Course - Environmental History and Nature in Brazil
Anápolis, Brazil
Course
DURATION
3 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Mar 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: This course studies how nature and society shaped Brazilian history and introduces Brazil’s main ecosystems. You’ll learn the ecology of savannas and rainforest, contrasts between them, drivers of forest devastation, sustainable development approaches, environmental conflict prevention and restoration, and health–environment interactions in tropical and riverside Amazon communities. Field studies include Savanna visits, Amazon boat classes, and a visit to an environmentally sustainable project.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in environmental research, conservation management, sustainable development, environmental policy and planning, tropical public health, NGO program coordination, community engagement with indigenous and riverside groups, ecotourism, environmental education, environmental communication and advocacy.
Course - Environmental Story and Nature in Brazil
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the module, the students should be able to:
- Understand the role of nature and society issues in shaping Brazilian History.
- Have acquired basic knowledge about the different Brazilian ecosystems.
- Understand the basic characteristics about Brazilian Savannas and Rainforest, and recognize the differences between them.
- Understand how different natural and demographic factors may shape the History of forest devastation.
- Understand the concept of sustainable development and the different ways through which it may be accomplished.
- Understand the processes that may drive development policies to cause environmental conflicts and how these conflicts may be dealt with both from preventive and restorative perspectives.
- Understand the interactions between Health and Environment in tropical settings.
- Understand the specific Health issues affecting riverside populations living near the riverside in the Amazon.
CONTENTS
- Nature and society in Brazilian History
- The Brazilian ecosystems: Savannas and Rainforest
- Heath and environment in tropical settings
- Health in riverside and indigenous
HIGHLIGHTS
Field Studies In The Savanna. Visit to “Rio Quente Resort”, in “Caldas Novas”, Brazilian Savanna. Field Studies In The Amazon.On Boat Classes on the Amazon River. Visit an environmentaly Sustainable Project.
