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Discussion

Thursday, 13. November 2025 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Save in my calendar

Discussion

Science and voices from the Amazon

Multiple perspectives on the relationships between human and non-human beings and nature.

A meeting that brings together indigenous, academic, artistic, and international knowledge to discuss new forms of relationship between humans, non-humans, and the forest, connecting the Amazon to the global debate leading up to COP30. 
 
Venue: Auditório Hailton Correa - ICJ - UFPA - R. Augusto Corrêa, 01 - Guamá, Belém - PA

PROGRAM

Moderator: Fundação Heinrich Böll  
 
4:00 PM – Opening
Welcome and presentation of the purpose of the meeting: to strengthen intercultural and scientific dialogues about the Amazon and its possible futures.
4:10 PM – Film Screening
History of the Forests: Resistance in South America 
Production: Cosmoperceptions of the Forest (Goethe-Institut) and Max-Planck Institute of Geoanthropology 

4:30 PM – Dialogues in Aquarium

Aquarius I – Nature as Relationship: Knowledge Beyond the Western Perspective

Participants: 
• Pedro Martins – FASE / Author of the Atlas of the Brazilian Amazon 
• João Vitor Campos-Silva – Instituto Juruá 
• Cristine Takuá – Cosmopercepções da Floresta / Escolas Vivas 
• Anita Ekman – Goethe-Institut São Paulo 
How do different cultures understand “nature” and life in the forest? Reflections on ways of seeing the world that bring humans, forest spirits, and other species closer together — and how these visions can inspire new forms of care and coexistence.

Aquarium II – Point of No Return: Destruction, Resistance, and Ecocide

Participants: 
• Carlos Papa – Cosmoperceptions of the Forest / Living Schools 
• Freg Stokes – Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology 
• Artur Sgambatti Monteiro – PRODIGY Project 
• José Heder Benatti – ICJ/UFPA 
The socio-environmental risks in the face of the climate crisis and deforestation; perspectives of forest peoples and scientific research on critical boundaries, ecocide, and resistance strategies.

Coffee Break with Seeds from the Forest
Collaborative activity: distribution of seeds and creation of a Forest Seed Map.

Screening of the film "Prodigy Workshop – The Future of Sustainable Land Use"

Aquarius III – Possible Paths and Futures

Participants:
• Shamsundar Subbarao – NIE/CREST Mysore (India) 
• Anita Ekman – Goethe-Institut São Paulo •
 PRODIGY Participants 
What ways of life and development models can sustain the forest and communities? Inspiring examples, regenerative practices, and visions for the future of the Amazon.

6:20 PM – Closing

Produced by 
ICJ/UFPA • Heinrich Böll Foundation Brazil • Goethe-Institut

Timezone
BRT
Address
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Organizer
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Language
English
Portuguese