How do multinational corporations contribute to the exploitation of the Amazon rainforest? What impacts do Norway's investments in the Amazon - Norsk Hydro in particular - have on Indigenous rights and local communities? In the run-up to COP30 in Brazil, join us for a discussion on the hidden costs of 'green' development.
(Free event, open to all)
Speakers
Dr. Marcel Hazeu, Professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and Research Fellow at the Humanitarian Study Centre, ISS (University of Rotterdam). Marcel leads the research group Society, Territory and Resistance in the Amazon. He is a renowned researcher who combines academic work with grassroots engagement. He will contribute with unique knowledge and experience of Amazonian realities from the inside.
Dr. Susanne Normann, Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. Susanne holds a PhD in Psychology, researching the experiences of Amazon communities in Brazil and their lived experiences of climate change and green extractivism.
Ninthu Paramalingam, Geographer, teacher and artist/writer, producer of the radio series S.O.S Amazonas. Former Latin American Group brigadist
Alexandre Gomes, Militant of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) and popular educator. Latin American Group brigadist in Norway
Moderator Karen Waneska, PhD Fellow at the Faculty of Landscape and Society (Department of Urban and Regional Planning) at NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences University of Life Sciences. Karen researches green city transition and its interconnection between the Global North and Global South.
Organizers
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), LATIN-AMERIKAGRUPPENE I NORGE (LAG), NMBU's Empowered Futures research school, GESTERRA, PPGSS and the Humanitarian Studies Centre.