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Dr F. (Fabio) de Castro
Fabio de Castro is senior lecturer at CEDLA, the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam (UvA). He is coordinator of the Master Programme in Latin American Studies and chair of the Netherlands Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (NALACS). His teaching and research activities are related to environment and society issues in Latin America, including environmental policies, socioenvironmental movements, environmental justice and sustainable production systems. He is co-PI of the research project AGENTS which focuses on individual and collective sustainable production systems in the Amazon basin.
Hoogesteger, J., Suhardiman, D., Boelens, R. A., de Castro, F., Duarte Abadia, B. A., Hidalgo Bastidas, J. P., Liebrand, J., Hernandez-Mora, N., Manorom, K., Veldwisch, G. J., & Vos, J. (2023). River Commoning and the State: A Cross‐Country Analysis of River Defense Collectives. Politics and Governance, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v11i2.6316
Londres, M., Salk, C., Andersson, K., Tengo, M., Brondizio, E., Russo Lopes, G., Siani, S., Molina-Garzón, A., Sonetti-Gonzales, T., Razuri Montoya, D., Futemma, C., de Castro, F., & Tourne, D. (2023). Place-based solutions for global social-ecological dilemmas: An analysis of locally grounded, diversified, and cross-scalar initiatives in the Amazon. Global Environmental Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102718
2022
Boelens, R. A., Escobar, A., Bakker, K., Hommes, L., Swyngedouw, E. A. M., Hogenboom, B. B., huijbens, E., Jackson, S., Vos, J., Harris, L. M., Joy, K. J., de Castro, F., Duarte Abadia, B. A., & Roa Avendaño, L. T. (2022). Riverhood: political ecologies of socionature commoning and translocal struggles for water justice. The Journal of Peasant Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2120810
2021
Brondizio, E. S., Andersson, K., de Castro, F., Futemma, C., Salk, C., Tengö, M., Londres, M., Tourne, D. C. M., Gonzalez, T. S., Molina-Garzón, A., Russo Lopes, G., & Siani, S. M. O. (2021). Making place-based sustainability initiatives visible in the Brazilian Amazon. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49, 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.03.007[details]
Castellanos-Navarrete, A., de Castro, F., & Pacheco, P. (2021). The impact of oil palm on rural livelihoods and tropical forest landscapes in Latin America. Journal of Rural Studies, 81, 294-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.10.047[details]
Wakunuma, K., de Castro, F., Jiya, T., Inigo, E. A., Blok, V., & Bryce, V. (2021). Reconceptualising responsible research and innovation from a Global South perspective. Journal of Responsible Innovation, 8(2), 267-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/23299460.2021.1944736[details]
de Castro, F., & Futemma, C. (2021). Farm Knowledge Co-Production at an Old Amazonian Frontier: Case of the Agroforestry System in Tomé-Açu, Brazil. Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History, 8, [3]. https://doi.org/10.16993/rl.72[details]
Dupuits, E., Baud, J., Boelens, R., de Castro, F., & Hogenboom, B. (2020). Scaling up but losing out? Water commons' dilemmas between transnational movements and grassroots struggles in Latin America. Ecological Economics, 172, [106625]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106625[details]
Futemma, C., de Castro, F., & Brondizio, E. S. (2020). Farmers and Social Innovations in Rural Development: Collaborative Arrangements in Eastern Brazilian Amazon. Land Use Policy, 99, [104999]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104999[details]
Otsuki, K., & de Castro, F. (2020). Solidarity Economy in Brazil: Towards Institutionalization of Sharing and Agroecological Practices. In O. Saito (Ed.), Sharing Ecosystem Services: Building more Sustainable and Resilient Society (pp. 159-178). (Science for Sustainable Societies). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8067-9_8[details]
Santos Prado, D., de Castro, F., & Simão Seixas, C. (2020). The dramas of the Marine Extractive Reserve managers in Brazil: Navigating through multiple institutions. Society & Natural Resources, 33(5), 651-668. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2019.1690722[details]
Baud, M., Boelens, R., de Castro, F., Hogenboom, B., Klaufus, C., Koonings, K., & Ypeij, A. (2019). Commoning Xela: Negotiating collective spaces around a Central American intermediate city. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 108, 267-279. https://doi.org/10.32992/erlacs.10584[details]
Brandão, F., de Castro, F., & Futemma, C. (2019). Between structural change and local agency in the palm oil sector: Interactions, heterogeneities and landscape transformations in the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Rural Studies, 71, 156-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2018.09.007[details]
Simão Seixas, C., Davidson-Hunt, I., Kalikoski, D. C., Davy, B., Berkes, F., de Castro, F., Pereira Medeiros, R., Minte-Vera, C. V., & Araujo, L. G. (2019). Collaborative coastal management in Brazil: Advances, challenges, and opportunities. In S. Salas, M. J. Barragán-Paladines, & R. Chuenpagdee (Eds.), Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and The Caribbean (pp. 425-451). (MARE Publication Series ; Vol. 19). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76078-0_18[details]
de Mattos Vieira, M. A. R., de Castro, F., & Shepard, G. H. (2019). Who Sets the Rules? Institutional Misfits and Bricolage in Hunting Management in Brazil. Human Ecology, 47(3), 369-380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-019-00080-0[details]
2018
Pezzuti, J., de Castro, F., McGrath, D. G., Miorando, P. S., Sá Leitão Barboza, R., & Carneiro Romagnoli, F. (2018). Commoning in dynamic environments: community-based management of turtle nesting sites on the lower Amazon floodplain. Ecology and Society, 23(3), [36]. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10254-230336[details]
Eelderink, M., Vervoort, J., Snel, D., & de Castro, F. (2017). Harnessing the plurality of actor frames in social-ecological systems: Ecological sanitation in Bolivia. Development in Practice, 27(3), 275-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1291583[details]
de Araujo, L. G., de Castro, F., de Freitas, R. R., de Mattos Vieira, M. A. R., & Seixas, C. S. (2017). Struggles for inclusive development in small-scale fisheries in Paraty, Southeastern Coast of Brazil. Ocean & Coastal Management, 150, 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.02.014[details]
2016
Gasalla, M. A., & de Castro, F. (2016). Enhancing stewardship in Latin America and Caribbean small-scale fisheries: challenges and opportunities. MAST: Maritime studies, 15, [15]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40152-016-0054-0[details]
Neleman, S., & de Castro, F. (2016). Between nature and the city: Youth and ecotourism in an Amazonian ‘forest town’ on the Brazilian Atlantic Coast. Journal of Ecotourism, 15(3), 261-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2016.1192181[details]
de Castro, F. (2016). Local politics of floodplain tenure in the Amazon. The International Journal of the Commons, 10(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.472[details]
Gerhardingen, L., de Castro, F., & Seixas, C. (2015). Scaling-up small-scale fisheries governability through Marine Protected Areas in Southern Brazil. In S. Jentoft, & R. Chuenpagdee (Eds.), Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections (pp. 339-358). Springer. http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319170336
Rocha Braga, A. C., Futemma, C., & de Castro, F. (2015). Políticas ambientais para unidades de conservação no Estado de São Paulo. In F. De Castro, & C. Futemma (Eds.), Governança Ambiental no Brasil: Entre o Socioambientalismo e a Economia Verde (pp. 207-235). Paco Editorial. [details]
Gomes de Araujo, L., de Mattos Vieira, M. A. R., Simão Seixas, C., & de Castro, F. (2014). A gestão da pesca em Paraty: Legislação, arenas e processos. In A. Begossi, & P. F. M. Lopes (Eds.), Paraty Small-Scale Fisheries = Comunidades pesqueiras de Paraty: Suggestions for Management = Sugestões para manejo (pp. 189-219). RIMA. [details]
Hogenboom, B., Baud, M., de Castro, F., & Walter, M. (2014). La gobernanza ambiental en América Latina. Mapeando miradas, dinámicas y experiencias. Ecología Política, 48, 14-17. http://ecologiapolitica.info/wordpress/?p=1902[details]
de Castro, F. (2014). Environmental Policies in the Lula Era: Accomplishments and Contradictions. In F. de Castro, K. Koonings, & M. Wiesebron (Eds.), Brazil Under the Workers’ Party: Continuity and Change from Lula to Dilma (pp. 229-255). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273819_11
2012
de Castro, F. (2012). Multi-scale environmental citizenship: Traditional populations and protected areas in Brazil. In A. Latta, & H. Wittman (Eds.), Environmental and Citizenship in Latin America: Natures, Subjects, and Struggles (Vol. 101, pp. 39-58). (CEDLA Latin America Studies; Vol. 101). Berghahn.
