4F Field Dialogue in Capão Bonito Brazil, 11-14 November, 2012

This Field Dialogue built on the findings from the initial 2011 Scoping Dialogue in Washington D.C.  The dialogue is part of an effort to expand the initiative by engaging key stakeholders in agriculture, forestry, biofuels and food security to:

1) Bridge the forest and agriculture sectors and provide more holistic insight into the challenges of land and water use, intensification of forestry and farming, and expanding patterns of mass consumption in Brazil and internationally;

2) Provide thoughtful leadership and catalyze debate around solutions for conserving forest values, while meeting a growing world population’s needs for food, fuel and fiber;

3)  Identify the key issues on land-use, trade and lifestyle and explore if and how they can be reconciled with local or national aspirations;

4) Establish specific and practical ways forward on key issues, and preparedness to pursue them, amongst stakeholders in Brazil.

The 4F dialogue is funded by BNDES, The Ministry of Environment - Brazil, GIZ, CCAFS,IIED, Fibria, Mondi, IDEAS and Bracelpa and co-organized by The Forests Dialogue, Instituto Ethos, Bracelpa and Fibria.

In the Media:

Reuters AlertNet December 2012
Climate Conversations - Tackling food, fuel, fiber and forests by Xiaoting Hou and Caity Peterson

Ideia Sustentavel December 2012
F de Futuro by Marilia Arantes

Valor Econômico January 2013
Mais diálogo pode ajudar a racionalizar uso da terra by Gisele Paulino
English translation

Co-chairs' Summary Report (English | Português)

Meeting Materials

Orlando Montenegro, Secretary of Tourism of Capão Bonito / Secretário de Turismo de Capão Bonito (English | Português)
Cassiano Tóffoli, Secretary of Agriculture of Itapeva / Secretário de Agricultura de Itapeva (English | Português)
José Carlos Almeida, JFI Rural Producer / JFI Produtor Rural (English | Português)
Paulo Kageyama, ESALQ/USP - Tropical Biodiversity: sustainable use of technology / Biodiversidade tropical: uso sustentável das tecnologias (English | Português)
João Dagoberto Santos, ESALQ/USP - Land use conflicts and projects related to Landless Workers'  Movement (MST) in Brazil / Conflito de terra e projetos relacionados ao MST no Brasil (English | Português)

Dialogue Day 1

Welcoming and Introduction / Boas Vindas e Introdução – Gary Dunning (English | Português)
4Fs International Contex - Rod Taylor (English | Português)
Brazilian Context / Contexto Brasileiro – Miriam Prochrow (English | Português)
4Fs issues in Brazil / Questõesdos 4Fs no Brasil – Gerd Sparovek (English | Português)
Redesigning the agricultural landscape in Brazil / Redesenhando paisagem agrícola no Brasil – Arnaldo Carneiro (English | Português)
Co-chairs reflections on field visits / Reflexões dos moderadores em relação às visitas de campo – James Griffiths (English | Português)

Breakout Groups

Questions (English | Portuguese)
Group 1 (English | Português)
Group 2 (English | Português) 
Group 3 (English | Português)
Group 4 (English | Português)
Group 5 (English | Português)

Dialogue Day 2

Breakout Groups

Question (English | Português)
Group 1 (English | Português)
Group 2 (English | Português) 
Group 3 (English | Português)
Group 4 (English | Português)

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