♦ Book
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2021). The Politics of Bioeconomy and Sustainability: Lessons from Biofuel Governance, Policies and Production Strategies in the Emerging World. Springer, Dordrecht. [Online access].
♦ Articles in peer-reviewed journals & other peer-reviewed papers
2023
Russo Lopes, G. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2023). Compreendendo as amarras que mantêm o desmatamento: Insights de assentamentos da reforma agrária na Amazônia. WWF Brasil. [Online access]
Russo Lopes, G. and Bastos Lima M.G. (2023) Eudaimonia in the Amazon: Relational Values as a Deep Leverage Point to Curb Tropical Deforestation. Conservation 3(1), 214-231. [Online access]
Carmenta, R., Barlow, J., Bastos Lima, M.G., Berenguer, E., Choiruzzad, S., Estrada-Carmona, N., … & Hicks, C. (2023). Connected Conservation: Rethinking conservation for a telecoupled world. Biological Conservation, 282, 110047. [Online access]
2022
Aragão R.B.d.A., Bastos Lima M.G., Burns G.L. and Ross H (2022) To clear or not to clear: Unpacking soy farmers’ decision-making on deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6, 942207. [Online access]
Russo Lopes, G. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022) Understanding deforestation lock-in: Insights from Land Reform settlements in the Brazilian Amazon. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 5, 951290. [Online access]
Verkuijl, C., Strambo, C., Hocquet, R., Butterfield, R., Achakulwisut, P., Bastos Lima, M.G…. & Green, J. (2022). A just transition in the meat sector: why, who, and how? SEI report. Stockholm Environment Institute. [Online access]
Pendrill, F., Gardner, T., Meyfroidt, P., Persson, U.M., Adams, J., Azevedo, T., Bastos Lima, M.G., et al. (2022). Disentangling the numbers behind agriculture-driven tropical deforestation. Science 377(6611), eabm9267. [Online access or direct download]
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Da Costa, K. (2022). Quo vadis, Brazil? Environmental Malgovernance under Bolsonaro and the Ambiguous Role of the Sustainable Development Goals. Bulletin of Latin American Research 41(4), 508–524 [Online access]
Siegel, K. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022). Introduction: Quo Vadis, Latin America? Human Rights, Environmental Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals. Bulletin of Latin American Research 41(3), 341-343 [Online access]
Sebo, J., Verkuijl, C., José Hötzel, M., Achakulwisut, P., Bastos Lima, M., & Green, J. (2022). Sustainable development matters for animals too: Governments have a responsibility to recognize that. CABI One Health 1(1). [Online access]
Verkuijl, C., Sebo, J., Hötzel, M. J., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Achakulwisut, P., Bastos Lima, M. and Green, J. (2022). Mainstreaming animal welfare in sustainable development: a policy agenda. Stockholm+50 background paper series. Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm. [Online access]
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J.; Bastos Lima, M.G.; Bellfield, H.; Dontenville, A.; Gardner, T.; Godar, J.; Heilmayr, R. et al. (2022). Addressing indirect sourcing in zero deforestation commodity supply chains. Science Advances 8 (17), eabn3132. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Palme, U. (2022). The Bioeconomy–Biodiversity Nexus: Enhancing or Undermining Nature’s Contributions to People? Conservation 2 (1), 7-25. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022). Just transition towards a bioeconomy: Four dimensions in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Forest Policy and Economics 136, 102684. [Online access or direct download]
2021
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Kmoch, L. (2021). “Neglect paves the way for dispossession: The politics of ‘last frontiers’ in Brazil and Myanmar.” World Development 148, 105681. [Open access].
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2021). “Corporate Power in the Bioeconomy Transition: The Policies and Politics of Conservative Ecological Modernization in Brazil.” Sustainability 13(12), 6952. [Open access].
Bastos Lima, M.G., Harring, N., Jagers, S.C., Löfgren, Å, Persson, U.M., Sjöstedt, M., Brülde, B., Langlet, D., Steffen, W., Alpízar, F. (2021). “Large-scale collective action to avoid an Amazon tipping point – key actors and interventions.” Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 3, 100048. [Open access].
Russo Lopes, G., Bastos Lima, M.G., Reis, T.N.P. dos (2021). “Maldevelopment revisited: Inclusiveness and social impacts of soy expansion over Brazil’s Cerrado in Matopiba.” World Development, 139, 105316. [Open access].
