Who Will Save The Amazon?

Liliana Dávalos explores the multifaceted environmental challenges facing the Amazon region. Host Heather Lynch and Dávalos, a professor in ecology & evolution at Stony Brook University,  discuss the interplay between climate change, deforestation, illegal activities such as gold mining and drug trafficking, and the role of extractivist and Indigenous communities. Juan Pablo Iñamagua, a professor of agricultural sciences at Universidad de Cuenca, and Ane Alencar, IPAM Amazonia’s director of science, join the conversation to delve into the complexity of conservation efforts, the impact of global economic systems, and the vital importance of transboundary cooperation to protect the Amazon.

Learn more with:

• “Weather Disasters and Their Underreported Impacts on Amazonian Communities” by Rayane Pacheco, Juan Pablo Iñamagua, Liliana M. Dávalos, Galia Selaya, Sabina C. Ribeiro, Ane Alencar“
• Strengthening Climate Disaster Policy in the Amazon through Data Standardization and Transboundary Collaboration” by Ane Alencar, Liliana M. Dávalos, Rayane Pacheco, Juan Pablo Iñamagua, Galia Selaya, Sabina C. Ribeiro
• Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) 
• "The Falling Sky", by Davi Kopenawa

Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you:

• 00:00 Do you know about The New York Climate Exchange?

• 00:31 Introduction to the Amazon’s Importance

• 01:20 Podcast Overview and Guest Introductions

• 02:16 Organizing the Symposium: Goals and Experiences

• 03:34 Understanding Extractivist Communities

• 06:38 Conservation with Economic Growth

• 07:54 Indigenous Rights and Environmental Protection

• 11:31 Impact of Capitalism on Indigenous Societies

• 19:22 Criminal Activity and Environmental Impact

• 31:16 Future of the Amazon: Solutions and Policies

• 35:27 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Host: Heather Lynch

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