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The event will be conducted in English.

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Thursday, 13th of November 2025

Opening Session: 9.00 – 10.00

Welcome Note
UFPA, UFPA/NAEA, UNESCO-Chairs and LL-SYSTAIN-ZMT

Parallel Session 1a: 10.00 – 13.00 (Auditorium I)

LL-SYSTAIN – The Leibniz Lab for ‘Systemic Sustainability’

Biodiversity, Climate, Agriculture and Food – A Common Area of Action and Conflict
Jochen Schanze
Leibniz Institute or Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany

Pilot Sites of LL-SYSTAIN: Current key issues related to Biodiversity, Climate, Agriculture, and Food in Berlin-Brandenburg and Amazon Coastal Region
Sundus Saleemi
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Germany
Armin Mathis
Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil
Marion Glaser
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Germany

World Café on sustainability transformation pathways: Part 1

 

Parallel Session 1b:  10.00 – 13.00 (Auditorium II)

UNESCO Chairs and Biosphere Reserves:
Partnerships for sustainable development

Moderator:
Miguel Clüsener-Godt – University of Coimbra, Portugal

Hiroyuki Matsuda 
UNESCO Chair on Education in Biosphere Reserves for Sustainable societies, National University of Yokohama, Japan

Alexander Siegmund
UNESCO Chair on World Heritage and Biosphere Reserve Observation and Education, Heidelberg University of Education, Germany

Helena Freitas
UNESCO Chair on Biodiversity Safeguard for Sustainable Development,
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Luis E. Aragón
UNESCO Chair in South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development, UPFA / NAEA, Brazil

 

Lunch Break: 13.00 – 14.00

 

Parallel Session 2a:  14.00 – 18.00 (Auditorium I)

The Leibniz-Lab for Systemic Sustainability: Food systems innovations in Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany) and the Amazon coastal region (Brazil)

Moderators:
Luma Rossi – ATB, Germany
Marion Glaser – ZMT, Germany
Lena Knopp – ZMT, Germany

The role of (systemic) innovations to support transformations
Raimund Bleischwitz
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research, Germany

Innovation theme: “Use the invader“

Lionfish in Brazil: Lessons from the first five years
Clara Buck
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Use the Invader! Local threats and work towards solutions
Lena Knopp
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research, Germany

If you can´t beat them, eat them: Turning invasive species into delicacies for ecological & culinary innovation
Lukas Bosch 
HolyCrab – INVERT GmbH, Germany

Coffee Break

Innovation theme: “From waste to value: Circular innovations in food and agriculture”

Bio-efficient production of alternative biomass to deliver healthy foods within sustainable bioeconomy
Luma Rossi Ribeiro
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Germany

Sustainable valorization of organic waste into protein and fertilizer with Black Soldier Fly
Franziska Schindler
Hermetia Baruth GmbH, Germany

Technologies in the recycling of wastes from the food processing industry
Marileide Moraes Alves
UFPA – Campus Bragança, Brazil

From waste to resource: Human excreta in circular agriculture
Enno Schröder
Goldeimer GmbH, Germany

World Café on sustainability transformation pathways: Part 2

 

Parallel Session 2b:  14.00 – 18.00 (Auditorium II)

Sustainability transformations and socio-ecological dynamics: Examples from Amazonia

Moderator:
Luis E. Aragón – UPFA, Brazil

Das estimativas quantitativas de biomassa e carbono para ações de impacto em empreendimentos comunitários no oeste paraense: resultados e experiências
Izaura Cristina Nunes Pereira Costa
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil

Oil exploitation and conservation of nature in Guyana
Donette Adrienne Nicholson
Ministry of Education, Guyana

Comportamento ecológico de turistas em área de proteção ambiental: O caso na ilha do Combú
Izabel Maria França de Souza Borja
Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil

Coffee Break

A relação entre Unidade de Conservação e Governança a partir da área fronteiriça entre Brasil e Bolívia
Adria Macedo dos Santos
Secretaria de Educação, Município Augusto Corrêa, Brazil

Manejo socioambiental de Reservas de la Biosfera y otras áreas protegidas en zonas de conflicto en Colombia
Fredy Alexis Rivera Angel
Agencia Nacional da Infraestructura, Colombia

Potencial para a criação de uma Reserva da Biosfera no Marajó
Patrick Diniz Alves Quintela 
Secretaria de Agricultura, Pecuária, Produção Sustentável e Irrigação, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Welcome Reception: 18.00

Book Launch: Cidadania Global E Sustentabilidade – Ações das Cátedras UNESCO do Brasil
Carolina Schenatto Rosa et al.

Presentation of the Innovation Gallery by LL-SYSTAIN

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Friday, 14th of November 2025

Session 1: 8.30 – 10.30

From local and regional realities to global systemic sustainability: Scaling up climate adaptation and nature preservation strategies in agriculture

Moderators:
Sundus Saleemi
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany
Bruna Almeida
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

Adaptation strategies in crop production for ecosystem services – Is scaling up agroecology a solution?
Marcos Lana
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Breaking down disciplinary silos: Lessons from postgraduate agroecosystems research for systemic sustainability
Sandro Schlindwein
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Community-led agroecological and climate adaptation initiatives in the Global South – scaling up local knowledge
Michelle Chevelev-Bonatti
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany

Can alliances between academia and grassroots movements for the protection of the rights of people and the environment, particularly in the Global South, support the implementation of systemic approaches to tackling climate, food insecurity, and biodiversity loss?
Elisa Urbano
Feminist Land Platform, Brazil

The UNESCO Biosphere Reserves and the experiences of the UNESCO Chairs
Miguel Clüsner-Godt 
University of Coimbra, Portugal

Coffee Break: 10.30 – 11.00

 

Session 2: 11.00 – 12.45

Dynamics of the Amazon Coastal Region and regional potentials for innovation and sustainability

Moderators:
Armin Mathis
UFPA, Brazil
Marion Glaser
ZMT, Germany

Introduction to Amazonian coastal forests and fisheries and major issues
Moirah Menezes
UFPA/IECOS; Brazil
Armin Mathis
UFPA/NAEA, Brazil

Arts-based processes to address sustainability conflicts more equitably
Marion Glaser
ZMT, Germany

Knowledge exchange and well-being through creative practices: A case study from the northern Brazilian coast
Lena Knopp
ZMT, Germany

Creating a Lionfish Market: Lessons from the Caribbean
Michael David Mitchell
Pezzy Pets, U.S.A

Introduction to INVERSA: Leather from invasive species
Alivian Kaplan
INVERSA Leathers, U.S.A

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INTERACTIVE FIELDEXCURSION

Activity not open to the public
Atividade não aberta ao público

UFPA – Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, IECOS Campus Bragança,
Leibniz-Lab for Systemic Sustainability

Friday, 14th of November 2025
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