(Versão brasileira) Russo Lopes, G., Bastos Lima, M.G., Reis, T.N.P. dos (2021). “Revisitando o conceito de mau desenvolvimento: Inclusão e impactos sociais da expansão da soja no Cerrado do Matopiba.” World Development, 139, 105316. [Download do PDF em português].
2020
Russo Lopes, G. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). “Necropolitics in the jungle: COVID-19 and the marginalisation of Brazil’s forest peoples.” Bulletin of Latin American Research, 39 (S1), 92-97. [Online access].
(Versão brasileira) Russo Lopes, G. e Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). “Necropolítica na selva: COVID-19 e a marginalização dos povos da floresta no Brasil.” Bulletin of Latin American Research, 39 (S1), 92-97. [Download do PDF em português].
Siegel, K.M. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). “When international sustainability frameworks encounter domestic politics: The sustainable development goals and agri-food governance in South America.” World Development, 135, 105053. [Online access or direct download]
Ivanova, A., Zia, A., Ahmad, P., and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). “Climate mitigation policies and actions: access and allocation issues.” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 20, 287–301. [Online access].
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Persson, U.M. (2020). “Commodity-centric landscape governance as a double-edged sword: The case of soy and the Cerrado Working Group in Brazil“. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 3, 27. [Online access].
zu Ermgassen, E.K.H.J, Ayre, B., Godar, J., Bastos Lima, M.G., et al. (2020). “Using supply chain data to monitor zero deforestation commitments: an assessment of progress in the Brazilian soy sector“. Environmental Research Letters 15, 035003. [Online access].
2019 and before
Bastos Lima, M.G., Persson, U.M., Meyfroidt, P. (2019). “Leakage and Boosting Effects in Environmental Governance: A Framework for Analysis“. Environmental Research Letters 14, 105006. [Online access].
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2018). “Toward Multipurpose Agriculture: Food, Fuels, Flex Crops, and Prospects for a Bioeconomy“. Global Environmental Politics 18(2), 143-150. [Online access or direct download].
Bastos Lima, M.G., Kissinger, G., Visseren-Hamakers, I.J., Braña Varela, J., Gupta, A. (2017). “The Sustainable Development Goals and REDD+: Assessing Institutional Interactions and the Pursuit of Synergies“. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 17(4), 589-606. [Online access].
Bastos Lima, M.G., Visseren-Hamakers, I.J., Braña Varela, J., and Gupta, A. (2017). “A Reality Check on the Landscape Approach to REDD+: Lessons from Latin America” Forest Policy and Economics, 78, 10-20 [Online access or direct download].
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Gupta, J. (2014). “The Extraterritorial Dimensions of Biofuel Policies and the Politics of Scale: Live and Let Die?” Third World Quarterly, 35(3), 392-410 [Online access or direct download]
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Gupta, J. (2013). “The Policy Context of Biofuels: A Case of Non-Governance at the Global Level?” Global Environmental Politics, 13(2), 46-64. [Online access or direct download]
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). “An Institutional Analysis of Biofuel Policies and their Social Implications: Lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia.” United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Occasional Paper n.9, series “Social Dimensions of Green Economy and Sustainable Development”. [Online access]
Kuik, O., Bastos Lima, M.G and Gupta, J. (2011). “Energy Security in a Developing World“. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews, 2(4), 627-634. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2009). “Biofuel Governance and International Legal Principles: Is it Equitable and Sustainable?” Melbourne Journal of International Law, 10(2), 470-492. [Online access]. (This article was selected for a follow-up debate on the Opinio Juris discussion board with Prof. C. Ford Runge, here)
McAllister Kattides, M.L. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2008). “Changing Food Systems and Implications for Sustainable Communities: Cyprus, Canada and Brazil.” Environments, 36 (1), 45-58. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G (2008). “Street food: Brazilian street vending nourishes the local economy and supports farmers.” Alternatives, 34(3), 30-32.
