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Join us Thursday and Friday, April 15-16 to meet with frontline actors and academics who will share their perspectives on the most pressing contemporary social and environmental issues in South America’s Gran Chaco.
The Gran Chaco is one of Latin America’s most threatened forest ecosystems. Global demand for beef, soybeans, and hydrocarbons are driving a multi-billion dollar infrastructure boom, deforestation, and new migration dynamics across the region. As a result, the Chaco has been the site of landmark Indigenous land rights cases, profound social change, and enduring efforts to conserve its threatened landscapes and falling forests.
During this two-day series of round-table discussion and presentations, Indigenous leaders, human rights advocates, conservation organizations, and researchers from Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Canada, and the U.S. will share grounded perspectives from across the region and consider its future.
- DAY 1: THURSDAY APRIL 15 (presentations in Spanish)
Day 1 full agenda here: http://www.latam.ufl.edu/calendar/events/2021/indigenous-rights-environmental-change-and-development-in-south-americas-chaco-day-1.php
Register for Day 1 sessions: qrgo.page.link/xPrVG
- DAY 2: FRIDAY APRIL 16 (some presentations in Spanish)
Day 2 full agenda here: http://www.latam.ufl.edu/calendar/events/2021/indigenous-rights-environmental-change-and-development-in-south-americas-chaco-day-2.php
Register for Day 2 sessions: qrgo.page.link/uUnBc
Attendees can join as many sessions as they would like across the two days. Sessions will also be streamed live on the Center’s YouTube channel, but participants are encouraged to register via Zoom to attend the sessions directly with the speakers.