Carlos Alberto de Mattos Scaramuzza has thirty-three years of professional experience in conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, developing technical advice, scientific research, and project management. Focused on bridging the gap between technical and scientific research and practical applications, he has been involved in the implementation of public policies and project and program management. His areas of expertise include conservation biology, vegetation and landscape ecology, biogeography, land use dynamics, GIS applications and environmental modeling; ecology of rainforests, savannas and grasslands. He is also a specialist and certified instructor in Open Standards for Conservation Practice and Professor at the Professional Master in Sustainability Science, at the Department of Geography and Environment, at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He was part of WWF-Brazil team from 2003-2012, as Landscape Ecology lab coordinator and Thematic and Regional Programs Director. From 2013 to 2017, he worked in the Secretary of Biodiversity in the Brazilian Ministry of Environment as Director of Ecosystem Conservation Department, responsible by the national public policies development related to sustainable use and systematic conservation planning of Brazilian Biodiversity. At IIS, since 2019, he has acted as technical director ahead of the Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration area, coordinating projects, inter alia, on public policies and implementation of ecosystem restoration, biodiversity monitoring; good practices for biodiversity in the reforestation and mining sectors; and integrated landscape management; climate litigation, and environmental modeling.

Rogério Oliveira completed his graduation in Social Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, his master’s and doctorate in Geography at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and two postdoctoral degrees. One was in Environmental History at the Alpen-Adria University, Austria (2007) and the other was in Historical Archeology (2015) at the National Museum (UFRJ). He is a retired Associate Professor at the Department of Geography and Environment at PUC-Rio and a member of the faculty of the Graduate Program in Geography and the Professional Master’s Degree in Sustainability Science, both at PUC-Rio. He is a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Sustainability. He was a member of the Professional Masters in Urban and Environmental Engineering at PUC-Rio / Universidade de Braunschweig and was a collaborator of the Graduate Program in Environmental and Forestry Sciences at UFRRJ. His main interest is the study of interactions between society and nature over time. His research combines approaches from Historical Ecology, Landscape Archeology, and Environmental History. He is a senior research fellow at the International Institute for Sustainability.

B.S. Agronomy, M.S. and Ph.D. in Soil Science, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Professor of Soil Science (2021-2022), at Soils Department – UFRRJ, teaching sustainable land management, soil classification and soil physics. Develops and executes research on soil genesis and classification, soil carbon, land use management and application of pedological concepts and tools to solve environmental problems. Quaternary Geology Specialist by Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), developing research on soil formation, organic soils, landscape evolution, and pedological records of climate change. He is engaged in interdisciplinary research for sustainability, soil carbon, ethnopedology, soil ecosystem services and science communication projects on soil science education. As a researcher at the International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), develops activities related to soil carbon sequestration, soil recarbonizing methods, use of biochar in climate change mitigation and carbon market.

Designer graduated from Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM-Rio) and Advertising graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), has always sought to participate in relevant initiatives for social and sustainable development. Her work in research began in high school, in 2015, with a pibic junior scholarship, with works presented at USP and UFRJ. At university level, maintained her interest in research, presenting results at the congress Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação – Intercom. She was an extensionist at Open Knowledge Brasil (OKBR), an organization that promotes free knowledge and develops civic tools; and at Moboo, a research group on bamboo bicycles and industry 4.0. She led the creative team as art director at ESPM Social, the institutional nucleus of ESPM Rio that also works as a university volunteer agency. Participates in the Canva Creator program since April 2021 and has experience in the areas of design, social media, marketing and innovation, having joined GAI – Gerência de Ambientes de Inovação at Casa Firjan. In IIS, acts as a communication and design assistant.

Bernardo B.N. Strassburg is the coordinator of the Centre for Conservation and Sustainability Science (CSRio), executive director of the International Institute for Sustainability (IIS) and assistant professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and coordinator of the Professional Master in Sustainability Science, at the same University, in partnership with CSRio. Bernardo is an economist with a M.Sc. in environmental planning (focused on land-use change and ecosystem services in the Amazon), and  Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, focused on issues related to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). He is dedicated to the transition to sustainability, with focus in the sustainable use of land and its resources, conciliating production needs, environmental services and social development, by developing  interdisciplinary research,  providing assistance to governments, NGO’s  and private companies in the pursue of solutions to sustainability challenges and implementation of projects. Bernardo has led a number of projects in the interface of REDD, biodiversity, improved land use, ecological restoration and financial incentives and published several scientific articles and reports on these topics. Has provided consultancy to the United Nations, the World Bank, Conservation International, World Wide Fund for Nature, the Brazilian and British governments, among others. Bernardo coordinates the Economics Working Group of the Pact for the Restoration of the Atlantic Rainforest.