♦ Policy briefs
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Siegel, K.M. (2020). Promoting inclusive bioeconomies? Lessons from agri-food governance and the politics of the Sustainable Development Goals in South America. ZEF Policy Brief n.37. [Online access]
Persson, U.M., Bager, S., Bellfield, H., Burley, H., Green, J., Bastos Lima, M.G., França, C.S.S., Gardner, T., Kastner, T., Lathuillière, M.J., Meyfroidt, P., Pendrill, F., and West, C. (2020). A broad EU deforestation approach can help protect climate and biodiversity. Trase Briefing. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G., Braña-Varela, J., Visseren-Hamakers, I.J., Gupta, A., and Ashley-Cantello, W. (2015). REDD+ and the Sustainable Development Goals: Maximizing Synergies, Avoiding Conflicts. WWF-WUR brief no. 3. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2015). Policies and Practices for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Assessment of Challenges and Opportunities across 15 countries. Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN). [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G., Braña-Varela, J., Kleymann, H., Carter, S. (2014). The Contribution of Forests and Land Use to Closing the Gigatonne Emissions Gap by 2020. WWF-WUR brief no.2. [Online access]
Gupta, J., Baud, I., Bekkers, R., Bernstein, S., Boas, I., Cornelissen, V., Iguchi, M., Kanie, N., Kim, R.E., Bastos Lima, M., Obani, P., Schoof, P., Stevens, C., and van Zoomeren, D. (2014). Sustainable Development Goals and Inclusive Development. Post2015 / UNU-IAS Policy Brief, Nr. 5. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G., Braña-Varela, J., Gupta, A., Visseren-Hamakers, I., Huynh, T.B., Kleymann, H., Van Dexter, K., and Belecky, M. (2014). Promoting Non-carbon Benefits in REDD+ Actions. WWF-WUR brief no.1. [Online access]
Huitema, D., Bastos Lima, M.G., Bouma, J., Ludwig, K., Schols, P. (2014). Policy networks and community linkages for managing environmental and social change. European Policy Brief, Combioserve Project.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2013). Adjusting Biofuel Policies to meet Social and Rural Development Needs: Analysing the experiences of Brazil, India and Indonesia. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Policy research brief N.40, Brasilia, Brazil. [Online access]
♦ Book chapters
Siegel, K. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022). Trade-offs and SDG politics in South American agrifood governance: the risks from cherry-picking. In A. Breuer et al. (Eds), Governing the Interlinkages between the SDGs: Approaches, Opportunities and Challenges. Routledge [Online access].
Sénit, C., Okereke, C., Alcázar, L., Banik, D., Bastos Lima, M., Biermann, F., . . . Siegel, K. (2022). Inclusiveness. In F. Biermann, T. Hickmann, & C. Sénit (Eds.), The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals? (pp. 116-139). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Open access]
Bastos Lima, M.G., Gupta, J., Grijp, N.vd, and Agus, F. (2013) “Case study: Indonesia”, in Climate Change, Forests and REDD (ed. J. Gupta, N. van der Grijp and O. Kuik). Routledge, London. [Online access].
Gupta, J., Grijp, N. vd, Bigot, L., Bastos Lima, M.G., Kuiper, J.Y.B., and von Blücher, F. (2013). “Comparative Analysis of Vietnam, Indonesia, Cameroon and Peru”, in Climate Change, Forests and REDD (ed. J. Gupta, N. van der Grijp and O. Kuik). Routledge, London.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). “The Brazilian Biofuel Industry: Achievements and geopolitical challenges”, in Secure Oil and Alternative Energy: The Geopolitics of Energy Paths of China and the European Union (ed. M.P. Amineh and Yang Guang). Brill Publishing, Leiden. [Online access].
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2010). “Idéia e Prática da Governança para uma Gestão de Águas Participativa, Justa e Sustentável”, in Série Textos, Água e Ambiente n. 3 (orgs Rocha, J.C.S and Santana Filho, D.M.). Instituto de Gestão das Águas e Clima (INGÁ), Salvador.
♦ Book reviews
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2014). Review of “Biofuels and Rural Poverty”, by Joy Clancy. The Journal of Development Studies, 50(2), 342-343. [Online access].
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). Review of “Environmental, Economic and Policy aspects of Biofuels”, by Deepak Rajagopal and David Zilberman. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 12(1), 105-107. [Online access].
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2010). Review of “Global Energy Governance in a Multipolar World”, by Dries Lesage, Thijs van de Graaf, and Kirsten Westphal. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), 19(3), 368-370.
♦ Full conference articles
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2011). An Institutional Analysis of Biofuel Policies and their Social Implications in Developing Countries: Lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia. Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing back the social dimension, UN Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva.
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Gupta, J. (2009) Biofuel and Global Change: The need for a multilateral governance framework. 2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Amsterdam.
Bastos Lima, M.G. and McAllister, M.L. (2008). Food security in Brazilian and Canadian Communities: A Comparative Analysis of Feira de Santana and Waterloo Region. Annals of the IX International Congress of the Brazilian Association of Canadian Studies (ABECAN). Salvador, EDUFBA.
♦ Mentions and appearances in popular media
Veiga, E. “Soja levou subdesenvolvimento ao Cerrado, diz estudo“. Deutsche Welle (DW) Brasil, 10 December 2020. (Interview to the journalist, and scientific publication giving rise to the news article.) [Online access]
(2019). Guest debater at the Nordic premiere of the film “Soyalism”, a documentary by directors Enrico Parenti and Stefano Liberti. Gothenburg Film Festival, 28 January 2019. [Online access]
Prager, A. (2018). “$29 million deforestation fines: game changer for Brazilian soy trade?”. Mongabay, 01 June 2018. (Phone interview to the journalist, and TRASE project discussed in the news article). [Online access]
McClanahan, P. (2013). “Biofuels a boon for Brazil’s rural poor, but obstacles remain elsewhere”. The Guardian, 21 May 2013. (Phone interview to the journalist, and publications discussed in the news article). [Online access]
UN Research Institute for Social Development [UNRISD] (2012). (Video) “Food for the Future: Agriculture in a Sustainable World”. [Online access]
♦ Theses
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2014). The Politics of Biofuel Governance and Sustainability: Agency, Institutions and Social Equity Dimensions of “Green Economies” in the Making. Thesis for obtaining the degree of PhD in Environmental Studies. Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2008). Sustainable Food Security for Local Communities in the Globalized Era: A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian and Canadian Case Studies. Thesis for obtaining the degree of Master of Environmental Studies. Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo. [Online access]
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2004). Ecologia do forrageamento da formiga Acromyrmex crassispinus (hymenoptera, formicidae). Bachelor thesis. Department of Zoology, Universidade Federal do Paraná.
Presentations
♦ Oral Presentations
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2023). A global food system exposed to multiple crises: A snapshot on the Amazon. Seminar: The challenge of making science-based policy recommendation for a global food system. The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. 26 January 2023. Stockholm, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022). Brazil’s deforestation lock-in: Or why end-of-pipe solutions did not hold and a transition is needed. Forests, Climate and Livelihoods (FOCALI) annual meeting. 01 Dec 2022. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022). A restorative bioeconomy: Enhancing Nature’s Contributions to Historically Disadvantaged People in the Brazilian Amazon. Forests & Livelihoods: Assessment, Research, and Engagement (FLARE) Conference. 07 Oct 2022. Rome, Italy.
Gardner, T., Bellfield, H., Bastos Lima, M.G., et al. (2022). Aligning expectations on data to deliver on regulatory and voluntary requirements: monitoring forest-risk supply chains. Trase parallel session in the Oslo Tropical Forests Forum. 22 Jun 2022. Oslo, Norway.
Gardner, T., Bellfield, H., Bastos Lima, M.G., et al. (2022). A step-change in demand-side measures. Trase parallel session in the Oslo Tropical Forests Forum. 21 Jun 2022. Oslo, Norway.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2022). A restorative bioeconomy: Enhancing Nature’s Contributions to Historically Disadvantaged People in the Brazilian Amazon. Politically sustainable, but socially unjust? Contradictions of the Politics of a Sustainable Bioeconomy. Seminar of the Bio-Inequalities Research Group. 18 Feb 2022. Virtual event from Jena, Germany.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2021). The Politics of Zero-Deforestation Commitments: Accountability and its discontents in the Governance of Soy from Brazil. International Public Policy Association (IPPA ) 5th International Conference on Public Policy. 07 July 2021. Virtual from Barcelona, Spain.
