Presentations and Podcasts

TEDx Presentations

Fixing the Amazon Forest Market Failure   
by Daniel Nepstad of the Earth Innovation Institute

Your Money and the Amazon Forest
by Leonardo Letelier of SITAWI Finance for Good

Investing in Sustainable Amazon Forest Entrepreneurship
by Luis Fernando Laranja of Kaete Investments

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Science and the Amazon Forest Bio-Economy
by Maritta Koch-Weser of the Amazion Third Way Initiative

The Economy of Deforestation Resistance: Scaling Up Community Led Enterprises in the Amazon
by Marina Campos of Conexsus / Sustainable Connections Institute

Amazon Forest Rule of Law: Landgrabbing, Deforestation and Amnesties in Brazil
by Brenda Brito of Imazon (Institute of Man and Environment of the Amazon)

Green Bonds, Sustainability and New Amazon Forest Financial Products
by Justine Leigh-Bell of the Climate Bonds Initiative

Venezuela’s Illegal Mining, Human Suffering & Environmental Disaster in the Amazon Forest
by Cristina Vollmer Burelli of SOS Orinoco

Humans and Nature: Are We Part of the Ecosystem? Roles for Entertainment and Technology
by Cacau Araujo of the Alana Institute

My Rainforest Journey: Revolutionizing Conservation with 21st Century Innovations
by Peter Houlihan of XPRIZE Rainforest


Podcasts

A Corporation Scaling the Amazon Forest Bio-Economy and Teaching Others the Same
by Daniel Sabara of Beraca S.A., Recorded July 6, 2020

Impact Investing Approaches in the Amazon Rainforest and Crowd Lending
by Leonardo Letelier of SITAWI Finance for Good, Recorded July 6, 2020

Amazon Forest Economy Market Failures and Opportunities
by Daniel Nepstad of the Earth Innovation Institute, recorded July 13, 2020

Alternative Governance and Economic Models for the Amazon Region 
by Atossa Soltani, Juan Manuel Crespo, Belem Paez of the Sacred Headwaters Initiative and Jonah Sachs of the One Project, recorded July 20, 2020

An Inter-Governmental Reforestation Alliance for Latin America
With Walter Vergara, recorded July 27, 2020

COVID-19 and the Indigenous Amazon
With Natalie Unterstell, recorded August 3, 2020

Ecosystem Service Measurements, Credits and Bank Carbon Offsets
With Alex Simiema, recorded August 3, 2020

Predicting Deforestation from Space and Designing New Forest Credits
With Diego Saez Gil, recorded August 10, 2020

The Amazon Opportunity for Pharmacological and Biomimetic Entrepreneurship
With Dr. Maritta Koch-Weser, recorded August 10, 2020

Uniting the Right and Left for Land Tenure Reform
With Alexandre Mansur, recorded August 31, 2020

Consensus Building and the Amazon Strategies of a Brazilian Philanthropy
With Renata Piazzo, recorded August 31, 2020

Finance and Market Access Innovations for the Amazon
With Marina Campos, recorded September 7, 2020

Mining and Deforestation in Venezuela
With Cristina Vollmer Burelli, recorded September 14, 2020

Food Innovation in the Brazilian Amazon and a Regenerative Forestry Startup
With Derek Brett Gallo, recorded September 14, 2020

German Investment Strategies in the Brazilian Amazon
With Alexander Borges Rose, recorded September 21, 2020

The Land Accelerator
With Amanda Gant, recorded September 21, 2020

Improving Amazon Bio-Economy Market Intelligence
With Daniel Contrucci, recorded September 28, 2020

A Beverage Startup to Halt Human Trafficking and Reduce Deforestation
With Terra Judge, recorded September 28, 2020

Microphilanthropy in the Amazon
With Maria Amalia Souza, recorded October 5, 2020

Sharing Sustainable Land Use Knowledge Globally
With John Comey, recorded October 5, 2020

Responsible Artisanal Gold Mining in the Amazon
With Susan Keane, recorded October 12, 2020

The UN’s Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the REDD Programme
With Gabriel Labbate, recorded October 12, 2020

Syntropic Farming and Agroforestry in the Amazon
With Fernando Russo, recorded October 19, 2020

Investing in Deforestation-Free Commodities
With Brett Mallen, recorded October 19, 2020

Green Bonds and Sustainable Agriculture in Brazil
With Justine Leigh-Bell, recorded November 2, 2020

Acumen and Amazon Investments
With Virgilio Barco, recorded November 2, 2020

Amazon Bio-Economy and Health
With Marcelo Salazar, recorded November 9, 2020

Investing in Amazonian Forestry
With Amrita Vatsal, recorded November 9, 2020

Designing an Agroforestry Financial Product for the Amazon
With Ethan Steinberg, Mark Chasan, Daniel Sabara, Walter Vergara, and Amanda Ravenhill, recorded November 16, 2020

