Fronika Wit
Originally from the Netherlands, Fronika de Wit, obtained her bachelor degree in human geography and master’s degree in international development studies at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. After finishing her master’s, she worked in the field of local sustainability governance for the Dutch municipality of Dordrcht. From 2011 to 2016, she lived in the Brazilian State of Acre, situated in the Amazon, where she worked on local and international socio-environmental projects. In 2016, Fronika started her PhD in Climate Change. Her research project, under the supervision of Professor João Ferrão, is on polycentric climate governance in the Amazon, with case studies in Ucayali-Peru and Acre-Brazil
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Thesis:
Polycentric Rural Climate Governance and the Amazon Tipping Point
Artigo em Revista
Wit, F.Freitas,P. M. de(2019)Global climate adaptation governance in the Amazon through a polycentricity lensRevista Brasileira de Politica Internacional Vol. 62, 2Online[Artigo em Revista]
Capítulo de Livro
Wit, F.(2020)Urban Climate Governance in the Amazon. In : Smagacz-Poziemska M., Gómez M., Pereira P., Guarino L., Kurtenbach S., Villalón J. (Eds)Inequality and Uncertainty, pp.299-317Palgrave MacmillanOnline[Capítulo de Livro]
Wit, F.(2020)Governança climática e a floresta amazônica: analisando o desenvolvimento sustentável na Amazônia brasileira sob o olhar da geógrafa Bertha Becker. In : Roque de Oliveira, F and Paiva, D. (eds)Saberes geográficos e Geografia institucional: Relações luso-brasileiras no século XX, pp.301-315Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de LisboaOnline[Capítulo de Livro]
