Integrating circular economy in urban Amazon

Author(s)

Paes, Michel Xocaira ; Campos-Silva, Joao Vitor ; de Oliveira, Jose Antonio Puppim

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: NPJ URBAN SUSTAINABILITY; v. 1, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2021-07-08.

Abstract

The Amazon hosts a large biological and cultural diversity with a deeply established knowledge of natural resource management. Nevertheless, many parts of the Amazon are increasingly urban, lacking basic urban services, such as waste management. In this context, the design of new development pathways based on the principles of the circular economy is a promising alternative to align biodiversity conservation and urban changes. Here, based on an analysis of Carauari municipality in the western Brazilian Amazon, we discuss how the principles of the circular economy can be integrated in the Amazonian urban development frontline using the existing co-management organizations. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/16542-0 - Integrated management of municipal solid waste in Brazil: an analysis of institutional innovations in municipal public policies
• Grantee: Michel Xocaira Paes
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 17/50425-9 - Understanding innovative initiatives for governing food, water and energy nexus in cities
• Grantee: José Antonio Puppim de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants