1998-2003       University of Florida - Department of Anthropology - Gainesville - Florida - EUA

       Ph.D. in Anthropology (Interdisciplinary: Tropical Conservation and Development Concentration). Dissertation: The social context of participation: Participatory rural appraisal (PRA) and the creation of a marine protected area in Bahia, Brazil.

1994-1996       University of Florida - Center for Latin American Studies - Tropical Conservation and Development Program - Gainesville - Florida - EUA

       “Master of Arts” (Latin American Studies: Tropical Conservation and Development Concentration). Thesis: Conservation Attitutes in Three Rubber Tapper Communities in Xapuri, Acre, Brazil.

1985-90           Universidade de São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz” - Piracicaba - SP - Brasil.

       “Engenharia Agronômica” (Agronomy), B.Sc.

2008                Nave Terra – Consultoria Socioambiental Ltda.

       Director and consultant on participation and effectiveness for socio-environmental initiatives.

2008                Department for Articulation of Actions in the Amazon (DAAM), Ministry of the Environment, Brasília, DF, Brazil.

       Director of DAAM, department of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) responsible for coordinating the Rain Forest Pilot Program, being the MMA focal point for the Sustainable Amazon Plan, and development of the Amazon Program proposal, a three-billion dollars program for sustainable development and conservation in the Amazon being negotiated in the government and with the international donor community.

2003-2007       Amazon Region Protected Areas (ARPA) Program, Ministry of the Environment, Brasília, DF, Brazil.

       Coordinator of the ARPA Program, a ten-year endeavor coordinated by the Ministry of the Environment, and implemented in partnership with WWF, GEF, the World Bank, KfW and Funbio (Brazilian Biodiversity Fund), aimed at the creation and establishment of 37.5 million hectares of new protected areas (PAs) and consolidation of existing 12.5 million hectares of PAs in the Brazilian Amazon, and the creation of an endowment fund of US$ 240 million to ensure long term financial sustainability for these protected areas. 

2003                Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Ministry of Agrarian Development, Brasília, DF, Brazil.

       Coordination of the study “Sustainable Rural Territorial Development: Some Brazilian Experiences”, of the Secretariat for Territorial Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Development.

2002                The World Bank, Washington-DC, USA and Brasília-DF, Brazil.

       Institutional evaluation of the 16 municipal development forums, and of community organizations, of Amapá State, in northeastern Brazilian Amazon.

1999                Terra Nuova – International Cooperation NGO, Salvador, BA, Brazil.

       Training of community leaders and local technicians for the participatory elaboration and implementation of the first version of the development plan of the future Marine Extractive Reserve of Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil.

       Facilitator of the workshop for the elaboration of the project “Community-Based Forest Conservation,” with the goal of consolidating the extractive reserves of Rondônia State, Brazil.

1996-1997       United Nations Development Program, Projeto BRA/94/007, Cooperação Técnica ao PLANAFLORO, Porto Velho, RO, Brazil.

       Consultant for the extractive reserves component of the Technical Cooperation Project of the UNDP to PLANAFLORO - State of Rondonia's Natural Resource Management Plan.

       Helped the Government and Non-Government Organizations to implement 21 state extractive reserves

       Trained local extension personnel and rubber tapper leaders in participatory methods to work with communities, promoted events, carried out participatory community appraisal and planning, and created instructional materials.

       Two of the main achievements were the creation and implementation of the first two extractive reserve development plans in Brazil and the development of a methodological approach to create and implement such plans with local participation.

1992-1994       Universidade Federal do Acre, Parque Zoobotânico, Rio Branco, AC, Brazil.

       Ecology professor of the University of Acre

       Coordinated the Project “Studies of Tropical Tree Species: Subsidies to the Implementation of Agroforestry Systems in Acre, Brazil", funded by the Ford Foundation: research on 138 tree species, extension agroforestry systems, graduate and undergraduate training in forest ecology and management. 

       Taught Basic Ecology and Amazon Ecology to undergraduate students.

       Trained rubber tappers and colonists in agroforestry and taught a basic science course to 30 Indian teachers from eight different tribes. 

       Gave assistance in Environmental Education to the Environmental Secretariat of the Rio Branco Municipality (Acre's capital)

1992                Municipal Government of Piracicaba, Food and Agriculture Department, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.

       Developed the consumer's communication and education project and participated in the formulation of public policies regarding food and agriculture for the Municipality of Piracicaba, State of São Paulo, Brazil.

1991                Department of Protection of Renewable Natural Resources, State Secretariat of the Environment, Government of São Paulo, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil.

       Reviewed the methods for economic valuation of forest ecosystems, providing subsidies for estimation of fines and punishment of environmental crimes in the State of Sao Paulo.

• Portuguese: mother tongue.
• English: fluent
• Spanish: regular reading and listening, weak writing and speaking