The Brazilian Academy of Sciences has been promoting, since April 2020, a series of transdisciplinary webinars, in which three or four speakers address different approaches of an established theme. The objective is to introduce important themes and present possible consequences and solutions for each one, disseminating good ideas and quality knowledge for the population.
Watch these meetings and it’s best moments in the videos down below:
CONSERVATION OF THE AMAZON VIA BIOECONOMY:
July 21st, 2020.
In this webinar, the climatologist Carlos Nobre talks about the ecosystem of innovation in bioeconomies; the anthropologist João Paulo Barreto addresses the knowledge system and the notion of indigenous technologies; and the ecophysiologist Carlos Joly details the bioeconomy based on the chemiodiversity of Amazonian species and presents examples of sustainable use of resources.
The debate was mediated by BAC vice president for the North Region, Adalberto Luis Val.
BIODIVERSITY, NEW AMAZONIC VIRUSES AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY [BEST MOMENTS]:
April 14th, 2020.
Watch the best moments of the webinar where the presentations were done by the physician and researcher Pedro Vasconcelos, who addressed the influence of deforestation on the spread of zoonoses, such as COVID-19; the biologist Mercedes Bustamente, who related the pandemic to the worsening of global warming and climate change; and social scientist Elisa Reis, who detailed the social, political and economic developments in the post-coronavirus world.
The debate was mediated by the president of BAC, Luiz Davidovich.
THE PANDEMIC IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH [BEST MOMENTS]:
May 19th.
Watch the best moments of the webinar which presentations were done by doctor Jair de Jesus Mari, who talked about the main focuses of mental health care during a pandemic; the physician Fernanda Tovar Moll, who detailed the first analyzes of the neurological impacts of COVID-19; and psychiatrist Joel Birman, who addressed the psychological impacts of the pandemic in Brazil.
The debate was mediated by the president of BAC, Luiz Davidovich.
FRAGILIZED POPULATIONS AND PANDEMIC [BEST MOMENTS]:
May 26th.
Watch the best moments of the webinar that was attended by the anthropologist Maria Manuela Carneiro, who presented the challenges to the indigenous population during the pandemic; the sociologist Márcia Lima, who approached the cut of race and class in the analysis of the impact of Covid-19 in Brazil; and educator and activist Eliana Sousa Silva, who detailed the impacts of coronavirus on favelas.
The debate was mediated by the president of BAC, Luiz Davidovich.
SCIENCE AND MEDIA IN PANDEMIC [BEST MOMENTS]:
July 28th.
Watch the best moments of this webinar, that was different of the others. The participants were also interviewers and interviewed, one by the other. The speakers were the BAC president, Luiz Davidovich; the director-president of Instituto Serrapilheira, Hugo Aguilaniu; the biologist Maria Augusta Arruda; and journalists Ana Lúcia Azevedo and Luiza Caires.
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT: POLLUTION, SANITATION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY [BEST MOMENTS]:
August 4th, 2020.
Watch the best moments of the webinar, which particpants were the physician Paulo Saldiva; the ecologist José Galizia Tundisi; and environmental engineer Carlos Chernicharo.
The debate was mediated by the BAC president, Luiz Davidovich, and the director of ABC, Francisco Laurindo.