2011
Baud, M., de Castro, F., & Hogenboom, B. (2011). Environmental governance in Latin America: towards an integrative research agenda. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 90, 79-88. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23047822[details]
2016
de Castro, F., Hogenboom, B., & Baud, M. (2016). Introduction: Environment and Society in Contemporary Latin America. In F. de Castro, B. Hogenboom, & M. Baud (Eds.), Environmental Governance in Latin America (pp. 1-25). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-50572-9_1[details]
Begossi, A., Berkes, F., de Castro, F., Lopes, P. F. M., Seixas, C., & Silvano, R. A. M. (2014). The Paraty fishery in the context of co-management and Latin American fisheries. In A. Begossi, & P. F. M. Lopes (Eds.), Paraty Small-Scale Fisheries = Commuidades pesqueiras de Paraty: Suggestions for Management = sugestões para manejo (pp. xxiii-xxxv). RIMA. [details]
Koonings, K., de Castro, F., & Wiesebron, M. (2014). Introduction: Brazil Under the Workers’ Party. In F. de Castro, K. Koonings, & M. Wiesebron (Eds.), Brazil Under the Workers’ Party: Continuity and Change from Lula to Dilma (pp. 1-9). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273819_1[details]
de Castro, F., Koonings, K., & Wiesebron, M. (Eds.) (2014). Brazil Under the Workers’ Party: Continuity and Change from Lula to Dilma. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137273819[details]
2018
Ypeij, A. (Author), Hogenboom, B. (Author), Klaufus, C. (Author), de Castro, F. (Author), Koonings, K. (Author), Baud, M. (Author), & Boelens, R. (Author). (2018). Xela stories of transformation: A commons perspectives on (peri-)urban resource use, territoriality, and cultural representation. Web publication/site, CEDLA-UvA. http://www.cedla.uva.nl/40_events/2018/Xela_blog1.html[details]
de Castro, F. (10-03-2021). Braziliaans Hooggerechtshof effent pad voor comeback Lula [Web] De Standaard. Braziliaans Hooggerechtshof effent pad voor comeback Lula. https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210309_98163805
de Castro, F. (20-11-2020). Corona treft inheemse groepen tot vijf keer harder [Web] De Standaard. ‘Corona treft inheemse groepen tot vijf keer harder’. https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20201119_98122742
de Castro, F. (01-04-2020). Bolsonaro is een gewaarschuwd man De Standaard. Bolsonaro is een gewaarschuwd man.
de Castro, F. (editor) & Gasalla, M. (editor) (2016). MAST, Maritime Studies (Journal).
de Castro, F. (member of editorial board) (2013-2018). Ambiente & Sociedade (Journal).
de Castro, F. (member of editorial board) (2008-2018). Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (Journal).
Talk / presentation
de Castro, F. (keynote speaker) (8-12-2020). Justiça Ambiental na América Latina: Conectando Direitos Humanos com Direito da Natureza, NEPEDI - UERJ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXED-jwviPQ
de Castro, F. (keynote speaker) (27-11-2019). Amazon on Fire: Symptoms of a Political Crisis, Wereldse Ontmoetingen, Tilburg.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (27-11-2019). Brazilie: Land op de dool?, Festival van de Gelijkheid.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (12-11-2019). Governance of Natural Resources in Latin America, Haagse Hogeschool/ TH Rijswijk.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (14-10-2019). Amazon on Fire: What does the NL have to do with it?, Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy.
de Castro, F. (speaker) (20-9-2019). Amazon on Fire: Some Provocative Reflections.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (8-7-2019). Gobernanza Ambiental de la Amazonia, UNAP-Iquitos.
de Castro, F. (keynote speaker) (8-7-2019). El Dilema de la Riqueza Natural en America Latina: Retos para un Desarrollo Sostenible, Conferencia Internacional Amazonía sostenible, Iquitos.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (5-7-2019). The Latin America Commons: A Research Agenda, XVII Biennial IASC-Conference , Lima.
