation), Karen Kainer (UF), and Lucia Wadt (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation)
Brazil nuts or cattle? The relationship between forest resource access and livelihood strategies in an extractive reserve, Brazilian Amazon
Bruno G. Ubiali (UGA) and Miguel N. Alexiades (University of Kent)
Carolina de Olivera Jordão (UF), Robert Buschbacher (UF), Heber Queiroz Alves (Instituto Socioambiental), and Márcia Soares (Fundo Vale).
Collaborative methodology for mapping the risks of a water system and identifying external influences
Gabriela de Azevedo Reis (University of Ceará), Francisco de Assis de Souza Filho (University of Ceará), Donald R. Nelson (UGA), and Sandra Helena Silva de Aquina (University of Ceará)
Environmental governance and participation in a Marine Extractive Reserve: A case study in Marajoara Amazon, Pará, Brazil
Evandro Carlos Costa Neves (Federal University of Pará)
Published in GeoTextos Vol. 16 N. 1 (July 2020).
Juliana Santiago (UF) serves as session discussant