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Climate Change and Socioenvironmental Conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon Lecture In PRISM Today

Please join us for this lecture by Cornell visiting fellow, Fábio Zuker, on Wednesday, April 13 at Noon in the PRISM 1 - 108.

Climate Change and Socioenvironmental Conflicts in the Brazilian Amazon

This talk will present a broad view of the current reality in the Amazon forest, focusing on the current threats presented by deforestation, illegal mining, and other degrading activities in the region. Fábio will bring examples from his own reporting, especially on the impact and expansion of soybean production in the tropical rainforest and the way pesticides are being used to clear the land and make the life of traditional farming communities nearly impossible.

Fábio Zuker is a writer and journalist who on three occasions has been a Pulitzer Center grantee. He holds a master’s degree from the School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences in Paris and is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of São Paulo. He is currently a visiting scholar with Cornell University’s Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program. His book, The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon - and other stories of the Brazilian Rainforest (Milkweed Editions), will be published in May 2022.

https://einaudi.cornell.edu/discover/people/fabio-zuker

Christina Lee
Global Education & International Services
04/13/2022