Publicação de Pedro Hartung

The #XPRIZERainforest Impact Day was jam-packed with solution showcases, idea discussions, and invaluable panels. Get a recap of the panels below! 🌱⬇️ Panel 1: Enabling Bioeconomies: This panel focused on how rapid biodiversity assessment tools, like those developed by XPRIZE Rainforest teams, can enable the creation of new bioeconomies that promote a sustainable economic development model in harmony with nature and which can ultimately empower local communities and show the true value of the standing forest. João Francisco Maria moderated the panel which featured panelists: ➡️ Nobel Laureate Carlos A. Nobre  ➡️ Reina Otsuka (Digital Lead for Nature and Climate, UNDP)  ➡️ Vanda Witoto (Executive Director, Instituto Witoto)  ➡️ Marcelo Furtado (Head of Sustainability, Itaúsa) Panel 2: Protected Areas: Better biodiversity data can support protected areas, more effectively map the biodiversity in existing protected areas, and support the restoration of large areas of degraded forest. This can aid nations in achieving their 30x30 goals, as well as other targets outlined in the Global Biodiversity Framework, by 2030. Pedro Hartung moderated the panel which featured panelists: ➡️ Eduardo Taveira (Secretary of Environment State of Amazonas)  ➡️ Julie Messias (Secretary of Environment State of Acre)  ➡️ Natalie Unterstell (President of Instituto Talanoa) ➡️ Oris Sanjur (XPRIZE Rainforest Advisory Board member and Deputy Director of STRI) Panel 3: Inspiring Action + Awareness The impact of improved biodiversity monitoring—like species recoveries and the creation of new protected areas—can be used to inspire, educate, and mobilize people to protect and preserve the planet’s tropical forests for all of humanity. Fernanda Flandoli moderated the panel which featured panelists: ➡️ Tasso Azevedo (Founder, Imaflora) ➡️ Phelippe Daou Junior (CEO, Grupo Rede Amazônica) ➡️ Vanessa Apurinã (COIAB) XPRIZE Rainforest is sponsored by Alana. cc: Instituto Alana, Peter Houlihan

#XPRIZERainforest finals is in full swing! 🌱 We kicked off our month-long testing period with an Opening Ceremony held at the renowned Teatro Amazonas. Here’s a recap of the event: 🌱 Executive Director of Instituto Witoto Vanda Witoto hosted the ceremony. “Through knowledge is how we understand the reason why we are in the world, because we are not only here to live, but to know how to live.” - Vanda Witoto 🌱 We were honored to have Governor Wilson Lima and MDIC Secretary of Green Economy, Decarbonization, and Bioindustry Rodrigo Rollemberg join the event.  “XPRIZE Rainforest brings together innovators and experts from different fields and challenges them to use new technologies to protect the forest and promote sustainable development.” - Governor Wilson Lima 🌱 XPRIZE EVP, Biodiversity + Conservation Peter Houlihan took the stage to discuss the special night and the prize’s journey. “At XPRIZE, we believe that anything is possible, and I think it’s fair to say that this milestone we’re celebrating here tonight is a testament to that mantra.” - Peter Houlihan 🌱 XPRIZE Advisory Board member and Chair of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim joined us via video from the forests of Africa. “We know that without the forest, we cannot achieve the goals that we’ve set.” - Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim 🌱 Founder of the Alana Institute and President of the Alana Foundation Ana Lucia Villela and Executive Director of Alana Pedro Hartung showed their support for the prize and spoke on stage. We are incredibly grateful to Alana for helping to bring this prize to life. 🌱 Guests were then able to immerse themselves into the rainforest with an awe-inspiring performance by Maria Gadú and a chamber orchestra. 🌱 To close out the event, musician Silvanny Sivuca invited guests to be a part of the performance by using some traditional musical instruments from Amazonas. 🌱 DJ Eric Terena ended the night with some excellent tunes. Thank you to Alana Vice President Marcos Nisti and to XPRIZE Rainforest Advisory Board member and Nobel Laureate Carlos A. Nobre for being a part of this milestone celebration. To learn more about the competition, watch our short doc mini-series here. https://lnkd.in/gVwtY2q4 XPRIZE Rainforest is sponsored by Alana. cc: Instituto Alana, MDIC, Governo do Estado do Amazonas

Did you know that the Amazon Rainforest is home to… 🌱 47 million people, including over 2 million Indigenous People  🐜 2.5 million insect species 🌿 Over 40,000 plant species  🦜 1,300 bird species  🐟 3,000 types of fish  🦥 430 mammal species Many of these species have yet to be described by science, which is why the technologies being developed from #XPRIZERainforest are so important. The Amazon is the most richly biodiverse place on Earth, making it a great location for #XPRIZERainforest finals testing. “We will be successful as society, as humanity, if we take care of the most vulnerable ones, not just human-wise, but all different expressions of life.” - Pedro Hartung, Executive Director, Alana Learn more about why Amazonas, Brazil was chosen as the finals testing location for the prize in episode three of our mini-doc series here: https://lnkd.in/eRXJeJCA XPRIZE Rainforest is sponsored by Alana. cc: Instituto Alana

