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From 10 to 21 November, COP30 will take place for the first time in the Amazon – in Belém (PA, Brazil). This year, IIS will host the House of Restoration, a space located at Pavilion PV-E192 in the Blue Zone. In addition to the House’s own programme, IIS will also take part in other events throughout the conference.

All events will be streamed live on the IIS YouTube channel and will feature simultaneous translation.
See the confirmed agenda below:

“HOUSE OF RESTORATION” PROGRAMME

12/11/2025
Morning Talks
9h: A nature-based solutions framework for managing environmental disasters risks
Speaker: Viviane Dib – Research and Development Manager at IIS
14:00 – 16:00: Climate-Resilient Futures: Integrating Science, Policy, and Practice
Speakers:

• Inamara Mélo – Director of the Department for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Policies (Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change/MMA)
• Lincoln Alves – General Coordinator at the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA)
• Melina Amoni – Climate Risk and Adaptation Manager (WayCarbon)
• Natalie Unterstell – President of Instituto Talanoa
• Sergio Margulis – Senior Associate Researcher (IIS)
• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader (IIS)

Co-organisers: Instituto Talanoa and Instituto Clima e Sociedade (ICS)

13/11/2025

Morning Talks

9h: Addressing the urgent climate and biodiversity crisis through strategic ecosystem restoration in Brazil

Speaker: Luisa Lievano – Sustainability Analyst at IIS

10h – 11h30: Tracking Progress: monitoring GBF Target 2
Speakers

• Thiago Belote – Director of Forests at the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
• Matheus Couto –Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring Consultant (FAO)
• Emily Dionizio –  GHG Protocol Specialist (WRI)

11h30 – 13h: Restoration as a Living Laboratory: Blending Science and Action
Speakers:

• Prof Yadvinder Malhi – Professor at Oxford University
• Alex Antonelli – Executive Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew & HUB Foundation
• Miguel Moraes – Director of projects (re.green)
• Bernardo Strassburg – Founder and Executive Director of Science (IIS)

14h30 – 16h: Forest Restoration as an engine for sustainable growth

Speakers

• Beto Verissimo – Coordinator at Amazônia 2030
• Pascal Asselin – Co-Founder & CEO (Morfo)
• Nick Oakes – Co-founder of Impact Earth
• Bruno Girardi –Diretor (Sitawi)

Mediation: Tatiana Botelho – Strategic Coordinator at IIS

14/11/2025

Morning Talks

9h: A nature-based solutions framework for managing environmental disasters risks
Speaker: Viviane Dib

10.00am – 11.30am: Resilient Green-Blue Cities: Launch of the Scientific Synthesis Report on Resilient Cities from the SIMACLIM/MCTI Synthesis Center
Speakers:

• Mauricio Guerra – Director of Urban Environment (MMA)
• Maria Fernanda Campos Lemos – Professor at PUC-Rio Researcher at Rede Clima – SIMACLIM
• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS
• Hannah Arcuschin Machado – Centre for Urban Studies, Arq.Futuro Lab (Insper)
• Maurício Lamano Ferreira – Professor (University of São Paulo)
• Mila Avellar Montezuma – Researcher (Rede Clima/SIMACLIM)
• Leticia Sabino – Director of the Instituto Caminhabilidade

Co-hosted by PUC-Rio

11.30am – 1.00pm: International Network for Regenerative Public Policies: Success Stories from Brazil
Speakers:

• Mila Avellar Montezuma – Researcher at Delft University of Technology
• Luciana Schenk – Council of Architecture and Urbanism of Brazil (CAU/BR)
• Raquel Hendricht – Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• Roberto Montezuma – Professor at Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)

Co-hosted by UFPE

2.00pm – 4.00pm: Scaling Climate Adaptation through Nature-Based Restoration: From Subnational and Territorial Leadership to the World
Speakers:

