Leonardo Kurihara, MS

Leonardo Kurihara, a biologist with a master's degree in humid tropics agriculture from the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA), is currently a PhD candidate in social anthropology at the Federal University of Amazonas (PPGAS/UFAM), in Brazil. He has lived in the Amazon for over 18 years, working on ethno-development projects in partnership with indigenous peoples and communities in the Negro, Purus, Solimões and Juruá river basins. He was a project coordinator at IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas and at Operação Amazônia Nativa. In recent years, he has been developing work related to strengthening value chains for socio-biodiversity products and services, as well as collaborating with socio-participatory organic certification processes for small farmers in the Amazon.

RCC Project: The Multi-Species Social Life of Pirarucu (Arapaima Gigas) in Amazon: Between Gift and Commodities in Times of Extinctions

Selected Publications:

• with Thiago Mota Cardoso. “Exploração Madeireira de Pequena Escala na Amazônia Central: Uma Ameaça aos Sistemas Agrícolas Tradicionais?” Revista Brasileira de Agroecologia 4, no. 2 (2009): 1314–1317. https://revistas.aba-agroecologia.org.br/index.php/rbagroecologia/article/view/8226.
• with Thiago Mota Cardoso. “Experiência de implantação da meliponicultura como componente agroecológico junto a comunidades ribeirinhas no baixo Rio Negro: resultados preliminares (Manaus - Amazonas).” Revista Brasileira de Agroecologia 2, no. 2 (2007): 472–472. https://revistas.aba-agroecologia.org.br/rbagroecologia/article/view/6778.
• “Meliponicultura: Uma ferramenta de educação socioambiental.” In Diálogos agroecológicos: conhecimentos científico e tradicional na conservação da agrobiodiversidade no rio Cuieiras (Amazônia Central): 125-132. Manaus: IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas.