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Panel Discussion: The Amazon and bioeconomy – Reconciling economic development and conservation

Given its abundance and variety of natural resources – accounting for about 20 per cent of the world’s known species – Brazil has an extraordinary potential to become a world leader in the bioeconomy, creating a vibrant innovation environment, preserving the natural ecosystem and boosting local communities. What would the transition to the bioeconomy look like for the Amazon, and what new high-value products and services could be created using this model? How can technology -including AI, satellites, the cloud – be enablers of this transition? What is required in terms of policies, infrastructure and investment to make it happen?

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Agoro Carbon Alliance – Global Launch Event

As the need for climate-positive food production grows, we are proud to introduce the Agoro Carbon Alliance. Watch the global launch event that was live-streamed on June 8, 2021 to learn how the Agoro Carbon Alliance is supporting decarbonizing the global food value chain.

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Climate change poses threat to thirsty São Paulo

Less predictable rainfall patterns are causing water supply problems in Brazil’s biggest city

When it rains in São Paulo, it pours. During tropical storms that punctuate late afternoons in summer, drains overflow on to pavements and floods are not uncommon.

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Da NASA para a Amazônia

Esse episódio com o Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio é inclassificável. Ele é membro do board do Forum Econômico Mundial, mas é muito mais. Juan é um sujeito com muitas nacionalidades. Peruano de nascimento, brasileiro por adoção, estudou e trabalhou na Inglaterra, na Franca e nos Estados Unidos. Seus domínios vão da matemática avançada à biologia sintética, passando pela engenharia de novos materiais, ciência do clima e espacial. Com esse repertório pelo qual navega (literalmente, ele também é navegador), Juan produz ciência básica e muita tecnologia aplicada a negócios concretos.

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Why would someone die for a seed?

The second episode of House on Fire explores the extraordinary lengths that scientists have gone to in order to find and preserve genetic diversity for future generations. In the teeth of the sixth mass extinction, how urgent is the task of locating and preserving the species that remain? And how might it be done?

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