Philanthropy for a New Bio-Economy in the Amazon: Fundo Vale
With Marcia Soares, recorded November 23, 2020

Philanthropy for a Low Carbon Economy of the Amazon: Climate and Society Institute
With Gustavo Pinheiro, recorded November 23, 2020

Investing in New Market Opportunities in the Amazon: Perspectives of a Local Amazonian Retalier
With Denis Minev, recorded November 30, 2020

The US Government and the Future of the Amazon Forest
With Alexandre Alves, Meg Symington, Daniel Nepstard, and Andrew Miller, recorded December 7, 2020

International Law and Protecting the Amazon
With Astrid Puentes, recorded December 14, 2020

New Technology and Market Access for the Amazon
With Keith Agoada, recorded December 21, 2020

Amazon Region Trade and Bio-Economy Entrepreneurship
With Raoni Rajao, recorded January 4, 2021

Conflict Resolution: Towards Responsible Mining in the Amazon
With Juliana Dib Rezende and Vasco van Roosmalen, recorded January 11, 2021

The Quest for Land Rights and Tenure
With Nonette Royo, recorded January 18, 2021

Root Causes, Rule of Law, and Delivery Units
With Daniela Castro, recorded January 25, 2021

Building a Sub-National Climate Fund with an Amazon Focus
With David Cogut, Patrick Scheurle, Christophe Nuttal, and Pierre Rousseau, recorded February 1, 2021

Supporting Indigenous Amazon Entrepreneurs
With Marcelo Cwerner, recorded February 8, 2021

SXPRIZE Rainforest Award for New Biodiversity Assessment Technologies
With Peter Houlihan, recorded February 15, 2021

NGO and Intergovernmental Action through the Leticia PAct and Platform
With Leticia Pact, recorded February 22, 2021

The Amazon Bio-Economy Impact Investing of Althelia/Mirova Capital
With Alan Batista, recorded March 1, 2021

Payment-for-Conservation Innovations in the Amazon: The CONSERV Program
With Andre Guimaraes and Marcelo Stabile, recorded March 8, 2021

How Did Sambazon Become America’s Largest Açaí Retailer?
With Ryan Black, recorded March 15, 2021

Partnership Platform for the Amazon: An Entrepreneurship Incubator and Accelerator
With Alexandre Alves, recorded March 22, 2021

The Future of Amazon Ecotourism
With Thiago Beraldo, Richard Bodmer, Jon Bruno, Carla James, Gabriel Minas Amaya, and Sophia Wood, recorded March 29, 2021

An Industry Federation that Promotes Sustainable Amazon Business and Innovation
With Marcelo Thomé da Silva de Almeida, recorded April 5, 2021

Fashion and Future Amazon Sustainability
With Beto Bina, recorded April 12, 2021

Exporting Amazon Produce to the World: 50 Products from 25 Species
With Fernanda Stefani, recorded April 19, 2021

Film, Uncontacted Peoples and Tribes on the Edge
With Celine Cousteau, Beto Marubo, and Tadzio Mac Gregor, recorded April 26, 2021 

A History of UN Action on the Amazon
With Charles McNeill, recorded May 3, 2021

Imlak’esh Organics Brings Produce from the Andes Amazon to Global Markets
With Tucker Garrison, recorded May 10, 2021

Serial Entrepreneur and Amazonia B: Building the Next Amazon Entrepreneurship Accelerator
With Bruno Kato, recorded May 17, 2021

The Trillion Trees Amazon Bioeconomy Challenge
With Florian Reber, recorded June 28, 2021

Science Research to Advance the Amazon Economy
With Andre Wongtchowski, recorded July 5, 2021

Agroforestry in the Amazon with PRETATERRA
With Paula Costa and Valter Ziantoni, recorded July 12, 2021

The Amaz Impact Business Accelerator
With Mariano Cenamo, recorded July 19, 2021

MAAP – The Monitoring the Andes Amazon Project
With Matt Finer, recorded July 26, 2021

An Ecuadorian-American Beverage Company Regenerates the Amazon
With Tyler Gage, recorded August 2, 2021

The World Bank’s Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program
With Ana María Gonzalez, recorded August 9, 2021

Forest-friendly Export Opportunities of the Brazilian Amazon
With Salo Coslovsky, recorded August 16, 2021

Weaving Philanthropy, Business, and Sustainability
With Ana Carolina Avzaradel Szklo, recorded August 23, 2021

