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Brazilian biodiversity and the World Cup 2014 – February 15, 9.30am/5.00pm – Holiday Inn Hotel – Nuremberg – Germany |
DATE
February 15, 2010 – Tuesday
TIME
09:30 h / 17.00 h
PLACE
Holiday Inn Nürnberg City Centre
Engelhardsgasse 12
90402 – Nürnberg – Germany
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This seminar will be a special moment to get an overview of the Brazil’s mega-biodiversity and learn more about the various projects that will take place in Brazil during the upcoming decade, such as the World Cup in 2014, tailored as a sustainable event. We will be presenting the windows offered by the Brazilian Government for businesses and partnerships, such as catering for these sustainable events, as well as opportunities for the cosmetic industry and ecotourism. You will be able to meet important Brazilian organic players as well Government representatives . One of the Ministry of Agrarian Development commitment’s is to enable smallholder family farmers to offer their organic production, and produce sustainably without jeopardizing the biodiversity. A networking luncheon, hosted by Ministry of Agrarian Development, will be held at the Hotel for registered participants only. |
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Seminar Programme |
09:30 – Opening ceremony
Participants:
Arnoldo Campos – Ministry of Agrarian Development
Julio Pinho – Ministry of the Environment
Maria Beatriz Martins Costa – Planeta Organico
1st Panel: Opportunities in sustainability during the 2014 World Soccer Cup
9:45 to 10:20 – Sustainable 2014 World Cup. –
Mr. Cláudio Langone, Coordinator Environmental and Sustainability Council, Ministry of Sports.
10:20 to 10:40 – Brazil, Mercosur and the 2014 World Cup.
10:40 to 11:30 – Private sector partnership opportunities under the Talents of Rural Brazil project. Speaker: Speaker Mr. Arnoldo Campos, Director, Smallholder Family Farming Secretariat,
Ministry of Agrarian Development
12:00 to 12:30 Debate with the public.
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12:30 to 14:00 Networking luncheon offered by the Ministry of Agrarian Development |
2nd Panel: Sustainable organic products and smallholder family farming in Brazil
14:00 to 14:20 – Family Farming and Organic Industry
Mr. Ming Liu, Organics Brazil Project Manager
14:20 to 14:40 – Legal framework, public policy, challenges and opportunities
Mr. Jose Batista Adelmar, Coordinator, Economic Diversification, Industrial and Commercial Support, Smallholder Family Farming Secretariat, Ministry of Agrarian Development.
14:40 to 15:00 – Economic organization of Brazil’s smallholder organic family farmers. Mr. Iran Trentin, President of Brazilian Association of Smallholder Organic Family Farmers – ABRABIO.
15:00 to 15:15 – Added value of Brazil’s smallholder organic family farmers.
Mrs. Maria Beatriz Martins Costa, Planeta Organico’s Executive Director
15:15 to 15:30 – Coffee Break
3rd Panel: Sociobiodiversity: the Brazilian concept
15:30 to 15:50 – Government project to promote products stemming from the Sociobiodiversity.
Mr. Julio Cesar Pinho, Manager, Biodiversity Sustainable Agriculture, Ministry of the Environment.
16.20 to 16.40 – Success Cases of various smallholder farmers exhibiting at BioFach2011
– Mr. Jedielson de Jesus Oliveira, of Amazon’s Organic Production Cooperative, Copoam, State of Pará
– Mrs. Terezinha Maria de Medeiros Oliveira, of Organic Cashew Nuts Cooperative, Coopercaju, State of Rio Grande do Norte
16:40 to 17:00 – Closing words.
Representatives of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and the Brazilian Embassy representative
17.00 – Coffee-Break
