Peoples, Nature and Environments: Learning to Live Together

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Ana Cristina Roque is Assistant Director of the Centre for History of the University of Lisbon and coordinator of the project Empires: Nature Science and Environment. She is the author of more than 50 publications covering topics related to scientific expeditions indigenous knowledge biodiversity and environmental problems in colonial contexts.Cristina Brito is Assistant Professor at NOVA FCSH Portugal Researcher at the Centre for the Humanities and Coordinator of the research line Environmental History and the Sea. She is the author of more than 50 publications related to the European and local history of modern natural history marine environmental history and histories of marine animals and sea monsters.Cecilia Veracini is Researcher at the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies (ISCSP) at the University of Lisbon where she carries out research on human/non-human primate interaction in the modern period. She is the author of around 30 scientific papers and the book Primati and edited History of Primatology: Yesterday and Today. The Western- Mediterranean Tradition.