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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Mariela Figueredo

Executive Director

Biologist graduated from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC - 2006), Master in Botany (2009) and Ph.D. student in the Professional Postgraduate Program of Biodiversity in Conservation Units, at the National School of Tropical Botany of the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro. She is specialized in Project Management (Castelo Branco University - 2013) and in People Management (USP - 2021).

She has been working for approximately 10 years in the coordination and management of socio-environmental projects financed by national and international funds, with a focus on conservation, restoration, and sustainable development. She has experience in managing teams, developing projects to attract funding, liaising with stakeholders and establishing strategic institutional partnerships, and implementing improvements in project management processes and organizational policies, among others.

She is a professor of the Professional Master's Degree in Sustainability Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), linked to the Center for Science in Conservation and Sustainability in Rio (CSRio), leading the discipline of Sustainable Projects Management.

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