Torkjell Leira

Background

• Cand. Polit. Human Geography, University of Oslo, 2001
• Project coordinator in Brazil, the Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America (LAG), 2002-2003
• Project coordinator / adviser Amazon region, Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN), 2005-2011
• Author and lecturer. Themes: Brazil, the Amazon region, indigenous peoples and the environment

Fields of competence

• Biodiversity, climate change and deforestation in the Amazon
• The geography, politics, economy and modern history of Brazil
• Brazilian environmental and developmental policies
• Climate change, REDD+ and the Brazilian Amazon Fund
• Indigenous peoples’ rights
• Human rights

Publications

• Brazil – The Giant Awakens. Non-fiction, documentary book about the transformations in Brazilian society in the 2000’s. Published in Norwegian by Aschehoug, spring 2014.
• Human rights and resource conflicts in the Amazon. Report commissioned by Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN), fall 2013. Published in English spring 2014.
• Brazil (in Norwegian only). Chapters about the country in the biannual Latin America yearbook 2012, 2010, 2006, 2002 and 2000. Published by the Norwegian Solidarity Committee for Latin America (LAG).
• Brazilian Imperialism in the Amazon? (in Norwegian only) Paper about the Brazilian economic and political expansion in the South America, published in the Norwegian journal Internasjonal Politikk 2/2011.
• A new political force in Brazil? Analysis about the Brazilian environmental movement, Marina Silva and the 2010 presidential elections.
• 250+ posts about Brazil and the Amazon on the blog BrasiLeira