PhD in Social Sciences from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro with a post-doctorate in Applied Ecology from the University of São Paulo. Specialized in transdisciplinary research practices and inclusive processes of biodiversity conservation.
In Latin America there is a great cultural wealth of ways of relating to the environment. Over the years, populations have constantly adapted to nature.
The distance between science and local communities generates a huge disconnection that sometimes materializes in dehumanized policies. This process has created an enormous distrust of science in many sectors of society.
