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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.

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PATRICIA GAVALDAO
Global Environmental Assets Facilitator

. Lawyer, Specialized in international trading

. Working since 2007 with international trade and operations.

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.

BENJIE PANAHON
Program Lead, Asia

. Economist, with a MA in microfinance ad development Finance from Ateneo of Manila University and Frankfurt School of Finance

. Working since 2006 with microfinance and economic tools for social development.

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.

GABRIEL NASCIMENTO
Affiliate Remote Sensing Specialist

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

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

RUSSELL CLIMACO
Technical Lead, Asia

. Marine Biologist, Master of Science in Marine Biology from Western Philippines University (to be concluded)

. Working with community mobilization and marine and mangroves conservation projects in the Philippines

Founders

MARINA GAVALDÃO

Founder, Executive Director

THAIS MEGID PINTO

Co-founder

Advisory Board

Dr. MARINA SOUZA DIAS GUYOT

Agronomist, Board member

MAGALI TRIANO

Journalist, Board member

Dr. EDUARDO GUSSON

Forester, Board member

Our Ecosystem

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