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The first discussion panel in the three part series, Indigenous Women and Sustainability in the Brazilian Amazon: Policy and Politics for the Environment addresses deforestation, fires, and the policies that impact the Amazon region in Brazil. The series is sponsored by the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies, Nature and Culture International, Projeto Bem Viver, and at San Diego State University the Department of American Indian Studies, and the Center for Latin American Studies.

Adriana Ramos coordinates the Policy and Law Program of the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), and has been working on advocacy to improve social and environmental legislation and policies related to indigenous peoples rights, tropical forests and other ecosystems in Brazil for over 25 years. During this time, she has served as a representatives of NGOS in the Guidance Committee of the Amazon Fund; coordinator of the Brazilian NGO Forum working group on forests; member of the National Environmental Council of Brazil as elected representative of Brazilian NGOs in the period between 2002 and 2006 and member of the Brazilian NGO Association (ABONG) board of directors.

Ane Alencar is director of Science at Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazônia (IPAM). She holds a PhD in Forest Resources and Conservation from the University of Florida and focuses on the dynamics of deforestation in the Amazon as well as on participatory policy processes. Today she is recognized as an international leader in research about fires and climate change in the Amazon.

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