Environmental Policy, Social Movements, and Science for the Brazilian Amazon

Swift Hall
1025 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

University of Chicago
November 5-6, 2009

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Panel 2 — Social Movements and Chico Mendes' Legacy for the Sustainable Development of the Amazon

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• Extractive Reserves in the Amazon: an appraisal of Chico Mendes' Legacy.
  Mary Allegretti, Antropóloga, Consultora Independente, Curitiba, Pr.
• The role of the Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves in the reduction of deforestation and forest conservation in the Amazon.
  Ane Alencar, Geógrafa, Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia, Brasilia, DF.
• Amazon Forest Citizens: work, life, and hope in Rio Branco, Acre 1989-2004.
  Marianne Schmink, Professor, Director of the Tropical Conservation and Development Program, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
• Towards equitable development in the Amazon: Acre’s experience and challenges ahead.
  Ricardo Paes de Barros, Economista, Pesquisador do IPEA - Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brasilia, DF.
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• Respondent: Mauro Barbosa de Almeida, Antropólogo, Professor da Universidade de Campinas, São Paulo, SP.

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Organized by the Center for Latin American Studies with the generous support of the Tinker Visiting Professor program, a US Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant, and a grant from the Brazil Office of the Ford Foundation. Additional support is made possible by a grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation to the Program on the Global Environment, and from the Center for International Studies.