Mairon Bastos Lima holds degrees in both the natural sciences and the humanities, in addition to an interdisciplinary Master´s degree in environmental studies. After experiences in both South and North Americas, Mairon joined the Department of Environmental Policy Analysis of the IVM, the Netherlands, as a PhD researcher.
Mairon currently researches biofuel policies and governance, building on his Master´s work on food & agricultural policies, food security and sustainability (more). His current interests are on the emergence of agro-fuels and their environmental and socio-economic implications. More precisely, he looks at how such fuels could be used to promote genuine sustainable development, with the reduction of poverty and inequality. Which policies, policy-instruments and governance arrangements could lead us to that goal? At the international level, Mairon is interested in global governance and North-South relations, with attention to the evolution of bioenergy and agricultural policies, particularly in developing countries.
Related interests are climate change and agriculture, renewable energies, agro-ecology, socio-environmental interactions, political ecology, and international case study comparisons.
Selected Publications:
- Kuik, O., Bastos Lima, M.G., and Gupta, J. (forthcoming). Energy Security in a Developing World. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews.
- Bastos Lima, M.G. (forthcoming), “The Brazilian Biofuel Industry: achievements, challenges and geopolitics” in M. Amineh (ed.), The Geopolitics of Energy Supply Security. Leiden: Brill Publishing.
- Bastos Lima, M.G. (2011). Book review of Environmental, Economic and Policy aspects of Biofuels, by Deepak Rajagopal and David Zilberman, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (forthcoming) (Open access: http://www.springerlink.com/content/7x278g4g40063j83/fulltext.pdf)
- Bastos Lima, M.G. (2010). Book review of Global Energy Governance in a Multipolar World, by Dries Lesage, Thijs van de Graaf, and Kirsten Westphal, Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL), 19(3), 368-370.
- Bastos Lima, M.G. (2009). Biofuel Governance and International Legal Principles: Is it Equitable and Sustainable? Melbourne Journal of International Law, 10(2), 470-492. (Direct link)