• Martin Perez – Impact NbS Director (WWF)
• Thiago Belote – Director of Forests (MMA)
• Artur Falcettie – Executive Secretary for the Environment for Mato Grosso do Sul
• Robson Monteiro – Deputy State Secretary & Executive Secretary of the Consórcio Brasil Verde
• Ana Paula Silva – Co-lead of the Social and Gender Task Force
• Juliano Salgado – President of Instituto Terra
• Thais Corral – Founder and Director at Instituto Sinal do Vale and co-chair advisory council UN Decade for Ecosystems Restoration

Co-hosted by WWF-Brasil and Observatório Código Florestal

4.00pm – 6.00pm: The Importance of Climate Adaptation for the Land Use Sector
Speakers:

• Joana Chiavari – Research Director at Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio)
• João Adrien – Head of ESG Agro at Itaú BBA
• Laura Lamonica – Director of Climate Solutions at Conservation International (CI Brazil)
• Rayandra Araújo – Climate Policy Specialist at Instituto Talanoa
• Sean DeWitt – Director, Global Restoration Initiative (WRI)

Mediation: Karen Oliveira – Co-facilitator of the Coalizão Brasil and Director of Public Policy and Government Relations at TNC Brazil

Co-hosted by Coalizão Brasil

15/11/2025

10:00 – 11:30: The Araguaia Biodiversity Corridor: Restoring Landscapes and Empowering Communities

Speakers:

• Diogo Ferraz e Castro – Director of Partnerships at Black Jaguar Foundation
• Bruna Rezende – CEO of IRIS
• Bruno Camargo – Co-founder of XiCA Lawyers, representing NATIVAS Brazil

Co-organiser: Black Jaguar Foundation

2pm – 4pm: Weaving with Seeds: Stories from Brazil’s Native Seed Networks
Speakers

• Eduardo Malta Campos Filho – Forest Restoration Specialist (Redário / ISA)
• Lia Rezende Domingues – Communication Manager of Xingu Seed Network

Mediation: Tatiana Botelho – Strategic Coordinator at IIS

Co-organiser: Redário / Socio-Environmental Institute (ISA) and the Xingu Seed Network

16h30 – 18h: FROM SCIENCE TO POLICY:

Supporting PLANAVEG’s spatial intelligence, assisted natural regeneration and R&D strategies

• Bernardo Strassburg –Founder and Executive Director of Science (IIS)
• Rita Mesquita – National Secretary for Biodiversity at the Ministry of the Environment
• Raoni Rajão – Professor at Federal Univesity of Minas Gerais

Co-hosts: iCS e MMA

17/11/2025

9h MORNING TALKS: Guidelines for the Deployment of Nature-based Solutions in the Low Emission District of Rio de Janeiro City

Speakers: : Daniela Neves – Sustainability Analyst at IIS

10am – 11.30am: Scaling Up Restoration: Resources, Partnerships and Investments to Implement PLANAVEG

Speakers: :

• Thiago Belote – Director of Forests, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
• Danilo Zelinski – Head of Investment in Nature and Climate Innovation, KPTL Venture Capital
• Taruhim Quadros – Native Vegetation Restoration Lead, WWF-Brazil
• Rubens Benini – Director of Forests and Restoration Strategy at TNC

Mediation: Miguel Calmon – Senior Programme Director, Conservation International

Cohosts: Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil), Union for Restoration e Ministério do Meio Ambiente e Mudança do Clima (MMA)

11.30am – 12.30pm: Education for Sustainability

Speakers:

• Rector Father Anderson Pedroso – Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
• Agnieszka Latawiec – Coordinator of the Professional Master’s in Sustainability Science at PUC-Rio and Executive Director of IIS
• Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
• Bruno Maia – Sustainability Coordinator at Escola Parque

Mediation: Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge Management and Communications Manager at IIS

1pm – 2.15pm: A PRE-COMPETITIVE INITIATIVE BY THE BUSINESS SECTOR TO INCREASE FOREST RESTORATION IN BRAZIL

Speakers:

• Vinicius Ahmar – Programmes Director at the Arapyaú Institute
• Marcelo Furtado – Head of Sustentability at Itaúsa Institute
• Mariana Barbosa – Director of Legal and Institutional Relations at re.green

Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS

4pm–5.30pm: Reducing the risks of large-scale restoration: the strategic role of philanthropy in scaling up NbS