Bastos Lima, M.G., Siegel, K., Maghraby, W. and Johnson, F.X. (2021). The Politics of Biofuels and the Bioeconomy: Who wins and who loses? Dialogue of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) launching the book The Politics of Bioeconomy and Sustainability. [Recording available online.] 17 June 2021. Virtual event from Stockholm, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2021). Maldevelopment revisited: Inclusiveness and social impacts of soy expansion over Brazil’s Cerrado in Matopiba. Webinar for the Transparency for Sustainable Economies (Trase) initiative. 21 Apr 2021. Virtual event from Stockholm, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2021). Power shifts among the giants: The politics of the bioeconomy transition in Brazil. International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. 06 April 2021. Virtual from Las Vegas, USA.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2021). Lessons from Brazil on the transition to a bioeconomy: Changing technologies while aggravating other sustainability issues? Webinar for the Technology Governance and Energy Transitions (TEG) initiative. 09 February 2021. Virtual event from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). Power shifts among the giants: The politics of the bioeconomy transition in Brazil. International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC). 03 September 2020. Virtual from Sheffield, UK.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). Power shifts among the giants: The politics of bioeconomy transitions and multi-regime interactions. International Sustainability Transitions (IST) conference. 21 August 2020. Virtual from Vienna, Austria.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2020). Necropolitics in the woods: Indigenous peoples, social inequality, and COVID-19 in the Amazon. Nature, people and rights in the times of COVID: What new dimensions does the pandemic bring to the socio-ecological development challenges? Digital roundtable dialogue facilitated by Focali in collaboration with SIANI and SLU Global. 27 May 2020. Sweden
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2019). Globalization and its Brazilian discontents: Pushbacks on climate and the environment in Brazil. Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development, Anti-Globalization and Populism series. 10 Oct 2019. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2019). Recent and upcoming changes in Brazil’s land tenure policy for local communities and indigenous peoples. Forest tenure reform in the Amazon – a path to livelihoods and tenure security for local people? Forests, Climate and Livelihoods (FOCALI) Network seminar. 27 Sep 2019. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2019). The secrets of soy and farmland investments in Brazil’s last Cerrado frontier. Global Land Programme 4th Open Science Meeting. 24 Apr 2019. Bern, Switzerland.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2019). Soy, savannahs and Sustainable Development Goals: Interpretations, discourses and practices. Annual Conference of the Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS). 04 Apr 2019. Leicester, United Kingdom.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2019). The Cerrado Working Group as commodity-based landscape governance: Assessing its achievements and limitations. Promoting Effective Sustainability Governance in Soy: Interdisciplinary Workshop. University of York, N8AgriFood, and IKnowFood consortia. 28 Mar 2019. York, United Kingdom.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2019). Insights from Current Developments in the Amazon: The role of land rights, transparency of value chains, certifications and zero-deforestation initiatives. Dialogue on the International Day of Forests: Stepping up Swedish Action on Tropical Deforestation. Forests, Climate and Livelihoods (FOCALI) Network and Swedish Agricultural International Network Initiative (SIANI). 21 Mar 2019. Stockholm, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2018). How to engage with Brazil and its environmental issues under the new political setting. (Video participation). 1st Dialogue meeting on the Brazilian Amazon – potential implications of the new political landscape in Brazil. Forests, Climate and Livelihoods (FOCALI) Network. 05 Dec 2018. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2018). Understanding Leakage in Environmental Policy: Concept, Pathways, and Critical Points. Meeting of the Forests, Climate and Livelihoods (FOCALI) Network, Stockholm Environment Institute. 05 Jun 2018. Stockholm, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2018). Jurisdictional Approaches to the Sustainability of Global Agricultural Supply Chains. 13th annual meeting (RT13) of the Roundtable of Responsible Soy (RTRS). 31 May 2018. Lille, France.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2018). Challenges of Landscape Sustainability: Getting Policy Mixes of Jurisdictional Approaches and Demand-side Measures Right. Centre for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn. 24 May 2018. Bonn, Germany.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2015). REDD+ in a Landscape Approach: Addressing Drivers, Promoting Non-Carbon Benefits. REDD@WUR Event “Moving into the Landscape”. 9 Sep 2015. Wageningen, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2015). Discussion Round on REDD+ and Landscapes: Policy and Governance Issues for meeting pre-2020 ambition in the land sector. Side-event to the UNFCCC meeting in Bonn 2015, co-organized with WWF’s Forest and Climate Programme. 10 Jun 2015. Bonn, Germany.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2015). Experiences in Jurisdictional REDD+ and the Landscape Approach in Latin America: A preliminary assessment of lessons from Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador. Environmental Policy Group (ENP) Research Colloquium. 20 May 2015. Wageningen, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2015). Accountability in the Anthropocene: Lessons from the Politics of REDD+. Amsterdam Earth System Governance lab. 26 Mar 2015. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Batisani, N. (2014). Mainstreaming Climate Smart Agriculture into Policy frameworks: Policy scoping studies synthesis. 2014 FANRPAN High Level Food and Nutrition Security Policy Dialogue for Africa: Policies for Climate Smart Agriculture family farming in Africa. 29 Sep to 2 Oct 2014. Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2014). REDD+ as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development. WWF Forest and Climate Programme, Online Learning Session N. 26, 15 Sep 2014. [Recorded and Available Online]
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Ngwenya, H. (2014). Promotion of Climate-smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Norwich Earth System Governance Conference, 1-3 July 2014. Norwich, United Kingdom.
