Thematic cycle: "Reclaiming Sustainability through HumanitiesScience Pathways" IX SARAS Public Conference 2019-2021 General description Since 2019, the SARAS Institute has been working on a thematic cycle focused on food and sustainability. After organizing a workshop in December 2019 entitled "Tasting sustainability in Uruguay: towards food systems that work [...]
MULTIFORUM Anticipation and Futures Literacy Latin America and the Caribbean - November 17th-30th, 2021 PRESENTATION Exploring and Expanding Alternatives. Using the future in a literate way to overcome "poverty of imagination". Latin America and the Caribbean - November 17-30, 2021 The UNESCO Chair in Anticipation and Resilience at the South [...]
November 21st. - World Fishing Day World Fishing Day is celebrated every year on November 21st. around the world by fishing communities, who seek to make visible the importance of maintaining fisheries. This day is used as an important reminder that efforts must be made to change the way the world manages international [...]
Process of construction of the integrated management of water resources in Uruguay: status of situation and controversies MAIN OBJECTIVE Analyze the main advances, limitations, and challenges in the transition from management focused on command-control to integrated management of water resources in Uruguay from 2004 to the present. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: [...]
GobHidro Hydrosocial territories and polycentric governance: contributions for improving water quality in Santa Lucia river basin AIM Investigate water management and governance in the Santa Lucía River Basin (Uruguay), with a focus on the development and implementation of two main management instruments: the Basin Plan for integrated water resources management [...]
NATIONAL FOREST MONITORING AND INFORMATION SYSTEM OBJECTIVE The Services will contribute to the following Organizational objective: To contribute to build the autonomous capacity of the country to monitor its forest-related REDD-plus activities ( deforestation, forest degradation, forest carbon stockconservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks) and to [...]
LATINOADAPTA: STRENGTHENING LINKS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN LATIN AMERICA PROJECT OBJECTIVE: Strengthen the capacity of Latin American national governments for evidence based climate responsive policies and decision making. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: Assess challenges and opportunities for implementing NDCs (Nationally Detarmined Contributions) in 6 Latin-american countries, [...]
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WEBINARS SARAS seeks to promote the education and tranining of professionals and decision-makers in a variety of fields. The free online seminars (webinars) act as a platform for the dissemination of information and the opening of new spaces for dialogue that can be accessible for the largest possible number of people. Webinars [...]
ANNUAL CONFERENCES SARAS organizes a series of annual symposia with prominent scientists, artists, and scholars on resilience and sustainability issues, including natural science, social science, and humanities. The symposia include discussion workshops and a series of public lectures. The symposia also aim at creating networks that will endure over time. Upcoming [...]
