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Friday, September 9

Amazonia: Know, Develop, Preserve
Time:
5:00 pm
Presenter:
Dr. Claudio Fabian Szlafsztein
Location:
4130 Posvar/Zoom
Sponsored by:
Center for Latin American Studies and Global Studies Center
Contact:
Alexis Takoushian
Contact Email:
art112@pitt.edu

For this workshop CLAS has partnered with the Global Studies Center to introduce topics associated with the sustainability, development and conservation of the Amazon region. This course introduces significant topics associated with the sustainability of the Amazon region, where more than 30 million people live, inside an area comprising part of nine countries in South America. Almost 80% of the Amazon’s population is settled in urban areas.