PODCAST
Conversations for
The Amazon We Want
Conversations for The Amazon We Want is a podcast by the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) of the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), featuring intergenerational dialogues between. In each episode, a YAC member interviews a SPA expert, offering a personal and accessible look into the lives and work of those studying and conserving the Amazon. Blending science with storytelling, the podcast aims to inspire and inform, especially young people, and foster deeper connections with the region and the urgent need to conserve it.
Episodes are available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC):
“The Living Amazon”
Learn about the importance of the Amazon at local and global scales, the threats the region faces, and how sustainable development can help save its extraordinary biodiversity and peoples for current and future generations.
Syllabus
This course, offered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, provides an overview of the state of the Amazon’s ecosystems, current trends, threats and impacts, and how they will affect the long-term well-being of the region. After learning about what is putting the ecosystems and communities of the Amazon in danger, learners will explore key opportunities for conservation and sustainable development to protect the region for current and future generations.
Module 1: Introduction to the Course
Module 2: The Amazon: 3 Billion Years in the Making
Module 3: Peoples of the Amazon
Module 4: Landscapes, Livelihoods and Policies in the Amazon
Module 5: Land-Use Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
Module 6: Climate Change in the Amazon
Module 7: A Sustainable and Inclusive Vision for the Amazon
Module 8: Solutions for Conservation, Restoration, and a New Socio-Bioeconomy
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For assistance or more information, please contact us at mooc@theamazonwewant.org
This MOOC is the product of a collaboration between the Science Panel for the Amazon, the SDG Academy, the World Wildlife Fund, and The World Bank, with financial support from the Global Environment Facility.