Speakers:

• Daniela Prioli – Senior Programme Manager at Porticus-Good Energies Foundation
• Marcia Soares – Amazon and Partnerships Management at Fundo Vale
• Katerina Elias-Trostmann – Director of Climate and Nature for Latin America at Salesforce
• Cristian Samper – Executive Director and Head of Nature Solutions at the Bezos Earth Fund

Mediation: Agnieszka Latawiec – Coordinator of the Professional Master’s in Sustainability Science at PUC-Rio and Executive Director of IIS

Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS

18/11/2025

9am – 10am:

MORNING TALKS: Scaling up ecological restoration through state and municipal partnerships

Speaker: Isabelle Pepe – Sustainability Analyst at IIS

10am – 11am:

A Behaviour approach for voluntary conservation of native vegetation in the tropics

Speaker: Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge Management and Communications Manager at IIS

11h30 – 13h: Native Seeds for a Restored Future: Building the Foundations of Brazil’s Bioeconomy
Speakers:

• Rodrigo Ciriello – President of Nativas Brasil
• Iara Borges – Executive Secretary of Nativas Brasil
• Renato Ximenes – Institutional Director of Nativas Brasil

Co-organiser: Nativas Brasil Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Sementes e Mudas Nativas

14h – 16h: Waters That Connect: Multisectoral Cooperation, Technology, and Geoinformation to
Strengthen Municipal Environmental Policies for Landscape Restoration and Conservation.

• Adegas Junior – Secretary of Environment for the City of Campinas
• Bruno Coutinho – Director of Knowledge Management at CI-Brasil
• Ângela Guirão – Technical Advisor at Municipal Secretariat for Climate, Environment and Sustainability of Campinas
• Reynaldo Neto – Senior Active Mobility Analyst at WRI Brasil.

Co-organiser: Conservação Internacional (CI-Brasil)

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Future-proofing nature finance: Towards builing climate-resiliente biodiversity credits

Speaker: Stella Manes – Biodiversity Leader at IIS

19/11

Morning talks
9h: Ecological Restoration Chronosequence in the Atlantic Forest: Effects on Carbon Soil
Speaker: Adriano Tamm

10h às 11h30: Restauração e Comunidades: um caminho para resiliência climática
Speakers:

• Miguel Calmon – Senior Director of Programmes at Conservação Internacional
• Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge Management and Communications Manager at IIS
• Vinicius Ahmar – Director of Programmes at the Arapyaú Institute
• Ashley Emerson – Co-CEO of Business and Scale at Health In Harmony

Mediation: Marcelo Stabile (ECCON)
Co-organisers: ECCON Soluções Ambientais

11h30 – 13h: Strategies to expand assisted natural regeneration (ANR)

Speakers:

• Cristian Samper – Executive Director and Nature Solutions Lead at the Bezos Earth Fund
• Mirela Sandrini – Interim Executive Director of WRI Brazil
• Paulo Amaral – IMAZON
• Marília Viotti – Environmental Analyst at MMA

Mediation: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS

2.30pm – 3.30pm

Enhancing access to carbon markets for small and medium-sized rural properties in Brazil

Speaker:

• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS
• Katerina Elias-Trostmann – Salesforce

4pm – 6pm: Observatory of Payments for Environmental Services (OPSA): Building Collaborative Pathways for a Nature-Positive Future

Speakers:

• Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS
• Bruna de Vita Silva Santos – MMA
• Priscilla Matta – Co-lead of the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) Task Force at Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura
• Rubens Benini – Forest Strategy Lead at TNC
• Yuri Marinho – CEO and founder at ECCON Soluções Ambientais
• Angela de Jesus – FETAGRI
• Gunãrs Platais – Professor at Universidade do Colorado

Mediation: Iuri Cardoso – Coalisão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura

20/11/2025

9am – 10am | Resilient Territories: Integrated pathways for climate adaptation
Speakers:

• Stella Manes – IIS
• Thaynara Fernandes – Simbiose
• Laryssa Nunes – Instituto Decodifica

Mediation: Lara Martins 

10am – 11.30am | Dialogues on biochar in ecological restoration
Speakers:

