Description
The Amazon Rainforest: A 30-Day Expedition to Study Climate Change formed a central part of the British Academy–funded project Amazon Indigenous Wisdom: Shaping Climate Solutions in Brazil. I coordinated a team of ten researchers, and together we spent thirty days living within six Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, in the State of Acre. These included: Aldeia Amparo Yawanawa (Yawanawa people), Clã Varinawa Vari Peo Noke Koi (Noke Koi–Katukina people), Morada Nova Shanenawa (Shanenawa people), Ni Yuxibu Huni Kuin, São Joaquim Huni Kuin, and Arco-Íris Huni Kuin (Huni Kuin people).During this period, we travelled through remote forest territories and riverine areas to document how climate change was affecting everyday life, environmental cycles, food security, and community resilience. By living within the communities themselves, we were able to observe and learn directly from Indigenous leaders, elders, women and youth.
The expedition combined scientific monitoring, participatory mapping, qualitative interviews and field-based observations with Indigenous knowledge systems. Working collaboratively with each community, we recorded environmental changes over time, co-developed adaptation and mitigation strategies, and explored solutions grounded in ancestral ecological wisdom.
This 30-day mission generated an extensive body of scientific, visual and narrative material that communicates the lived realities of climate change in the Amazon and highlights the essential role of Indigenous knowledge in shaping more just and effective climate futures.
| Period | 9 Feb 2025 → 15 Mar 2025 |
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| Held at | School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society |
| Degree of Recognition | International |