Germany and Brazil have significant potential when it comes to freshwater aquaculture – yet currently make insufficient use of it. In the report “Advancing sustainability and circularity in aquaculture to build a resilient global food system”, presented in June, junior scientists from Brazil and Germany thus formulate practical recommendations as to how this potential can be better used – for example, through simplifying licensing procedures, integrating sustainable freshwater aquaculture products into public food services, and developing local adapted management practices.
The webinar on 3 September, part of the Leopoldina International Virtual Panel Series, offers the opportunity, together with stakeholders from both countries, to identify key options for action, discuss possible solutions, and to learn from the experiences of two different yet complementary aquaculture contexts in Brazil and Europe.
Dr Christopher Shaw from the Berlin Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Ivã Guidini Lopes, PhD, from the Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, Ives Feitosa Duarte from the Brazilian Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA), Stefan Hübner from the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, João Manoel Cordeiro Alves from the Brazilian Association of Fish Farming (PEIXE BR), and Mark Saalmann from Kaiserzander GmbH will all participate in the panel discussion. The event will be moderated by independent journalist and author Tanja Busse.