March 30, 2023 – Intercultural Education: Lessons from La Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo
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Voices from the Forest: Local action for human well-being and Earth’s protection
Indigenous lands and traditional communities cover 25% of the Amazon Basin. Effective protection of these lands, as a complement to the additional 25% that have been designated as conservation areas are widely recognized as essential to meeting the interlocking challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and socioenvironmental justice (e.g. Science Panel for the Amazon Chapter…
December 3, 2020 – Communication Strategies for Political Advocacy in the Amazon
Communication Strategies for Political Advocacy in the Amazon The project Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon (GIA; GIAMAZON.ORG) is analyzing the actions necessary to exercise political influence and influence the transparency of infrastructure planning. One type of action is to promote collaborative social learning in communities of practice. Communication strategies and techniques are a crucial…
November 26, 2020 – Dialogue on the Development of Amazonian Peoples between Opportunities and Threats
Dialogue on the Development of Amazonian Peoples between Opportunities and Threats Please join us on November 26th, at 3:00-4:00pm (COL & EST) / 2:00-3:00pm (BOL) for the event “Dialogue on the Development of Amazonian Peoples between Opportunities and Threats.”
Webinario Mujeres Y Energía: Discusión Y Reflexiones
Silvia Molina, researcher at CEDLA (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Laboral y Agrario in La Paz, Bolivia), discussed her recent publication “Women and Energy,” where she analyzed a series of initiatives led by women and local organizations to face hydroelectric and other energy-related projects. The webinar was centered on three specific topics: the ways…
Newsletter #8 October
The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon Project is led by the University of Florida Tropical Conservation and Development Program and aims to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice and Learning (CoP-L) for exchanges of experiences and reflection on the use of tools and strategies for infrastructure governance by conservation and development practitioners…
October 30, 2020 – Mujeres y energía: Discusión y reflexiones
Webinario GIA con Silvia Molina Carpio Mujeres y energía: Discusión y reflexiones El webinario toma como marco referencial el análisis “Mujeres y Energía” por la Investigadora del CEDLA sobre la problemática de las mujeres y la energía enfatizando la estructura del sector extractivo y los desafíos para enfrentar desigualdades de poder. El webinario seguirá una…
Webinario Trochas, Trampolines Y Elefantes Blancos: Discursos Y Politicas De La Infraestructura En La Amazonia Colombiana
Simon Uribe, professor of the Urban Management and Development program at the Universidad del Rosario in Colombia, spoke about the practices and processes of state building in the Colombian Amazon through roads and highways. At different times, this infrastructure has been synonymous with land grabbing, racial violence, dispossession, deforestation and extraction, and decimation of traditional…
Newsletter #7 September
The Governance and Infrastructure in the Amazon Project is led by the University of Florida Tropical Conservation and Development Program and aims to create, strengthen and expand a Community of Practice and Learning (CoP-L) for exchanges of experiences and reflection on the use of tools and strategies for infrastructure governance by conservation and development practitioners…
October 9, 2020 – Trochas, trampolines y elefantes blancos: Discursos y politicas de la infraestructura en la Amazonia Colombiana
Webinario GIA con Simon Uribe: Trochas, trampolines y elefantes blancos Trochas, trampolines y elefantes blancos: discursos y políticas de la infraestructura en la Amazonia colombiana La apertura de caminos, trochas y carreteras en la Amazonia colombiana ha sido fuente de dinámicas de violencia y conflictos socioambientales. En distintos momentos, estas infraestructuras han sido sinónimos de…
