When: April 16th, 2024, 15.00-16.00 (Finnish time, EEST)
Where: Live at the University of Helsinki (Unioninkatu 37, room 1066, tiedekuntasali) & Online on Zoom
On April 16, 2024, TreesForDev and the Global Extractivisms and Alternatives Initiative (EXALT) are happy to welcome Karen Nobre Krull to present and discuss sustainability in the Amazon from the bottom up. Her talk focuses on experiences with regenerative agriculture and cocoa agroforestry in a deforestation frontier in the Amazon. Krull's presentation will feature comments from Ossi Ollinaho, a lecturer in Global Development Studies.
Karen Nobre Krull is a Brazilian agroecologist who has worked on projects in federal environmental and research institutions in Brazil, such as EMBRAPA and ICMBio, and in the last year with the NGO Imaflora. Until the end of March, she is serving as a Visiting Researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Her work focuses on developing strategies and implementing actions with rural communities for the agroecological transition of productive systems, regenerative agriculture, and rural development, incorporating environmental, social, and economic aspects. Over the past 04 years, her work has been concentrated in the Brazilian Amazon, particularly in the state of Pará.
This presentation, followed by a Q&A, will be organized both live and online. The Zoom link will be sent closer to the event.
There is no cost to participate in-person or online; however, registration is required. Please register by 12.00 (Finnish time) on April 15th, 2024.