Leadership and Collaboration of Sub-National Governments
With Ana Carolina Avzaradel Szklo, recorded August 30, 2021

Meet the JBS Fund for the Amazon
With Andrea Aguiar Azevedo, recorded September 13, 2021

Future US – Brazil Relations and the Amazon
With Anya Prusa, recorded September 20, 2021

Integrating Cultural and Biodiversity Conservation
With Francisco von Hildebrand, recorded September 27, 2021

Amazonian Cuisine to Outcompete Deforestation Economies
With Paulo Monteiro dos Reis, recorded October 4, 2021

Forest Trends – Forest Communities and Territorial Governance
With Beto Borges, recorded October 11, 2021

Conservation Finance for the Amazon
With Fiona Banister, Peter Elwin, James Magowan, Leisa de Souza, Scott Edwards, and David Meyers, recorded October 18, 2021

Millions Invested in the Amazon Region
With Paulo Belotti, recorded October 25, 2021

The EcoEnterprises Fund & 20 Years of Impact Investing
With Tammy Newmark, recorded November 1, 2021

Live from COP26, recorded November 8, 2021

Roundtable on Tokenizing for Nature Protection
With Alex Gordon-Brander, Peter Corke, Andres Bilbão, Carlos Mejía, David Dao, Gilad Goren, Gregory Landua, Kjell Clarysse, and Merit Valdsalu, recorded November 15, 2021

Innovation and the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
With Janice Maciel, recorded November 22, 2021

Conservation, Psychedelic Therapy Investing, and Reciprocity
With Miriam Volat, recorded November 29, 2021

The Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation & the Amazon
With Marion Adeney, recorded December 6, 2021

Corporate Procurement and Conservation Finance
With Wain Collen and Carolina Costa, recorded December 13, 2021

The Inter-American Development Bank Amazon Initiative
With Yves Lesenfants and Daniel Hincapie, recorded January 10, 2022

Amazon Forest Crime Prevention and Indigenous Protectors
With Tim Boekhout van Solinge, recorded January 24, 2022

Global Reforestation Entrepreneurship & the Amazon
With Brendan Doherty, recorded January 31, 2022

Indigenous Artisanship and E-Commerce
With Amanda Santana, recorded February 7, 2022

The Amazon Sustainability Investment that Went Global
With Marcelo Carvalho de Andrade, recorded February 14, 2022

Fintech and Financial Inclusion for the Amazon
With Gabriel Ribenboim, recorded February 21, 2022

New Farm Technologies, Precision Agriculture, and Conservation
With Mariana Vasconcelos, recorded February 28, 2022

Restoration of the Bolivian Amazon
With Ursula Pero, recorded March 7, 2022

Introducing Amazonia Impact Ventures
With Aldo Soto, recorded March 14, 2022

Remote Jobs and Hiring Amazonians as a Conservation Strategy
With Ronit Avni, Aline Froes, Glauco Aguiar, and Julia Bussab, recorded March 21, 2022

Introducing the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN)
With Lars Løvold, recorded March 28, 2022

A Brazilian Coalition of Companies and Environmentalists Working on Sustainable Land Management and Deforestation
With Rachel Biderman, recorded April 4, 2022

Lush Cosmetics and the Amazon
With Ruth Andrade and Livia Froes, recorded April 11, 2022

Strategies for Flexible Grantmaking in the Amazon
With Carolina Munis, recorded April 18, 2022

Amazonian Fish and Sustainability
With David McGrath, recorded April 25, 2022

The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), Investor Risk and Deforestation. 
With Marcelo Seraphim, recorded May 2, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission Climate Regulations and the Amazon
With Matt Piotrowski, recorded May 9, 2022

Amazon Inc. Investing in the Amazon Forest
With Jamey Mulligan, recorded May 16, 2022

A Company Fixing the Food System for People and Planet
With Sarela Herrada and Matt Cohen, recorded May 30, 2022

The Nature Crime Alliance and the Amazon
With Yulia Stange, recorded June 6, 2022

Igarape Institute, Sustainable Development and the Rule of Law
With Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, recorded June 13, 2022

The Highest Antioxidant Nut on the Market Can Restore the Amazon
With Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, recorded July 11, 2022

Renewable Energy Production in the Amazon
With Oliver Utne, Uolli Longo Briotto, and Juan Fermin Rodriguez, recorded July 18, 2022

Sustainability, Markets, and Nature: Introducing the Rainforest Alliance
With Pamela den Hartog, recorded July 25, 2022

What is the Global Forest Bond?
With Artur Villela Ferreira, recorded August 1, 2022

The Avina Foundation and Local Level Climate Financing
With Valeria Scorza and Paula Ellinger da Fonseca, recorded August 15, 2022