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Perch, L. (2014). Achieving Climate-Smart Agriculture: Policy and Gender Dimensions. Regional Conference on Climate Change and Climate Smart Agriculture: Positioning Policies, institutional frameworks & research in Africa, 21-24 Apr 2014. Pretoria, South Africa.
Bastos Lima, M.G. and Gupta, A. (2014). REDD+ after Warsaw: Current framework and emerging issues. 9th REDD+ Platform Meeting – The Warsaw Policy Framework for REDD+: Is It Ready To Work? 27 Feb 2014. Zeist, the Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2013). Política indígena e conservação no Brasil. 3rd Field Workshop of the COMBIOSERVE Project in Brazil, 17-20 Oct 2013. Coroa Vermelha, Brazil.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2013). An Analysis of Allocation and Access in the Food vs. Fuel Nexus: Comparing Architectures of Biofuel Programmes in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference 2013, United Nations University. Tokyo, Japan.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2013). Emerging Economies and Environmental Governance Post Multilateralism: The Case of the EU RED and Biofuel Production in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference 2013, United Nations University. Tokyo, Japan.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). The Social Dimensions of a Biofuels “Green Economy”: Lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia. SENSE Science Market: Towards a Bio-based Economy – science meets stakeholders. The Hague, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). The Governance of Biofuels: Lessons for the Collective Role of Government and Civil Society Organizations. United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), side-event organized jointly by the UNDP and TERI-India. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). Bio-fuelling Sustainable Development? Perspectives from Emerging Economies and the EU in a Context of Geopolitical Changes. TU Delft. Delft, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). Global Governance versus National Sovereignty: The Case of the Extraterritorial Impacts of Biofuel Policies. 2012 Lund Conference on Earth System Governance, Lund University. Lund, Sweden.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). An Institutional Analysis of Biofuel Policies and their Social Implications in Developing Countries: Lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia. Towards Greening the Economy Symposium, Institute of Economic Growth. New Delhi, India.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2011). An Institutional Analysis of Biofuel Policies and their Social Implications in Developing Countries: Lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia. Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing back the Social Dimension, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Geneva, Switzerland.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2011). Indonesian Forest Policy and Lessons for REDD+: How effective has been the fight against the drivers of forest loss? Indonesian Soil Research Institute, Bogor, Indonesia.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2011). The Geopolitics of Renewable Energy: The Case of Brazil and its Biofuel Industry. Invited presentation, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2010). Um Panorama da Biodiversidade: a perda silenciosa e os nós górdios do debate. VIII Seminário Brasil-Canadá de Estudos Comparados: Biodiversidade. Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana. Feira de Santana, Brazil.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2010). Energy for Sustainable Development: The case of Brazil and biofuel production. Invited presentation, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2010). Biofuels in Brazil – Production and Policies: Failures, successes, and paths to sustainability. Invited presentation, Wageningen University. Wageningen, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2009). Biofuels and Brazil on the International Arena. Invited presentation, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Brasília, Brazil.
Gupta, J. and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2009). Energy Governance as a Multi-level Issue: Challenges for the 21st Century. Invited presentation, Universiteit van Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2009). Biofuel Sustainability: Policies and Global Governance. Annual PhD Seminar of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2008). An Ecosystem Approach to Health and Urban Food Security: A Comparative Analysis. Annual Conference of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC), Vancouver, Canada.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2008). Healthy Community Approaches: Cases in Food Security. Guest lecturer at the Master’s course “Eco-Health Perspectives”, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2007). Food Security in Brazilian and Canadian Communities. IX International Congress of the Brazilian Association of Canadian Studies (ABECAN). Chair of the communications session “Latin America and Canada: Comparative Perspectives”. Salvador, Brazil.
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2007). Bioethics for Life and Sustainability in the Globalized Era. University Conference on Bioethics, Psychology and the Environment. Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS), Salvador, Brazil.
♦ Poster presentations
Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). The Reach (and the Limits) of EU Policies on Emerging Economies: The Case of the EU RED and Biofuel Production in Brazil, India and Indonesia. Planet Under Pressure 2012 Conference, London, UK.
Gupta, J., Grijp, N. vd, Haug, C., Kuik, O., and Bastos Lima, M.G. (2012). Forest Governance: Results from a Local to Global Analysis. Planet Under Pressure 2012 Conference, London, UK.