How Conflict Disrupts Sustainable Living [Video]
Publisher: TEDxDili
Author(s): Rui Pinto
Date: 2015
Topics: Land, Livelihoods
Countries: Timor-Leste, Timor-Leste
Rui Pinto discusses how past conflicts, in displacing people, have disrupted their historical connection to the land and sustainable way of living. He is a zoologist who works as the Natural Resources Manager at Conservation International. He conducts biological monitoring, oversees logistics for different biological expeditions, and actively engages with communities in bringing local knowledge and scientific knowledge together. His works have been published by UNESCO and the Commonwealth Scientific, and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).
Born and raised in Mozambique during Timor-Leste’s civil war, with a Mozambican father and a Timorese mother, Rui re-connected with his family in Timor-Leste after the restoration of independence. He now lives and works in Timor-Leste. Rui’s personal interests range from local knowledge and indigenous methodologies to trauma and its impacts on local level decision-making processes. When not working in the office, Rui and his wife can be found working together on their personal projects, which involve gender, politics, and children's rights.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx