Location: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Description: One of the most important issues in Latin America and the Caribbean is the impact that economic investment, lack of equity, and high levels of poverty may have upon environmental preservation. Conflicting forces usually have a negative impact on the environment, yet experience shows that solutions can be found. This seminar strived to provide future environmental leaders in Latin America and the Caribbean with the theoretical framework to understand the many forces that affect sustainable development. Through instruction, collaboration, case study, discussion, and debate—both online and during three days at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts—the seminar participants worked to develop the tools and knowledge necessary to address the challenges that they (and their institutions) will face when they return to their home countries.

Sponsor: The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State

Host Institution: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University

Facilitators: Robert Faris (Faculty, Center for International Development), Rocío Fernández Alés (Faculty, Universidad de Sevilla), Juan Silva (Faculty, Center for International Development), Otto T. Solbrig (Faculty, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University), Cynthia Wolloch (Sponsor, United States Department of State), and Erin Brownlee Dell (Staff, LASPAU)