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The objective of the paper is to analyze the extent to which the decolonial perspective is reflected in the teaching and the research in the area of International Relations (IR) in Brazil. The first part is conceptual and discusses the meanings of Decoloniality and its interfaces with the area of IR. Then, the empirical analysis is presented. Documents, data and studies were used to analyze Brazilian undergraduate and graduate courses in this area. We found some initial advances with the inclusion of debates on Ethnic-Racial Relations in undergraduate courses, the constitution of research groups and the existence of some (few) doctoral theses on the subject. However, several significant challenges were found for Decoloniality to assert itself as a relevant axis in Brazilian IR studies. Among them, the small insertion of these contents on the (undergraduate) curriculum, the centrality of the state-centered theories, racism and institutional resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sustainable economic management of protected areas constitutes a new research agenda in Brazil. Gaps are related to lack of systematized and updated data on the budgetary situation of the National System of Conservation Units. More than identifying or quantifying alternatives to the reduced budgetary or financial resources, more visibility concerning its institutional components is in order. This issue involves the effectiveness of the national project of territorial enlargement of the Brazilian protected areas, in the sense that each new hectaire protected 'in paper', represents an increased demand for resources-financial, material, and human-required for efficient management. Our analysis emphazises emphazises the institutional and operational gaps occurring as a result of receiving and applying such resources. As well, we provide analytical elements to improve our understanding of frequent institutional impasses in this process. Given our institutional perspective, the expansion of protected areas is seen as facing weak techno-bureaucratic structures unable to operate and consolidate effective financial alternatives. We hope this article contributes to ongoing research on the institutional requirements of sustainability in the national context of Latin America and the Caribbean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]