The Tanguro Research Station, one of the largest open-air laboratories in the world, is celebrating its 20th anniversary at an event on Wednesday (12) that will bring together authorities such as the Minister of Agrarian Development and Family Farming, Paulo Teixeira; the governor of the state of Pará, Helder Barbalho; the director of Banco Safra, Joaquim Levy; the CEO of the Woodwell Climate Research Center, Max Holmes, as well as specialists in sustainable agriculture; representatives of traditional peoples; among others. The symposium will be held at the Thomas Jefferson House, in the 606 North Large Area Sector, in Brasilia.
Located in an area of ecological transition, between the Amazon and the Cerrado, in Querência (MT), the Tanguro Research Station is home to research aimed at understanding the impact of human actions on the environment. The idea arose in 2004 from a partnership between IPAM (Amazon Environmental Research Institute), the Woodwell Climate Research Center, and Amaggi.
Climate change, the behavior of fire in native vegetation, the impact on animals and the intensification of land use for agricultural activities make up the list of studies carried out by researchers from Brazil and abroad.
Over the course of two decades, around 180 high-impact scientific publications have been produced by the technical team, made up of five field technicians and two resident scientists, along with more than 40 researchers.
The Research Station is also home to students, journalists and public policy makers and has been visited by scientists from seven countries, who seek to take the expertise of local science abroad.
Symposium celebrating 20 years of the Tanguro Research Station
Date and time: June 12, 2024, at 10 a.m.
Venue: Thomas Jefferson House, in the 606 North Large Area Sector, in Brasilia.
PROGRAMMING
10:00 – OPENING T ABLE | Brazilian leadership in advancing nature-based climate solutions: the perspectives of science, politics, indigenous communities and international partners.
Participation:
– André Guimarães (IPAM) – moderation
– Ludmila Rattis (IPAM)
– Helder Barbalho (Pará State Government)
– Kaianaku Kamayura (Mobilizer of the Brazilian Movement for the Protection of the Amazon and its People, Amazônia de pé)
– Max Holmes (Woodwell Climate Research Center)
– Joaquim Levy (Banco Safra – Director of Economic Strategy and Market Relations)
11:20 – THEME 1 | Science and Practice Around Sustainable Agriculture
Participants:
– Ludmila Rattis (IPAM) – moderation
– Paulo Teixeira (Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming) – Productive forests
– Renata Bueno Miranda (Secretariat for Innovation, Sustainable Development, Irrigation and Cooperativism, SID, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock) – Brazil’s leading role in implementing information technology in agriculture
– Alessandra Fajardo (Bayer) – Why should the private sector invest in basic science for regenerative agriculture?
– Juliana Monti (Amaggi) – Designing and implementing a regenerative agriculture plan at farm level
12:50 – LUNCH
13:50 – THEME 2 | Enabling conditions to support a robust Amazon bioeconomy
Participation:
– Paulo Moutinho (IPAM) – moderation
– Vicente de Azevedo Araujo Filho (General Coordinator for Sustainable Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
– Alcilene Carsoso (IPAM)
– Braulina Baniwa (Anthropologist, Specialist in Gender/Human and Environmental Rights, Indigenous Researcher)
– Olívia Zerbini (IPAM)
– Camilla Miranda (Deputy Secretary for Bioeconomy and Strategic Projects)
15:20 – BREAK
15:40 – THEME 3 | Mechanisms to promote/foster carbon-rich landscapes
Participation:
– Marcelo Stabile – moderation
– Wayne Walker (Woodwell Climate Research Center) – The UnLOCS initiative
– Simone Bauch (UNDP) – How to improve and restore carbon stocks and biodiversity protection in Amazonian landscapes
– Yuri Rugai Marinho (ECCON Environmental Solutions) – Challenges and Opportunities: Impacts of the EU Forest Law and Brazilian Agribusiness Exports
– Mauro Ó de Almeida, (Pará State Secretary for the Environment and Sustainability) – How the private sector finances deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains
17:10 – CLOSING