Module 1: Introduction to the Course
1.1. Course Introduction
1.2. What is the Amazon?
1.3. Why is it Urgent to Protect the Amazon?
1.4. Is it Still Possible to Save Amazon?
Module 2: The Amazon: 3 Billion Years in The Making
2.1. How did the Amazon Become What it is Today? A Brief History of Geology in the Region.
2.2. Why is the Amazon So Rich in Species?
2.3. Water Dynamics in the Amazon
2.4. Climate Regulation
Module 3: Peoples of the Amazon
3.1. Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Before European Colonization
3.2. Impacts of European Colonization on Amazonian Populations (1492-19th Centuries)
3.3. The Slave Trade and the Amazon: Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Communities
3.4. History & Contributions of Afro-Descendant Communities in the Amazon
3.5 Who's Today’s Amazonian Population?
3.6. Interconnections between Amazonian Peoples and Ecosystems
Module 4: Landscapes, Livelihoods and Policies in the Amazon
4.1. Politics and Development Strategies for the Amazon
4.2. Agribusiness and Livelihood Systems in the Amazon
4.3. Clandestine Economies in the Amazon
4.4. Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories
4.5. Regional Efforts, Protected Areas, and Indigenous Territories
Module 5: Land-Use Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being
5.1. Drivers and Ecological Impacts of Deforestation
5.2. Drivers and Ecological Impacts of Forest Degradation
5.3. Drivers and Impacts of Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems
5.4. Impacts of Deforestation and Degradation on Human Health and Well-Being
Module 6: Climate Change in the Amazon
6.1. Long-Term Changes in Temperature
6.2. Long-Term Changes in Hydrology
6.3. Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity and Ecological Processes
6.4. Resilience & Assessing the Risk of Tipping Points
6.5. Adaptation of the Amazon Forest to Global Changes
Module 7: A Sustainable and Inclusive Vision for the Amazon
7.1. Principles and Values for a Living Amazon
7.2. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Amazon
7.3. Strengthening Land and Natural Resource Governance
7.4. Intercultural Education in the Amazon
7.5. Boosting Relations between the Amazon Forest and Cities
Module 8: Solutions for Conservation, Restoration, and a New Socio-Bioeconomy
8.1. Conservation Solutions
8.2. Restoration Solutions
8.3. A New Socio-Bioeconomy
8.4. Financing the Transformation