Biodiversa Joint Research Call 2023-2024 on "Nature-based solutions for biodiversity, human well-being and transformative change (BiodivNBS)"
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Dr. Leonardo Bis Santos
leonardo.bis@ifes.edu.br
Brazil
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo - Ifes
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ensino de Humanidades
https://ppgeh.vitoria.ifes.edu.br/
+55 27 99994 6972
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for a partner (for my project)
My research interests focus on the complex relationships between humans and non-humans. I have coordinated research into environmental policies for the creation of natural parks, educational processes in non-formal spaces, environmental conflicts and recently started research based on the concept of Nature-Based Solutions - SbN. Now, an investigation began that aims to analyze the validity of the SbN in slums in a region of Brazil. The initial data highlights that the theoretical construction of the concept, based on desk studies, does not reveal its potential for application in areas of social vulnerability in urban areas in Brazil. For a visualization of the researcher's production, consult the website: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9329890613026505
Sociology of the Environment
The metropolitan regions of Brazil have a large number of irregular occupations and are home to a large population, who live at risk and with little or no public services to which they are entitled. However, we have data that indicate positive expressions and resistance in urban peripheries. There are processes of social invisibilization of peripheral protagonism that aim at submission, while peripheral populations undertake strategies of existence and resistance. One of these experiences can be viewed on the website https://rioonwatch.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RFS-11-Eixos.png and can be classified as an SbN. Like this one, other experiences were previously mapped in states of the São Paulo and Espírito Santo. We have evidence that NbS have explanatory and normative potential to address problems arising from urbanization and social inequalities. We highlight, however, that there is still a need for further debate around its use. The specialized bibliography appears to be incipient when applied to spaces on the urban periphery. There are indications that socio-spatial segregations are reflected in academic production, since there are not enough specific research efforts to deal with urban peripheries. Our working hypothesis is that there are successful cases involving health and well-being, income generation from scenic beauty and nature-based teaching solutions in urban peripheries, but that there are ongoing processes of invisibilization.