Seminars

(Last updated on August 11, 2008)

Seminar 1: Alternative Ways for Protecting the Amazon Region: Valuation and Economic Instruments Applied to the Environment

Aim: To identify and discuss the possibilities of Amazon Region development and protection policies based on using instruments sourced from economic valuation of the environment.

Partner Institutions: I-PIATAM

September 11, 2008 (Thursday)

7:30 am - 8:30 am – Registration
8:30 am – 8:40 am - Welcoming Video - Flávia Grosso.
8:40 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 1 Moderator.
8:50 am - Panel 1: Theoretical framework relating to the economic valuation of the environment
Moderator: Claudia Valle, Climate Center Researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Centro - Clima/COPPE/UFRJ), PhD in Energy and Environmental Planning, Specialist in Energy and Climate Change, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Melyse Amaralina da Silva, Researcher at the Petrobras Amazon Environmental Excellence Center (CEAP - Amazônia), Bachelor of Economic Sciences, Master’s Degree in Environmental Sciences and Sustainability in the Amazon Region, Language: Portuguese.

Lectures:

8:50 am – 9:30 am
• Lecture 1: Theoretical principles behind the economic instruments – Alexandre Rivas, I-PIATAM Chairman, Researcher/Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Post-Doctorate in Economics, Language: Portuguese.

9:30 am – 10:10 am
• Lecture 2: Theoretical principles behind the economic valuation of the environment – José Aroudo Mota, Researcher at the Applied Economic Research Institute in Brasília (IPEA/BSB), PhD in Sustainable Development, Language: Portuguese.

10:10 am – 10:25 am – Coffee break

10:25 am – 11:05 am
• Lecture 3: Ecology and Economics – Philip Fearnside, Researcher at the National Amazon Research Institute (INPA), PhD in Biological Sciences, Specialist in Geographical Information Systems, Language: Portuguese.

11:05 am – 11:45 am
• Lecture 4: Biodiversity and the (Failure of the) Market? – José Oswaldo Candido Jr., Researcher at the Applied Economic Research Institute in Brasília (IPEA/BSB), PhD in Economics, Language: Portuguese

11:45 am – 12:10 pm - Debate Session
12:10 pm - Lunch

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Lecture 5: Conceptual bases for the use of economic instruments in the Amazon Region – James Kahn, Researcher/Lecturer at Washington and Lee University, United States, PhD in Economics, Specialist in the Economics of Natural Resources, Language: Portuguese

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Lecture 6: The concession of public forests as an economic instrument – Geraldo Góes, Researcher at the Applied Economic Research Institute (IPEA), and presently the holder of the highest academic rank in the area of forestry from the economic point of view, Language: Portuguese.

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm: Debate Session
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm – Coffee break

3:40 pm - Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media – Panel 2 Moderator.
3:40 pm - Panel 2: The use of economic instruments to protect the Amazon Region
Moderator: José Aroudo Mota, Researcher at the Applied Economic Research Institute in Brasília (IPEA/BSB), PhD in Sustainable Development, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Beatriz Furtado, Researcher in the Economics and Management Area of the PIATAM Project, Bachelor of Economics, Studying for a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Sustainability in the Amazon Region, Language: Portuguese.

Lectures:

3:40 pm – 4:10 pm
• Lecture 1: Economic instruments and climate change: opportunities for the Amazon Region – Cláudia Valle, Climate Center Researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Centro - Clima/COPPE/UFRJ), PhD in Energy and Environmental Planning, Specialist in Energy and Climate Change, Language: Portuguese.

4:10 pm – 4:40 pm
• Lecture 2: The Manaus Industrial Sector and the protection of the Forests in the State of Amazonas - Alexandre Rivas, I-PIATAM Chairman, Researcher/Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Post-Doctorate in Economics, Language: Portuguese.

