Professors from Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense in Brazil present two free lectures at Fairfield University on poverty and land reform | Press Releases

Fairfield University will present two free lectures by Brazilian scholars this month. Carlos E. Rezende, Ph.D., professor of applied ecology and biogeochemistry at the Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense in Brazil (UENF), will discuss his research on environmental science on Monday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Bannow 106 at Fairfield University.

Dr. Rezende will present "The Impact from Sugar Cane Monoculture on Estuaries and Coastal Waters of Paraiba do Sul River: Transport, Fate, and Sustainable Management Strategies," a look at the role that a river can play in transporting pollution from one region to other parts of the globe.

The following day, Fairfield will present its Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Marcos Antonio Pedlowski, Ph.D., an associate professor and member of the Laboratory of Studies on Anthropogenic Space, one of the four research laboratories at the Center of Human Sciences at UENF. Dr. Pedlowski will discuss "Poverty and Environmental Degradation: the Role of Land Reform in the Search for Sustainable Development in Brazil," at 4:30 p.m. in Room 1 of Canisius Hall. Dr. Pedlowski is an expert on the ongoing and rapid environmental changes in the Brazilian Amazon basin.

The presentations are made possible by Fairfield University's Brazil project, a consortium with Northern Fluminense, Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. and the Amazonas Federal University, also in Brazil, that "focuses on the study of the relationship between the environment, economic development, and quality of life," according to Washington and Lee. This U.S.-Brazil Consortium for Environmental Studies was funded by a $208,000 federal grant.

Dr. Rezende is the director of the both the consortium and the Center of Biosciences and Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences Laboratory at UENF.

Both lectures are free and open to the public. They are sponsored by Fairfield University's Brazil project; the Department of Economics; the programs of Environmental Studies, International Studies, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies; the Patrick J. Waide Jr. Fund; the College of Arts and Sciences; and the Office of the Academic Vice President.