Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo

Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo

PhD candidate
University of Sydney
Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo completed a Master of Science in Forestry from University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) with research time at the North Carolina State University (US), and a Bachelor's degree in Forestry Engineering from Federal University of Sao Carlos (Brazil). He has work background in non-governmental organizations, supporting rural and indigenous communities to promote economic alternatives integrated with forest conservation in the Brazilian Amazon. Currently, he is PhD candidate at the University of Sydney – School of Geoscience (Australia). His research focuses on interface between social and environmental dimensions of community forestry and ecological restoration.

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Inclusive and workplace acceptance of refugees
Partnering for refugee employment

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SDG 16
Institutional investors demand a more sustainable capitalism

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SDG15 Bushfires
Optimisation model as a guide to burning forests to save forests

Setting fire to parts of a forest to save it might seem counterintuitive to urban communities. There is no equivalent of torching a few streets to protect a suburb. However, amongst First Nations people in Australia, hazard reduction burning is a well-established practice.

SDG13 - coal mining
Net zero now – it’s the economy AND the planet

In Australia, as elsewhere, the climate wars have focused on the climate versus jobs dichotomy. Yet while Australia remains highly dependent on fossil fuel extraction for its national economic prosperity it has also become increasingly unequal in its distribution of that wealth.