TEAM
Amazon 2030 is a joint initiative of the Instituto do Homem e do Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (IMAZON) and of the Centro de Empreendedorismo da Amazônia, both located in Belém, of the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and of the Economics Department of PUC-Rio, both located in Rio de Janeiro. O Mundo Que Queremos is a partner organization responsible for communication strategy.
The project will involve additional research organizations with a history of public policy analysis and a demonstrated dedication to improving quality of life in the region.
Coordinators
Beto Veríssimo
Agronomist at the Federal Rural University of Amazônia (UFRA), post-graduate in Ecology at Penn State University, senior researcher and co-founder of the Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon) and director of the Centro de Empreendedorismo da Amazônia (CEA).
Juliano Assunção
Economist and Master of Economics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMS), Doctor of Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), associate professor at PUC-Rio and executive director of Climate Policy Initiative’s Brazil office (CPI/PUC-Rio).
Senior Collaborator
José Alexandre Scheinkman
Economist at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Master of Mathematics at the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Doctor of Economics at the University of Rochester and professor at Columbia University and Princeton University.
Associate Coordinators
Manuele Lima
Holds a degree and a master’s in Chemical Engineering from UFPA and an MBA in Project Management from FGV. She works as Project Coordinator and Researcher at the Centro de Empreendedorismo da Amazônia.
Giovanna Miranda
Bachelor in International Relations from PUC-Rio, master in International Relations and post-graduate in Conflict Resolution from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University. Giovanna works as Program and Communications Manager at CPI.
Joana Chiavari
Lawyer (UERJ), specialist in Climate Law, master in Environmental Management (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa), PhD in Analysis and Governance of Sustainable Development (Ca’ Foscari, Venice) and associate director at CPI/PUC-Rio, where she coordinates the Climate Law and Governance Program and the Climate Finance agenda, with an emphasis on land use, infrastructure and energy.
Paulo Barreto
Forest engineer at the Federal Rural University of Amazônia, Master of Forestry at Yale University and research associate at Imazon.
Salo Coslovsky
Associate professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at NYU Wagner and researcher at Amazônia 2030. PhD from MIT (USA), master’s from Tufts University (USA) and bachelor in Public Administration from FGV-SP. Works on public policy, climate and sustainable development in the Amazon.
Course Lead
Agatha Vilhena
Degree in Pedagogy from the Federal Institute of Pará and postgraduate degree in Project Management from UNAMA. She works as Project Assistant II at the Centro de Empreendedorismo da Amazônia.
Associate Researchers
Andreia Pinto
Biologist from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), PhD in Sustainable Development of the Humid Tropics from the Center for Advanced Amazonian Studies (Naea/UFPA). Full researcher at the Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia (Imazon).
Brenda Brito
Born in Belém, lawyer, master and PhD in the Science of Law from Stanford University (USA). Associate Researcher at Imazon, she has worked for more than 20 years to improve environmental, climate and land laws and policies for conservation and the reduction of deforestation in the Amazon.
Cristina Lemes
Senior Research Manager at CPI/PUC-Rio and, since 2015, a lecturer in the Brazilian Environmental Law Specialization Course at PUC-Rio. At CPI/PUC-Rio, she works in the Climate Law and Governance program, conducting research on land use; the Forest Code; biodiversity protection; property rights; and environmental governance.
Cláudio Frischtak
President of Inter.B International Business Consulting, educated at the University of Wisconsin, the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) and Stanford University, he has held several positions at the World Bank. He also worked as an economist at Brazil’s Ministry of Health and as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.
Flávia Chein
Economist, master in Public Administration and Government from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). PhD in Economics from CEDEPLAR-UFMG, Full Professor at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF).
Gustavo Gonzaga
Bachelor and Master of Economics at PUC-Rio, Doctor of Economics at the University of Berkeley, associate professor and post-graduate coordinator at the PUC-Rio Department of Economics.
Gustavo Pinto
Research manager at CPI/PUC-Rio, working on policy analysis in the areas of energy, infrastructure and land use, and adjunct professor at the PUC-Rio Department of Economics.
João Arbache
Economist from the University of Brasília (UnB), master and PhD candidate in Economics at PUC-Rio and Senior Researcher at Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), focusing on the economic impacts of deforestation and the valuation of forest ecosystem services, especially in the flying rivers, energy, agriculture and infrastructure agendas.
Leila Pereira
Economist from FEA-USP, master in Economics from EESP-FGV and Ph.D. in Economics from Insper. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the Fundação Lemann Chair at Insper, and her areas of interest are Political Economy, Economic Development and the Economics of Crime.
Luana Coelho
Degree in Biotechnology (UFPA) and Production Engineering (Cesupa), postgraduate in Project Management and Master in Data Science (University of Essex). She has worked on socio-environmental impact projects in the Amazon since 2018 and currently coordinates the Methodology group of the Social Progress Index Brazil (IPS Brasil).
Melissa Wilm
General coordinator of the Social Progress Index (IPS) Brazil and consultant specialized in portfolio and project management in the socio-environmental, data science and territorial development fields. President of Instituto IPS and technical lead of INFRA-BR.
Paulo Amaral
Agronomist at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Master of Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (Costa Rica) and associate researcher at Imazon.
Ritaumaria Pereira
Executive Director and researcher at Imazon, master in Applied Economics from the Federal University of Viçosa (2003) and PhD in Geography from Michigan State University (2012). She holds a postdoctorate in Environmental Sciences from the Land Use and Environment Laboratory of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Rodrigo Soares
Lemann Foundation Professor of Economics at Insper. Holds a BA from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, a MA from PUC-Rio and a PhD from the University of Chicago. His research focuses on Economic Development, Health, Economic Demography, Labour and Crime Economics.
Technical Support
Daniel Santos
Environmental engineer at the State University of Pará (UEPA) and environmental consultant (IPS, OPS and Database).
Arthur França
Bachelor in Biotechnology from UFPA and Master in Environmental Engineering from the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He works as a Project Assistant at the Centro de Empreendedorismo da Amazônia.
Natalie Hoover
Bachelor in Sociology, Latin American Studies and Spanish from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, master in Public Policy with a specialization in Economic Development from the Hubert Humphrey Public Policy Institute at the University of Minnesota and Program Director at CPI.
Nina Oswald Vieira
Senior Design Associate at CPI Brazil, where she works with data visualization, layout of publications and communication strategies. She holds a degree in Design – Visual Communication from PUC-Rio and from Hochschule für Kunst, Design und Musik, Germany, and a master’s in Design also from PUC-Rio.
Communications
Alexandre Mansur
Journalist specializing in sustainability. He is director of projects at O Mundo Que Queremos and a member of the board of O Eco Jornalismo Ambiental.
Fernanda da Costa
Journalist with a degree in Letters and a specialization in Human Rights, Fernanda da Costa worked as a reporter and editor for 15 years. She has received four journalism awards, including national recognition from the Movimento de Justiça e Direitos Humanos. Since 2021 she has coordinated communications at Imazon, focusing on the science communication of research and socio-environmental data. She works on data journalism, geojournalism and combating disinformation.
Gustavo Nascimento
Published writer and journalist who graduated from the University of Cuiabá, with more than 15 years of experience in print newspapers, news websites, communication agencies, public bodies and third-sector institutions. He is currently a project coordinator at O Mundo Que Queremos.
Luna Galera
Journalist focused on socio-environmental projects.
Amazônia 2030 Course – 2nd edition
Foundations for Sustainable Development.
Professors 18 names
- Beto Veríssimo
- Juliano Assunção
- Paulo Barreto
- Salo Coslovsky
- Joana Chiavari
- Andreia Pinto
- Brenda Brito
- Flávia Chein
- Gustavo Gonzaga
- Gustavo Pinto
- Leila Pereira
- Melissa Wilm
- Ritaumaria Pereira
- Rodrigo Soares
- Eduardo Neves
- João Mourão
- Joisa Dutra
- Diogo Lisbona
Guests 6 names
- Juliana Santiago
- Ubiratan Cazzeta
- Luciano Mattos
- Cláudio Frischtak
- Denis Minev
- Adnan Demachki (in memoriam)
Amazônia 2030 Course – 3rd edition
Foundations for Sustainable Development.
Professors 19 names
- Beto Veríssimo
- Juliano Assunção
- Paulo Barreto
- Salo Coslovsky
- Joana Chiavari
- Andreia Pinto
- Brenda Brito
- Cristina Lemes
- Flávia Chein
- Gustavo Gonzaga
- Gustavo Pinto
- Leila Pereira
- Luana Coelho
- Melissa Wilm
- Ritaumaria Pereira
- Rodrigo Soares
- Eduardo Neves
- Tasso Azevedo
- Carlos Augusto da Silva
Guests 9 names
- Eduardo Ourivio
- Maria Paula Fonseca
- César De Mendes
- Luciene Gemaque
- Paulo Anijar
- Raphael Medeiros
- Raul Protázio
- Camille Bemerguy
- Adnan Demachki (in memoriam)
Public Policy Course
Public Policy in the Legal Amazon.
Professor 1 name
- Flávia Chein
Study authors
The 122 authors who contributed to the Amazônia 2030 studies, organized by topic.
