International Research Workshop

1^stInternational Research Workshop of the “Old and new patterns of global wealth production towards native and agrarian biodiversity” Consortium between Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands and Argentina
A five-day research workshop on "Old and new patterns of global wealth production towards native and agrarian biodiversity" between Germany, Brazil, the Netherlands and Argentina will be held at the Max Weber Institute for Sociology at Heidelberg University. As part of this, a panel discussion on "Climate Emergency and the Response of the Global South" will be held on March 28, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., with a contribution by Prof. Irene Maria Cardoso of the Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil.

The consortium involves researchers from the following public research institutions and organized civil society: University of Heidelberg (Germany); Utrecht University, University of Groningen (Netherlands); Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Instituto de Investigaciones Forestales y Agropecuarias Bariloche (Argentina); Federal University of Viçosa, Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Center for Alternative Technologies of Zona da Mata, Association of Traditional Communities Serra Viva (Brazil).

The objective of the workshop is to provide theoretical-conceptual and methodological alignment between the research groups, as well as to share the experiences of its members for the construction of the project currently under evaluation, whose theme is the current production flow of wealth and biodiversity through of genetic resources and agroecosystem services.