4:40 pm – 5:00 pm – Debate Session
5:00 pm – Close

September 12, 2008 (Friday)
8:00 am – Panel Composition / Checking the lectures in the media - Panel 3 Moderator.
8:15 am - Panel 3 Continued: The use of economic instruments to protect the Amazon Region
Moderator: José Aroudo Mota, Researcher at the Applied Economic Research Institute in Brasília (IPEA/BSB), PhD in Sustainable Development, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Beatriz Furtado, Researcher in the Economics and Management Area of the PIATAM Project, Bachelor of Economics, Studying for a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science and Sustainability in the Amazon Region, Language: Portuguese.

8:15 am – 8:45 am
• Lecture 1: Applications of the economic valuation of the environment – José Aroudo Mota, Researcher at the Applied Economic Research Institute in Brasília (IPEA/BSB), PhD in Sustainable Development, Language: Portuguese.

8:45 am – 9:15 am
• Lecture 2: The valuation of environmental resources in the PIATAM Project’s area of operation – James Kahn, Researcher/Lecturer at Washington and Lee University, United States, PhD in Economics, Specialist in the Economics of Natural Resources, Language: Portuguese

9:15 am – 9:45 am
• Lecture 3: Economic valuation and environmental services in the Amazon Region – Philip Fearnside, Researcher at the National Amazon Research Institute (INPA), PhD in Biological Sciences, Specialist in Geographical Information Systems, Language: Portuguese.

9:45 am – 10:05 am – Debate Session
10:05 am – 10:25 am - Coffee break

10:25 am – 10:55 am
• Lecture 4: Economic valuation of the fishing resources in the Amazon Region – Carlos Edwar Freitas, Researcher/Lecturer at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM/I-PIATAM), PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences, Language: Portuguese

10:55 am – 11:25 am
• Lecture 5: The value of mineral resources in the Amazon Region – Roberto C. Villas Boas, Researcher at the Ministry of Science and Technology's Centre of Mineral Technology (CETEM/MCT), PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Language: Portuguese.

11:25 am - 11:55 am
• Lecture 6: Economic valuation in the State of Pará – Marcelo Diniz, Researcher/Lecturer and Postgraduate Coordinator of Economics at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), PhD in Economic and Regional Growth and Development, Language: Portuguese.

11:55 am – 12:15 pm - Debate Session
12:15 pm - Lunch

2:00 pm - Panel 4: Governance, Management and Economic Instruments in the Amazon Region.
Moderator: Marcelo Diniz, Researcher/Lecturer and Postgraduate Coordinator of Economics at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), PhD in Economic and Regional Growth and Development, Language: Portuguese.
Rapporteur: Débora Ramos Santiago, Researcher in the Economics and Management Area of the PIATAM Project, Bachelor of Economics, Studying for a Master’s Degree in Regional Development, Language: Portuguese.

Lectures
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
• Lecture 1: Governance and Economic Instruments in the Amazon Region - Senator Arthur Virgílio, Senator of the Republic, Language: Portuguese

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
• Lecture 2: The Petrobras Environmental Excellence Center in the Amazon (CEAP): a Petrobras Initiative for the Valuation of the Amazon Region - Nelson Cabral, Safety, Environment and Health Manager, (SMS), North Region, Petrobras, Master’s Degree in Management Systems, Language: Portuguese

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm – Debate Session
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm - Coffee break

3:40 pm – 4:10 pm
• Lecture 3: Strategic Environmental Management in the Amazon Region - Neliton Marques, Chairman and Researcher at the Amazonas Environmental Protection Institute (IPAAM), PhD in Entomology, Language: Portuguese.

4:10 pm – 4:40 pm
• Lecture 4: The Value of Urban Ecosystems in the Amazon Region - Luciana Valente, Environment Secretary at the Municipal Environment Secretariat (SEMMA), Master’s Degree in Environmental Law, Language: Portuguese.

4:40 pm – 5:00 pm - Debate Session
5:00 pm - Close

 

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