Georgia O. Carvalho

Research Associate
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644
Phone: 508-540-9900 x144
Fax: 508-540-9700

Education

Ph.D. - Colorado State University
1998, Political Science
Dissertation: The Evolution of Amazon Policy in Brazil: A Case Study of the Grande Carajás Program.

M.A. - University of Rhode Island
1992, Political Science
Thesis: The Impact of World Bank Financed Projects in the Amazon: The Polonoroeste Case.

B.A. - University of Brasília
1989, International Relations.

Professional Experience

  • 2002 - present: Research Associate, Woods Hole Research Center
    1999 - 2002: Post Doctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Research Center
  • 1995 - 1998: Visiting Lecturer, Bridgewater State College, MA

Research Interests

Comparative and international aspects of environmental politics and policy with a focus on the political economy of deforestation and climate change. Regional focus on Latin America and the Amazon. Interest on the political economy of development and environment.

Selected publications

An Amazon Perspective on the Forest-Climate Connection: Opportunity for Climate Mitigation, Conservation and Development?, Georgia Carvalho, Paulo Moutinho, Daniel Nepstad, Luciano Mattos, Márcio Santilli. Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol.6 (1-2):163-174, 2004.

Frontier Expansion in the Amazon: Balancing Development and Sustainability, Georgia O. Carvalho, Daniel Nepstad, David McGrath, Maria del Carmem Vera Diaz, Márcio Santilli and Ana Cristina Barros. Environment, Vol. 44 (3), April 2002: 34-42.

Frontier Governance in Amazonia, Daniel Nepstad, David McGrath, Ane Alencar, Ana Cristina Barros, Georgia Carvalho, Márcio Santilli, Maria del Carmem Vera Diaz. Science, Vol. 295, Jan 25, 2002: 630-631.

O Brasil e as mudanças climáticas globais. Márcio Santilli, Georgia Carvalho and Daniel Nepstad, in Meio Ambiente Brasil, Avanços e Obstáculos pós-Rio-92, Aspásia Camargo, João Paulo R. Capobianco, Jos&é Antonio Puppim de Oliveira(eds.), São Paulo: Estação Liberdade Editora, p. 63-68, 2002.

Brazil's Amazon Policy: Democratic Transition and Enduring Policy Patterns. Georgia Carvalho, David McGrath, Daniel Nepstad, Maria del Carmem Vera Diaz, in Currents of Change: Globalization, Democratization and Institutional Reform in Latin America, J. Behar, ed. Stockholm: Institute of Latin American Studies, Stockholm University, 2002.

Road paving, fire regime feedbacks, and the future of Amazon forests, Daniel Nepstad, Georgia Carvalho, Ana Cristina Barros, Ane Alencar, João Paulo Capobianco, Paulo Moutinho, Paul Lefebvre, Urbano Lopes Silva Jr, Elaine Prins. Forest Ecology and Management, December 2001, 154 (3) 395-407.

Sustainable Development: Is it achievable within the existing international political economy context? Georgia Carvalho, Sustainable Development, May 2001, Vol. 9 (2) 61-73.

A História dos planos de desenvolvimento para a Amazônia. Georgia Carvalho, in Perspectivas de sustentabilidade e democracia na relação da sociedade com a floresta Amazônica. A.C. Barros (ed.). PBSD/FASE, Rio de Janeiro, 2001.

Sensitive Development could protect Amazonia. Georgia Carvalho, Ana Cristina Barros, Paulo Moutinho, Daniel Nepstad. Nature, 409,131, 2001.

The Politics of Indigenous Land Rights in Brazil. Georgia Carvalho, Bulletin of Latin American Research, Sept. 2000, vol. 19(4) 461-478.

"Metallurgical Development in the Carajás Area: A Case Study of the Evolution of Environmental Policy Formation in Brazil." Georgia Carvalho, November 2000, Society and Natural Resource, 14(2) 615-632.

Avança Brasil: Os Custos Ambientais para a Amazônia. Daniel Nepstad, João Paulo Capobianco, Ana Cristina Barros, Georgia Carvalho, Paulo Moutinho, Urbano Lopes e Paul Lefebvre. Belém: Gráfica e Editora Alves, 2000.

"Hydroelectric Development and Road Paving in Brazil's Transamazon Area." Journal of Environment and Development, Vol. 8 (4), December 1999, pp. 397-406.