de Castro, F. (speaker) (2-7-2019). The wicked circle hypothesis: Commons/social movement nexus on ethnic territories in the Brazilian Amazon, XVII Biennial IASC-Conference , Lima.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (13-4-2019). Responsible Research and Innovation: Lessons from Latin America, II APEB-NL International Conference, Delft.
de Castro, F. (keynote speaker) (6-4-2019). Struggles over the Latin America Commons: Between Hegemony and Transformation, BASIS Conference - Environmental Issues, The Hague.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (28-3-2019). New Wave of Socio-Environmental Mobilization in Brazil: Opportunities and Threats, Marginalized Groups in Brazil, Leiden.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (22-3-2019). The (un)making of environmental and territorial policies in Brazil, Bolsonaro's Brazil: , Amsterdam.
de Castro, F. (invited speaker) (15-3-2019). The Rise and Fall of the ‘Green’ StatePeople, Nature and Commodities, Brazilian Politics, Policies and Citizenship, Nijmegen.
de Castro, F. (speaker) (12-12-2017). Latin America Commons in the Midst of Change: Crisis and Opportunities, Co-Lab The Commons in Latin America: Struggles, policies and research, Amsterdam.
de Castro, F. (speaker) (9-6-2017). Adaptive Strategies among the Rural Elite in Brazil, Inequalities and Power Struggles in Contemporary Brazil, Berlin.
de Castro, F. (examiner) (16-3-2022). MELIPONICULTORES DO RIO URUBU: ANÁLISE DA DINÂMICA E SUSTENTABILIDADE DA PRODUÇÃO DE MEL DE ABELHAS INDÍGENAS SEM FERRÃO NO MUNICÍPIO DE BOA VISTA DO RAMOS/AM (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (28-2-2022). Energy Governance in Brazil: Meeting the international agreements on climate change mitigation (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (25-6-2021). Imaginarios hidrosociales, utopías contestadas y luchas territoriales en Colombia y España (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (4-12-2020). The role of non-timber forest products in the sustainability of social-ecological systems: A critical analysis of selected case studies in the Brazilian Cerrado (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (26-8-2020). Hydro-socioterritorial struggles: Shifting of water rights frameworks in Bolivia (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (17-3-2020). A ditadura militar e a governança da água no Brasil: Ideologia, poderes econômico-político e sociedade civil na construção das hidrelétricas de grande porte (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (14-3-2020). Scalar Mismatches in Metropolitan Water Governance: A Comparative Study of São Paulo and Mexico City (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (4-10-2019). Processos de cogestao e seus avancos em reservas extrativistas costeiras e marinhas do Brasil (examination).
de Castro, F. (organiser) (2-7-2019). XVII Biennial IASC-Conference, Lima. Co-organizer of the panel 'Social movements and the commons' (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (15-4-2019). Biofuel Governance in Brazil and the EU (examination).
de Castro, F. (organiser) (22-3-2019). Bolsonaro's Brazil:, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
Ypeij, A. (organiser) & de Castro, F. (organiser) (12-12-2017 - 13-12-2017). Co-Lab The Commons in Latin America: Struggles, policies and research, Amsterdam. Co-organization together with Fabio de Castro (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
de Castro, F. (participant) (11-7-2017). IASC, Utrecht, Utrecht. Paper co-authorship (with Debora Prado and Cristiana Seixas) 'Co-management processes and advances involving new commons: Coastal and marine (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
de Castro, F. (participant) (11-7-2017). IASC, Utrecht, Utrecht. Paper presentation 'Environmental governance under multiple crises: New threats to the commons in Brazil' (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
de Castro, F. (participant) (30-4-2017). LASA Conference, Lima, Peru. Paper presentation 'Greening Commodities and Commodifying the Green: New adaptive strategies from rural elites in Brazil' (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (9-12-2016). Peoples, Parks, and Public Policies in the Twenty-first Century: Human security and the political ecologies of the Brazilian Amazon. Reflections from the mosaic of protected areas of the Lower River Negro, Amazonas (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (9-6-2016). The social impacts of large projects on Indigenous Peoples: Procedures, processes and protests (examination).
de Castro, F. (examiner) (24-3-2014). Las concesiones forestales comunitarias Guatemala: De territorios en disputa territorialidades ensampladas (examination).
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