Install.
Restore.
Conserve.

The Institute is a start-up created in 2020 to catalyze sustainability

in its broad sense, considering the

environmental, economic, and social impacts of our actions.

Our Principles

Agility & Systemic

We innovate methods, customize procedures in order to simplify complexity, making them inclusive and effective. All that keeping a holistic approach.

Benefit-Sharing

We are deeply engaged with the idea of fair and inclusive business, building benefit-sharing mechanisms throughout our value chains.

Culture-Wise

We respect and value collective knowledge, taking into account cognitive and material specificities of our interlocutors.

Transparency

We are engaged in doing transparent business to transform markets and ensure that financial resources are used to bring positive effective change.

We value standing forests, living oceans and rivers, regenerative agriculture whilst recognizing the importance of all beings for nature and people.

Operational Team

MARINA GAVALDÃO

Founder, Executive Director

. University of São Paulo - Forest Engineer

. IHEID (Geneva University) - MA in Sustainable Development

. Working since 2002 with International Projects, Payments for Ecosystems Services schemes & climate change. Former technical director at Pur Projet, GERES Climate Change Unit, and Responsible for Projects and Portfolio unit at Ecoact.

JULIA DA SILVA VILELA
Affiliate Agroforestry Specialist

. Biologist, UFSCar

. Working as agroforester specialist since 2011 specialized in ethnobotany, syntropic systems, agroecology and gender equity.

BEATRIZ MACENA

Executive assistant of administrative director

. Accountant from Anhanguera Educacional;
. Experience in start-ups and companies in the agricultural sector;
. Works as a facilitator of administrative and financial processes since 2015, especially analysis of financial statements, preparation of management reports, cost control, reconciliation, inventory and supply control, financial management, customer service and administrative support.

MATHEUS COUTO
Affiliate Restoration Specialist

. University of São Paulo - Forest Engineer
. Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies – MSc Forest Science
. Institute of Ecological Research (IPE) - Professional Master Degree in Sustainability
. Working since 2010 with International cooperation projects, restoration initiatives, certification and supply-chains (notably cocoa), Monitoring and Evaluation.

MARINA LOBO
Programs Coordinator

. University of São Paulo – Forestry Engineer
. Licenciate in Agrarian Sciences (2020), course in Strategic Carbon Management (FGV/2021) and a postgraduate degree in Environmental Management (ESALQ/USP)

. At Ubá Marina is in charge to develop the latin american projects and support relationships with clients and partners.

RAM BETANCOURT
Project officer

. Geologist from UNESP

. Since 2012 working with mining industry, geological expeditions and operations in several countries.

WESLEY KUBO

Global Project Officer

. Federal University of São Carlos - Biological Sciences (2021)
. MBA in Sustainability Management and Technology from UFSCAR (2025)
. Has experience in Forest Inventory and in prospecting areas for Forest Restoration projects

GABRIEL NASCIMENTO
GIS and forest restoration Specialist

. Forest Engineer from USP & Remote sensing specialist from University of Brasília

. Working since 2008 with environmental studies, environmental awareness and remote sensing.

DANIELA ASSI

Global Project Officer

. Federal University of São Carlos - Bachelor's Degree in Biological Sciences
. MBA in Ecological Restoration and Environmental Licensing from UFSCar Sorocaba (2025-ongoing)⁠
. Working with ecological restoration since 2019, with an emphasis on monitoring and native seed technology
. ⁠Experience in socio-environmental projects, data collection for scientific research, management of field teams