About the Author
Mairon G. Bastos Lima started working on bioeconomy governance in 2008. He
has since obtained a Ph.D. in environmental studies from the VU University
Amsterdam (2014) and published extensively on various themes of environmental
politics, particularly in relation to agriculture, social sustainability and the Global
South. Working in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia,
he has collaborated in different occasions with the UN Development Programme, the
UN Research Institute for Social Development, among others. A passionate globetrotter, Mairon has travelled to over 100 countries. He currently lives in Stockholm,
Sweden.
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Mairon G. Bastos Lima started working on bioeconomy governance in 2008. He
has since obtained a Ph.D. in environmental studies from the VU University
Amsterdam (2014) and published extensively on various themes of environmental
politics, particularly in relation to agriculture, social sustainability and the Global
South. Working in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia,
he has collaborated in different occasions with the UN Development Programme, the
UN Research Institute for Social Development, among others. A passionate globetrotter, Mairon has travelled to over 100 countries. He currently lives in Stockholm,
Sweden.
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