This volume provides an overview of the ways sustainable development issues as a whole, and the SDGs in particular, are perceived and practiced in a variety of countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. It also discusses the extent to which its many socio-economic problems hinder progresses towards the pursuit of a sustainable future, and documents successful experiences from across the region.
Professor Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DTech, DL, DLitt, FSB, FLS, FRGS) holds the Chairs of Climate Change Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). He directs the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme, the largest network of universities specifically focusing on research on matters related to sustainable develpment. Professor Walter Leal Filho has over 30 years experience on sustainable development research and in excess of 600 publications to his credit.
Professor Noé Aguilar-Rivera (PhD) holds the Chairs of research and thesis seminar, sustainable development, and agroecological and organic agriculture at the Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences of Universidad Veracruzana, México specifically focusing on research on matters related to sustainability and competitiveness. He has over 20 years experience on sustainable development, waste valorization, and environmental management in agribusiness research and in excess of 100 publications to his credit.
Dr. Bruno Borsari (D.Ag.Sc., PhD) is Professor Emeritus in the Biology Department at Winona State University in Minnesota, USA and adjunct faculty member at Minnesota State College Southeast where he teaches agroecology courses in the Sustainable Food & Farming curriculum. He was awarded two Fulbright Scholar grants between 2014 and 2020 that brought him to Panama to collaborate with local universities and introduce agroecology in food & agriculture curricula. Professor Bruno Borsari has 30 years' experience in sustainable development teaching, research and outreach that is substantiated by more than 100 publications.
Professor Paulo Borges de Brito (M.S. in Environmental Science, M.S. Agricultural and Resource Economics). Paulo was the founder of the Brazilian chapter of a conservation-focused non-profit which promotes collaborative conservation efforts worldwide. Brito has also organized and contributed articles to two award-winning books broaching the subject of social, economic, and environmental synergies for sustainable development. His current research focuses on the business opportunities created by the bioeconomy and social justice aspects globally.
Professor José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra holds the Chairs of Sustainable Development and Global Environmental Change at the University of Southern Santa Catarina, Unisul and Ânima Institute (Brazil) He is the Director and Founder of the Centre for Sustainable Development/Research Group in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability (Greens, Unisul) and Research Fellow at Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, University of Cambridge. Professor Baltazar has over 20 years experience on sustainable development research and in excess of 150 publications to his credit.
