From crisis to cosmos: could a shift in our values save the planet?
The roots of our ecological crisis can be found in the economic, political and social realities of modern industrial society, its organization of labour and methods of production.
Understanding institutional bricolage: What drives behavior change towards sustainable land use in the Eastern Amazon?
Maria Fernanda Gebara. International Journal of the Commons, 13(1), pp.637–659.
Deconstructing the policyscape for reducing deforestation in the eastern Amazon: Practical insights for a landscape approach
Maria Fernanda Gebara, Erin Sills, Peter May, Tim Forsyth. Environmental Policy and Governance 2019; 1– 13.
Bolsonaro: The Messias has arrived, but there is no salvation.
Last October, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, labelled by international social media as ‘the tropical Trump’, was elected in Brazil with 55% of votes. What does this election mean for the world, and why all Brazilian environmentalists are so worried?
What drives policy change for REDD+? A qualitative comparative analysis of the interplay between institutional and policy arena factors
Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, Maria Brockhaus, Jenniver Sehring, Monica Di Gregorio, Samuel Assembe-Mvondo, Andrea Babon, Melaku Bekele, Vanessa Benn, Maria Fernanda Gebara, Hermann W. Kambire, Felicien Kengoum, Cynthia Maharani, Mary Menton, Moira Moeliono, Robert Ochieng, Naya Sharma Paudel, Thuy Thu Pham, Guy Patrice Dkamela, Almeida Sitoe (2018). Climate Policy.
Tenure reforms in indigenous lands: decentralized forest management or illegalism?
Maria Fernanda Gebara. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 32, 2018.
Beyond human-nature dichotomy: on the cosmopolitics of the Amazon
The Amazon is the largest contingent of tropical forests in the world, with bio and ethno-cultural diversity that fulfills vital functions in global climate regulation. This presentation elaborates on Stenger’s and Latour’s studies on the emerging movement towards post-natural politics that moves beyond the human-nature dichotomy to re-imagine political regimes outside capitalism and neoliberalism. It […]
Indigenous Spirituality and the Ecological Self
This presentation explores the role of indigenous spirituality in promoting a radical restructuring of modern Western societies in accordance with deep ecology beliefs. The starting point is the assumption of indigenous spirituality as a challenge to dominant neoliberal discourses in Western societies at the same time as it is constrained by the limits of those […]
Indigenous Amazonian visitors describe their life, culture and spirituality
Three representatives – one Elder, and two youth leaders – from the Amazonian Yawanawa tribe from Brazil spoke and sang with a small group in Bath Friends Meeting House on Tue 28 August.
Forests and brazilian biodiversity
Guilherme Lima, Maria Fernanda Gebara and Peter May . Economia do Meio Ambiente e da Energia, Fundamentos Teóricos e Aplicações. Eds. Santos T. and Santos L., Center for Integrated Studies on Environment and Climate Change – CentroClima/COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, LTC.
