Carol Bardi and Daniela Gomel, doctoral researchers at the SABio project, have recently participated in the Annual Conference of the Society of Latin American Studies (SLAS) at the University of Amsterdam from July 1st to 3rd 2024, together with several other SABio project members. According to the head of the research group, Dr Karen M. Siegel, the conference marked the end of a period of working together in person at University of Münster. “It was great to see the outcome of this with presentations by Guilherme de Queiroz Stein, Dra. Lic. Celina N. Amato, Carolina Costa de Souza (Carol Bardi), Monica Buraschi and Daniela Gomel on biodiversity, circular economy, food systems and deforestation.”
Carol and Daniela presented their ongoing research. Carol shared her work on Brazilian women’s food self-provisioning – when people produce food mainly for non-commercial purposes – and how cultivating food gardens may impact their autonomy and living conditions, co-authored with independent researcher Marina Colerato. Daniela focused on her work about the policy process of forest policy in beef and soy producer countries and how factors like the global economy affects such processes.