Vocês estão acompanhando o que está acontecendo no Brasil na qualidade do ar? Estamos no clímax da mudança de chave para um ar melhor... Por um lado, no último mês tivemos dois marcos políticos relevantes: - A publicação da nova Política Nacional de Qualidade do Ar (Lei 14.580/2024), um marco que durou 6 anos de muita negociação e apoio da Coalizão Respirar, da qual o Instituto Alana faz parte, resultando em instrumentos de gestão para implementação e monitoramento de medidas de melhoria da qualidade do ar. - A aprovação da nova resolução CONAMA para os Padrões de Qualidade do Ar, do qual fui relator e contamos com mais de 17 reuniões no conselho para deliberar o tema da forma mais democrática possível com todos os setores (gov+sociedade civil+setor privado). Saímos com novos prazos para os padrões em conformidade com o recomendado pela OMS, sendo o último padrão valendo a partir de 2040 (anterior ao parâmetro final da OMS, mas ainda assim, muito avançado). Vale mencionar aqui figuras fundamentais para estes marcos terem acontecido: Hélio Wicher Neto Camila Acosta Camargo Evangelina Araújo Marcel Martin Walter Figueiredo De Simoni Carmen Araujo Davi Tsai (Instituto de Energia e Meio Ambiente), Rafael Calabria, Hannah Arcuschin Machado, Davi de Souza Martins, Instituto Ar The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) ITDP Brasil Angela Barbarulo Beatriz Rodrigues Silvia Stuchi Caio Borges Pedro Hartung Marina Pita Thais Nascimento Dantas Ana Luiza Carboni Gustavo Paiva Tayanne Galeno Renato Godoy Carolina Tarrio Helen Sousa Isis Rosa Nóbile Diniz Kelly Cristina Fernandes Augusto Martina Horvath Thaís Sanches Cardoso Greenpeace Brasil Mariana Menezes Clara Leonel Ramos (e muuuitas outras pessoas que devo ter esquecido nessa trajetória, mas que foram fundamentais!!). Por outro lado, a Natureza está nos dando sinais de urgência no assunto: - Pantanal: o 1o semestre de 2024 foi o mais devastador para o bioma em toda a série histórica de registros do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). - Amazônia: vimos capitais amazônicas como Boa Vista com episódios críticos de poluição do ar, chegando a níveis mais altos que cidades chinesas ou indianas consideradas as mais poluídas do mundo! Agora é a hora de virar a chave para um ar melhor que, como disse no plenário do CONAMA, ao contrário da água que bebemos e do alimento que comemos, é dos elementos naturais mais democráticos que temos e mais necessários que precisamos para nossa sobrevivência, em especial das crianças e adolescentes. Neste artigo do Portal Lunetas falamos um pouco mais deste clímax.

Isabella Henriques, diretora-executiva do Instituto Alana, foi nomeada membro titular do Conselho Nacional de Proteção de Dados Pessoais e da Privacidade (CNPD) para um mandato de dois anos. A designação como representante de organização da sociedade civil, em decreto publicado no Diário Oficial da União nesta quarta-feira (26), se deve à sua atuação comprovada em proteção de dados pessoais. O Conselho Nacional de Proteção de Dados Pessoais e da Privacidade (CNPD) é um órgão consultivo da Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), composto por membros da sociedade civil e representantes do poder público. As principais atribuições do Conselho são: - Propor diretrizes estratégicas e fornecer subsídios para a elaboração da Política Nacional de Proteção de Dados Pessoais e da Privacidade e para a atuação da ANPD; - Elaborar relatórios anuais de avaliação da execução das ações da Política Nacional de Proteção de Dados Pessoais e da Privacidade; - Sugerir ações a serem realizadas pela ANPD; - Elaborar estudos e realizar debates e audiências públicas sobre a proteção de dados pessoais e da privacidade, e; - Disseminar o conhecimento sobre a proteção de dados pessoais e da privacidade à população. Com sua nomeação no Conselho, Isabella Henriques pretende evidenciar a importância da proteção de dados de crianças e adolescentes e o direito de meninos e meninas a ter suas informações protegidas no ambiente digital.Matéria completa no link https://lnkd.in/dxb5rxgq

It’s countdown time for #XPRIZERainforest finals! 🌱 Before finalist teams make their way over to Amazonas, Brazil for testing, learn about the prize’s goals and how the competition unites nature, tech, and local communities to help enhance our understanding of the rainforest ecosystem. “The aim of the competition is to survey as much biodiversity as possible. Loads of species are out there that remain undiscovered, and we need to build up those databases and those libraries so that we know what those species are before they disappear.” - XPRIZE Rainforest Technical Lead Kevin Marriott XPRIZE Rainforest is a 5-year, $10M global competition that will help mitigate biodiversity loss and rainforest degradation before it’s too late. “Biodiversity loss is one of the biggest challenges that we have as humanity. The idea was to co-create with XPRIZE a prize that could help us to understand the rainforest better and really develop technologies to map it.” - Pedro Hartung, Executive Director, Alana In episode one of our short doc mini-series, we share more about how XPRIZE and prize sponsor, Alana, partnered together to bring this impactful competition to life. Watch here. https://lnkd.in/gRNNA-qX cc: Instituto Alana

As #technology advances faster than #education systems can evolve, how can education's reach be broadened and how can we ensure it continues to prepare students for the future? A new World Economic Forum paper will explore how specific policies and practices are being used to deploy new technologies, such as AI, effectively in primary and secondary education. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/eeVQjvgt #SpecialMeeting24