Sustainability transformations of regional (Amazonian) social-ecological dynamics within planetary boundaries with special emphasis to blue carbon ecosystems
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O evento contará com transmissão ao vivo através do canal do NAEA.
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
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
INTERACTIVE FIELDEXCURSION
UFPA – Núcleo de Altos Estudos Amazônicos, IECOS Campus Bragança,
Leibniz-Lab for Systemic Sustainability
Friday, 14th of November 2025
Bus Transfer to Bragança: 13.00 – 18.00
With lunch and information on Bragança and excursions on the way
Check in at hotel
Welcome Reception and Poster Presentation: 19.00 – 21.00
Bragança – PA, UFPA Campus Bragança
Poster presentation of research related to the dynamics and problems of the Amazon Coastal Region
Moderators: Moirah Menezes, UFPA/ IECOS – Campus Bragança, Brazil
Francisco Pereira de Oliveira, UFPA – Campus Bragança, Brazil
Field excursion to Caratatuea: 08.30 – 18.00
Field excursion to the crab fishing community of Caratatuea
Visit of crab fishing families and crab collection house
Visit of accumulation of crab waste with remarks on related environmental impacts
Lunch in the community of Catatatuea
Boat ride on the Caeté River
Sunday, 16th of November 2025
Field excursion to Ajuruteua: 08.30 – 15.00
Visit of Vila dos Pescadores community
Visit of the Quiet Kiall
Visit of the beach
Visit of the fish selling point
Lunch at Macarena restaurant