Biodiversity Conservation

We work with the objective of contributing to the biodiversity conservation in environmental, social and economic aspects.

Climate change

We support decision makers in the climate agenda focused on ecosystem conservation and restoration projects and biodiversity.

Ecosystem restoration

The approaches developed by IIS aim to assist the planning and implementation of vegetation recovery projects, exploring synergies and trade-offs between biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and costs, under a variety of scenarios.

Sustainable development

We seek to promote the transition to sustainability, contributing to the balance between socioeconomic development, biodiversity conservation and rational use of natural resources.

Sustainable Land Use

We promote the transition from the traditional agricultural practices to a more sustainable land management, helping to mitigate climate change and guaranteeing the future of the next generations.

Economic Analysis

We seek to strengthen and defend the basic principles of balance between the economy and the environment, favoring research, planning and management in public and private fields, linked to the relationship between ecological, social and economic systems, in order to improve social well-being.

Policies

We assist in the formulation of policies aimed at sustainability, as well as the implementation of practical actions, working in partnership with public sector bodies and other organizations.

Spatial intelligence

Through landscape modeling and monitoring, we identify the patterns and trends of social and ecological systems, supporting decision makers through quantitative statistics and mapped scenarios.

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Agnieszka Ewa Latawiec

Executive Director

Agnieszka Ewa Latawiec is co-founder and Executive Director of the International Institute for Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro (IIS), has a BSc in Engineering of Environmental Protection, MSc degree in Environmental Protection (both from the University of Life Sciences, Poland) and PhD in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Environment at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Professor at the Professional Master in Sustainability Science from the same department, Associate Professor at the Department of Production Engineering, Logistics and Applied Computer Science, Agricultural University Kraków and Honorary Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia. In recent years, she has focused on broader aspects of land management, participating or leading projects related to land-use change and decision-making. She seeks collaborative interdisciplinary research on various topics related to land management, sustainability, sustainability indicators, applied soil science and environmental decision-making. She is also a Deputy Coordinator of Professional Master in Sustainability Science at PUC-Rio, Coordinator of the Centre for Conservation and Sustainability Science (CSRio – PUC-Rio), Leader of the Research Group “Integrated Landscape Management”, Leader of the Interinstitutional Research Group on Ecosystem Services and Second Leader of the Research Group “Centre for conservation and sustainability science (CSRio)”.

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