01 · Sustainable development and general assessments of the Amazon 13 authors
- Beto Veríssimo
- Juliano Assunção
- Paulo Barreto
- Salo Coslovsky
- Joana Chiavari
- Daniel Santos
- Manuele Lima
- Brenda Brito
- Clarissa Gandour
- Rodney Salomão
- Arthur França
- Agatha Vilhena
- Caíque Silva
02 · Social Progress Index (SPI) 14 authors
- Daniel Santos
- Melissa Wilm
- Beto Veríssimo
- Paulo Seifer
- Marcelo Mosaner
- Ricardo Chaves Lima
- Manuele Lima
- Sérgio Marangoni
- Luana Coelho
- Agatha Vilhena
- Caíque Silva
- Roberta Albuquerque
- Gabriel Gonçalves
- Ricardo Pereira Veríssimo
03 · Labor market, employment and income 4 authors
- Flávia Alfenas
- Francisco Cavalcanti
- Gustavo Gonzaga
- Vinicius Sá
04 · Education, health and public services 10 authors
- Rudi Rocha
- Marcela Camargo
- Lucas Falcão
- Mariana Silveira
- Gabriela Thomazinho
- Tássia Cruz
- Juliana Portella
- Carlos Eugênio Costa
- Valdemar Pinho Neto
- Marcos Paulo F. Duarte
05 · Demography, urbanization and cities 10 authors
- Flávia Chein
- Igor Vieira Procópio
- Cássio M. Turra
- José Irineu R. Rigotti
- Fernando Fernandes
- Renato Hadad
- Washington Fajardo
- André Luiz Pinto
- Tatiana Maia Lins
- Victor Barone
06 · Agriculture and livestock, productive development and value chains 13 authors
- Francisco Luis Lima Filho
- Arthur Bragança
- Juliano Assunção
- Salo Coslovsky
- Paulo Barreto
- Roberto Smeraldi
- Saulo Jennings
- Manuele Lima
- Ritaumaria Pereira
- Arthur José da Silva Rocha
- Amintas Brandão
- Gabriel Salles Barreto
- Amanda Martins
07 · Forests, restoration, conservation and climate 31 authors
- Andréia Pinto
- Paulo Amaral
- Rodney Salomão
- Luís Oliveira Jr.
- Carlos Alexandre da Cunha
- Lucas Figueiredo
- Clarissa Gandour
- Bernardo Strassburg
- Paulo D. Branco
- Álvaro Iribarrem
- Agnieszka Latawiec
- Carolina Salcedo
- Diogo Rocha
- Eduardo Lacerda
- Luiz Gustavo Oliveira
- Raísa Vieira
- Renata Capellão
- Jayne Guimarães
- Juliano Assunção
- José Alexandre Scheinkman
- Marco W. Lentini
- Maryane Andrade
- Cristina Leme Lopes
- Gabriel Cozendey
- Joana Chiavari
- Ana Flávia Corleto
- Nina Didonet
- Beto Veríssimo
- Gabriela Zangiski
- Giovanna de Miranda
- Salo Coslovsky
08 · Land tenure regularization and territorial planning 28 authors
- Brenda Brito
- Jeferson Almeida
- Pedro Gomes
- Paulo Moutinho
- Ane Alencar
- Marcelo Stabile
- Martha Fellows
- Caroline S. C. Salomão
- Maria Lucimar Souza
- Claudia Azevedo-Ramos
- Livia Laureto
- Gabriel Lui
- Carolina Guyot
- Isabel Castro
- Matheus Bandeira
- Erika Pinto
- Patricia Pinho
- Rafaella Silvestrini
- Edivan Carvalho
- Girolamo Treccani
- Aianny Monteiro
- Dauana Ferreira
- Clarissa Gandour
- Beto Veríssimo
- Juliano Assunção
- João Mourão
- Priscila Souza
- Marcelo Sessim
09 · Bioeconomy 3 authors
- Cristina Leme Lopes
- Joana Chiavari
- Ana Flávia Corleto
10 · Infrastructure, accessibility and energy 11 authors
- Rafael Araújo
- Arthur Bragança
- Juliano Assunção
- Gustavo R. S. Pinto
- João Pedro F. Arbache
- Luiza Antonaccio
- Joana Chiavari
- Cláudio R. Frischtak
- Joisa Dutra
- Diogo Lisbona
- Gabriel Cozendey
11 · Public security, violence and illegal activities 8 authors
- Rodrigo R. Soares
- Leila A. R. Pereira
- Rafael Pucci
- Gabriel Cozendey
- Joana Chiavari
- Rafael Araújo
- Vítor Possebom
- Gabriela Sett
12 · Public finance, investment and economy 16 authors
- Carlos Eugênio Costa
- Valdemar Pinho Neto
- Marcos Paulo F. Duarte
- Breno Pietracci
- Julia Paltseva
- Steve Schwartzman
- Ruben Lubowski
- Rhayana Holz
- Amanda Schutze
- Juliano Assunção
- Gustavo R. S. Pinto
- João Pedro F. Arbache
- Paulo Barreto
- Salo Coslovsky
- Beto Veríssimo
- Manuele Lima