• Agnieszka Latawiec – IIS
• Andrea Salimbeni – Renewable Energy Consortium for Research and Demonstration
• Boy Hermskerk – Bambouku

11.30am – 11pm | Launch of SIMACLIM Scientific Synthesis Reports, Centre for Synthesis on Environmental and Climate Change
Speakers:

• Moacyr Araujo (Vice-reitor UFPE, Coordenador Rede Clima e SIMACLIM)
• Jean Ometto (Vice-coordenador Rede Clima e pesquisador INPE e SIMACLIM)
• Ana Paula Prates (MMA)
• Margareth Copertino (Pesquisadora FURG e SIMACLIM)
• Bruna Pavani (Pesquisadora IIS e SIMACLIM)

Co-organiser: Centre for Synthesis on Environmental and Climate Change (SIMACLIM)

21/11/2025

9am – 10am: MORNING TALKS | How to choose biodiversity metrics to properly assess losses and gains in biodiversity offsetting?

Speaker: Thaís Andrade Ferreira Dória

10:00 – 11:30 | Technologies for Conservation: Innovations to Protect and Restore
Speakers:

• Bruno Coutinho – CI-Brasil
• Ludmila Pugliese – CI-Brasil
• Bernardo Strassburg – IIS
• Rubens Benini – Coalizão Brasil Clima, Florestas e Agricultura/Observatório da Restauração

Co-organiser: Conservation International (CI-Brazil)

12pm – 1pm: SCIENCE INSIGHTS | GEF Private Areas – Realising the biodiversity conservation potential of private lands in Brazil

Speaker: Renata Mazzei

IIS AGENDA AT OTHER COP30 EVENTS

11/11/2025

9h30: Land Restoration: Pathways and Alternatives
Speaker IIS: Bruna Pavani – Institutional Relations Leader at IIS
Venue: Cas’Amazônia (Tv. Campos Sales, 752 – Campina, Belém)
10:00 | Accelerating Climate Transition: The Role of Green Technology and Insurance
IIS Speaker: Fernanda Gomes – Knowledge Management and Communications Manager at IIS
Venue: AXA Forum at the House of Insurance (Tv. Alferes Costa, 2828 – Pedreira – Belém/PA)

12/11/2025
10:30 | Methodologies Applied with Local Communities in Restoration Projects
IIS Speaker: Aline Rodrigues – Nature-based Solutions Leader
Venue: Swiss House – Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi

15h: Destravando a restauração em larga escala através da ciência e tecnologia

Speaker IIS: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS

Venue: Prédio da Economia Criativa da Zona Verde, em espaço cedido pela Secretaria-Geral da Presidência da República

14/11/2025
16:30 | From Risk to Opportunity: Financing High-Integrity Restoration in Tropical Forests
IIS Speaker: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: UNFCCC Side Event – Room 5 (Blue Zone)

17/11/2025
15:00 | Green Skills and Labour Migration – Decision-Making for an Impactful and Climate-Just Transition Pathway
IIS Speaker: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: UNFCCC Side Event – Room 2 (Blue Zone)

19/11/2025
12:00 | Launch of the Brazilian Edition of “Biochar: A Practical Guide for Production, Use and Application”
IIS Speaker: Agnieszka Latawiec – Founder and Executive Director of IIS
Venue: AgriZone Arena (Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Rua Enéas Pinheiro, s/n – Bairro Marco)

20/11/2025

10.30am: Earthshop Prize Finalists Discussion

Speaker IIS: Bernardo Strassburg – Founder and Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: EY House – Praça Waldemar Henrique, s/n – Belém-PA

6.30pm – 8pm: Da Amazônia para o Mundo: prioridades estratégicas e governança multinível para a restauração em larga escala

Speakers IIS: Bruna Pavani and Stella Manes

Venue: Sala Seringueira do Pavilhão Pará – Green Zone

21/11/2025

13h45: AI as an Ally in Landscape Transformation

Speaker IIS: Bernardo Strassburg – Executive Director of Science at IIS
Venue: Belém +10, Green Zone, COP30