Brazil
WWViews on Biodiversity
On Saturday September 15th 2012, thousands of people around the world will take part in a global event: “World Wide Views on Biodiversity”. The project will engage ordinary citizens in as many countries as possible in the process of policymaking and awareness raising to sustain a living and healthy planet. At least a hundred citizens in each participating country will attend day-long meetings to learn about biodiversity issues, make up their minds about them, and express their views. The meetings will start at dawn in the Pacific and continue until dusk in the Americas. All meetings will have the same agenda and use the same approach in order to make results comparable and useful for policymakers gathering the following month in India to discuss future policy measures for preserving biological diversity.
Museum of Life/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is the national organizer of the WWViews day in Brazil
Museum of Life/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Museum of Life is a place of integration between science, culture and society, that aims to inform and educate in science, health and technology in a playful and creative way, through exhibits, interactive activities, multimedia, theater, video and laboratories. It also seeks to provide the population to understand the process and scientific progress and its impact on daily basis, increasing the participation of citizens in matters relating to Health and S&T. It is a initiative of the House of Oswaldo Cruz and it is linked to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, the most prominent institution of science and technology in health in Latin America.
Museum of Life/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
WWViews Venue in Brazil
The citizen consultation on international biodiversity politics in Brazil will take place on September 15th at Museum of Life in Rio de Janeiro.
Avenida Brasil, 4365 – Manguinhos – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil – CEP (Zip Code) 21.045-900.
WWViews on Biodiversity no Brasil
Em 15 de setembro de 2012, sábado, milhares de pessoas ao redor do mundo irão participar de um evento global: “World Wide Views on Biodiversity”. O projeto irá engajar a sociedade civil de tantos países quanto possível no processo de formulação de políticas e sensibilização com o objetivo de sustentar um planeta vivo e saudável. Ao menos cem cidadãos em cada país participante irão comparecer a reuniões que durarão dias inteiros para aprender sobre questões ligadas a biodiversidade, tomar decisões sobre as mesmas e expressar suas visões. Os encontros irão começar ao amanhecer no Pacífico e continuar até escurecer nas Américas. Todas as reuniões terão a mesma agenda e usarão a mesma abordagem com o fim de gerar resultados comparáveis e úteis para os formuladores de políticas que irão se reunir no mês seguinte na Índia para discutir futuras medidas políticas para preservar a diversidade biológica.
O Museu da Vida/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz é o organizador nacional do WWViews day no Brasil
Museu da Vida/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Espaço de integração entre ciência, cultura e sociedade, o Museu da Vida tem por objetivo informar e educar em ciência, saúde e tecnologia de forma lúdica e criativa, através de exposições, atividades interativas, multimídias, teatro, vídeo e laboratórios. Busca também proporcionar à população a compreensão do processo e dos progressos científicos e de seu impacto no cotidiano, ampliando a participação de cidadãos em questões ligadas à Saúde e a C&T. Trata-se de uma iniciativa da Casa de Oswaldo Cruz e está vinculado à Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, a mais destacada instituição de ciência e tecnologia em saúde da América Latina.
Museu da Vida/Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Local de realização do WWViews no Brasil
A consulta pública no Brasil sobre políticas públicas internacionais em biodiversidade será realizada em 15 de setembro no Museu da Vida / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Avenida Brasil, 4365 – Manguinhos – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil – CEP 21.045-900.
Results from the meeting in Brazil
Link to the results from the meeting in Brazil
Citizen recruitment for WWviews on Biodiversity in Brazil
How were potential participants found?
To get in contact with potential participants, the following strategies were used:
We set a list of different demographic parameters that should be met by the participants. After that, we used our institution’s network around the country, as well as the Brazilian museums and science centers network, to find the citizens and recruit them. Besides, to match the different characteristics of Brazilian citizens, we enabled interested people to sign up via internet by answering a brief questionnaire about personal details.
How were the participants for the citizen meeting selected?
In order to make the results comparable, the participating citizens of the WWViews meeting around the world were selected according to the same set of criteria.
The citizens were initially invited to join the meetings and out of those who showed interest and agreed to participate in the event (more than 600 people), about 105 were selected according to certain parameters aiming to reflect, to certain degree, the distribution of the general population. The main parameters used for the selection were age, gender, residence, education level and occupation. In our region, the parameters on ethnicity also had to be taken under consideration and also the geographical location, so we could have members from different Brazilian biomes.
Find more photos from the citizen meeting in the Brazil on Flickr
Documentary on the process and the results of World Wide Views on Biodiversity
Information Material for Citizens
World Wide Views on Biodiversity – Information Videos for the Citizens – English
1. Introduction to biodiversity, 2. Biodiversity on land, 3. Biodiversity in the sea, 4. Burden and Benefit Sharing
VISÕES GLOBAIS SOBRE BIODIVERSIDADE – Apostila Informativa para os Cidadãos
VISÕES GLOBAIS SOBRE BIODIVERSIDADE – Apostila Informativa para os Cidadãos
World Wide Views on Biodiversity – Vídeos de informação para os Cidadãos – Português
1. Introdução à biodiversidade, 2. Biodiversidade terrestre, 3. Biodiversidade marinha, 4. Repartição dos encargos e dos benefícios