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DESCRIPTION:The Brazilian Amazon (nearly 60% of the whole forest) and its t
 raditional peoples (indigenous groups\, riverine communities and communiti
 es of former enslaved peoples)  are under unprecedented pressure. Cattle f
 arming\, soy\, logging and mining have already destroyed about one fifth o
 f the forest in the past few decades and affected the lives and livelihood
 s of thousands of humans who have traditionally lived in harmony with the 
 forest. If destruction continues\, many scientists believe the biome may r
 each a tipping point\, with large swathes of former tropical forest turnin
 g into a savannah. That would be catastrophic not only for the traditional
  peoples\, to Brazil and the region\, given the forest’s important role 
 in regulating rainfall and the local climate\, but also for the world as a
  whole\, in particular due to the loss of one of the most important hotspo
 ts of biodiversity in the planet. We have sufficient scientific knowledge 
 about what needs to be done to save the Amazon and also a robust legal fra
 mework to implement the solutions. The greatest challenge is how to overco
 me significant political and economic resistance from those who profit fro
 m the destruction of the Amazon. This lecture will discuss these challenge
 s and the potential role of transnational scientific\, political and legal
  coalitions in implementing the required measures to save the Amazon.   \n
 \n\nProfessor Octavio Ferraz is a Professor of Law. He holds an LLB and MP
 hil in Law (University of São Paulo)\, an MA in Medical Ethics & Law (Kin
 g's College London\, prize Benjamin Geijsen) and a PhD in Law (University 
 College London).\n\nBefore joining King's he was a senior research officer
  to the UN special rapporteur for the right to health\, Professor Paul Hun
 t\, at the University of Essex\, and then moved to Warwick Law School\, wh
 ere he was an Assistant and then an Associate Professor for 8 years. \n\nB
 efore moving to academia\, he practiced law in Sao Paulo\, Brazil\, mostly
  in the fields of corporate public law and medical law for over ten years.
  He is still a member of the Brazilian Bar and contributes regularly to th
 e Brazilian press.\n\nLivestream: https://tinyurl.com/octavioferraz
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