Founded in 2010 in Brazil and Uruguay, the South American Network for Environmental Migrations – RESAMA is a pioneering initiative for coordination and mobilization of experts, researchers and practitioners to include the subject of environmental migration in public agendas in the region. This initiative, whose purpose is the full protection of the affected people and communities, has contributed to the development and integration of public policies and legislation on climate change, disasters, migration and human rights. Its members collaborate with organizations, networks and research groups related to the theme and are authors of scientific articles published in their countries and abroad.

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Paulina Larreátegui
Member
Quito, Ecuador/ Regina, Canada
Luiz Eduardo Barbosa Silva
Member
Brasília, Brasil
Rute Passos
Member
Aracaju/São Paulo, Brasil
Leilane Reis
Member
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Giovanna Gini
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Asunción, Paraguay/ London, UK
Heidi Michalski Ribeiro
Member
Florianópolis, Brasil
Zenaida Luisa Lauda Rodriguez
Member
Puno, Peru/ São Paulo, Brasil
Latest Activities
RESAMA ATTENDS ROUNDTABLE ON HUMAN MOBILITY DURING THE 2019 HUMAN RIGHTS & CLIMATE CHANGE DIALOGUES

Diogo Andreola Serraglio had the unique opportunity to put forward RESAMA’s researches on human mobility in the context of the adverse effects of climate change in Latin America during the 2019 Human Rights & Climate Change Dialogues at the United…
RESAMA’s research presented at IDMC’s Annual Conference “The Road to 2030: Finding solutions to internal displacement”

On October 1st, 2019, Luiza de Moura Pallone represented RESAMA at the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)’s Annual Conference entitled “The Road to 2030: Finding solutions to internal displacement”, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The event gathered researchers and…
RESAMA attends workshop ‘Rectifying the protection gap for climate refugees: where next?’ in London

RESAMA’s researcher, Diogo Andreola Serraglio, delivered a speech on the ‘Impacts of extreme events on human mobility in Latin America: Climate policies and normative strategies’ at the Workshop entitled ‘Rectifying the protection gap for climate refugees: where next?’, held in London last June.…