About SIEAmb
1st International Seminar on Environmental Studies: Environmental Governance of China and Brazil in the Face of the Climate Crisis
SIEAmb - International Seminar on Environmental Studies of the PPGEGRN/UFCG - Postgraduate Program in Engineering and Management of Natural Resources of the Federal University of Campina Grande - is an academic event dedicated to the critical and proactive analysis of the heterogeneous environmental problems, in order to provide the exchange of high-impact knowledge, bringing together innovative minds and leaders in discussions on the themes of Environmental Sciences and their multiple dimensions.
The seminar is a strategic space for Brazilian researchers and the international community, fostering discussions that are not only part of research, but also challenge established rules and enable the formulation of solutions. Thus, the aim is to increase interaction between the emerging generation of researchers in the program and the international scientific community, enabling the construction of collaborative networks.
SIEAmb is characterized by being inclusive, being a practical laboratory for the development of organizational skills in the scientific field, training postgraduate students through voluntary involvement in its execution. To fulfill its mission, SIEAmb will have internationally renowned speakers, leading researchers, outstanding professors and an active technical staff, with the objective of promoting high-level debate on current issues in Environmental Science in Brazilian and global contexts, building a path of knowledge in the face of socio-environmental challenges.
SIEAmb Edição 2025
The studies submitted to the event will be evaluated in two stages: the first is a content review and the second is a textual and formal review. The event will accept full-text papers in article format and initial results of ongoing research in expanded abstract format. Papers will be accepted in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The approved papers will be published in the event proceedings. The best papers will be nominated for publication as book chapters.
The year 2025 marks the first year of the seminar, in a remote format, with the participation of researchers linked to Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu Province, China, UFPB and Unicamp.
Idealizers
Dr. Viviane Farias Silva
PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the Federal University of Campina Grande (2017) and Post-Doctorate in Natural Resources (2017-2019). Professor of the Higher Education Department of the Academic Unit of Forestry Engineering at the Federal University of Campina Grande. Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Natural Resources Engineering and Management at CTRN/UFCG. Research on irrigation of forest species, use of residues in substrates, water and soil management, environmental impacts, recovery of degraded areas, solid waste and others related to rural sustainable development.
Dr. Jose Otavio Aguiar
Full Professor at the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). PhD in History and Political Cultures from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2003). He conducted postdoctoral research in the Postgraduate Program in History at the Federal University of Pernambuco between 2009 and 2010, studying the botanical work of the naturalist from Paraíba Manuel Arruda da Câmara (1752-1811). He has research and publication experience in the areas of Environmental History, History of Biology, Ethnobiology and Indigenous History, History of Imperial Brazil, History of Colonial Brazil, History of Contemporary Brazil, and the history of Japanese and Chinese religious and martial cultural receptions in Brazil.
Dr. Niklas Werner Weins
Assistant Professor in the Department of International Studies at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. He holds a PhD in Environment and Society from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and was a FAPESP fellow at the Environmental Policy Group at Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. His research focuses on the political economy of environmental issues, including biodiversity, conservation and climate change, as well as China's relations with the Global South in bilateral and multilateral institutions.
Ma. Najara Escariao Agripino
PhD student in Natural Resources Engineering and Management - PPGEGRN UFCG, Bachelor's and Master's in Administration (UEPB/PPGA UFCG), Bachelor's in International Relations (UNINTER). Member of the China Study Group - GECHINA UnB.