OUR PROGRAM

OUR PROGRAM

Social Innovation House Program

Wednesday, 12th November

9:30 – 11:00 am • Systemic investing and a multicapital approach to finance sustainable businesses in the Amazon
This session explores innovative finance mechanisms that empower small and sustainable businesses across the Amazon. It will open with a presentation by the Amazon Investor Coalition (AIC), highlighting systemic investing models and the multicapital approach. Following the presentation, participants will engage in an interactive discussion to exchange insights, address key challenges, and identify pathways to scale sustainable investment in the region.

Speakers:
• Marcella Balthar, Cofundadora, Mov União BR
• Maria Laura Florido, Investment Manager, Impact Earth
• Lucas Conrado, Executive Director, Estímulo Impact Fund
• Bruno Girardi, Director of Impact Investment, Sitawi
• Sarah Siqueira, Climate Justice Innovation Lab and Institutional Relationship Manager, Climate Ventures
• Maria Amália Souza, Founder and Strategic Partnerships Leader, Fundo Casa Socioambiental

Moderated by Marcelo Cwerner, Amazon Economies Officer and Capital Flows Director, Amazon Investor Coalition

Hosted by Catalyst Now and Amazon Investor Coalition

Session in Portuguese with live translation

11:00 – 12:00 am • Scaling Wildfire Innovation for a Resilient Planet
In 2024, more than 390 million hectares burned globally, and an estimated $215 billion in assets were exposed to wildfire risk — underscoring the urgent need to finance wildfire resilience, scale proven approaches, strengthen local capacity, and protect the Amazon and other fire-prone regions. In the Amazon, black carbon from forest fires creates a dangerous chain reaction: it darkens Andean glaciers, making them melt faster, and it changes air circulation patterns that bring rain to the region. As a result, the Amazon becomes drier

This panel, happening on the afternoon of 12th November, is a pre-session to the 13th November gathering on fire. It brings together innovators, industry leaders, and global institutions to explore how innovative tech, AI, and community-led stewardship can attract the investment needed to move from pilots to lasting, system-level impact.

Speakers:
• Natalie Çilem, Community Lead, Global Network for Wildfire Leadership, World Economic Foru
• Sean Maguire, Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships, Clean Air Fund
• Reinaldo Lourival, Executive Director, Terra Brasilis
• Ana Carolina Pessôa, Researcher, IPAM
• Marcelo Santana Hãmugãy Pataxó, Fire Operations Lead, Maki Planet Systems

Moderated by Osmar Bambini, Co-Founder and CIO, umgrauemeio

Hosted by Catalyst Now, umgrauemeio and the World Economic Forum

Sessão em Inglês com tradução simultânea

Thursday, 13th November

8:00 am – 12:00 pm • Gathering Around the Fire
A morning of exchange and collaboration among land guardians, community leaders, tech experts, researchers, and policymakers. Through dialogue circles, lived experiences, and ritual moments, we will reflect on fire not only as a threat but also as a force that connects ecosystems, cultures, and responsibilities.

Session in Portuguese with live translation

8:00 – 8:20 am • Opening Remarks
Speakers: 
• Osmar Bambini, Co-Founder and CIO, umgrauemeio
• Hugo Bordas, Lusophone Chapters Coordinator, Catalyst Now

Session in Portuguese with live translation

8:20 – 9:35 pm • Tradition meets Science
This first panel brings together Indigenous leaders and scientists to reflect on fire as a tool, a threat, and a teacher. From flooded forests to air quality, it bridges diverse perspectives to explore how knowledge systems can converge for smarter fire management.»

Speakers:
• Prof. Rosilene da Silva Matchua, Professor, Antonio Alves de Barros Indigenous School
• Cacique Eudes de Souza Abicho, Prescribed Burn Firefighter, Mato Grosso
• Bení Kadiweu Examelexe, Indigenous Leader, Anthropologist, and Designer
• Marcelo Santana Hãmugãy Pataxó, Fire Operations Lead, Maki Planet Systems
• Erika Berenguer, Senior Research Associate, Oxford University
• Roberta Mourão, Partnership Manager, Instituto Ar
• Cosmerina D’avila, Brigade Member, Daughters of the Mother of Fire Group
• Josimeire Moraes, Brigade Member, Daughters of the Mother of Fire Group

Moderated by Ana Carolina Pessôa, Researcher, IPAM

Session in Portuguese with live translation

9:35 – 10:15 pm • Implementation and Climate Funding
From brigade coordination in the Pantanal to innovative funding mechanisms, speakers will share practical insights on what it takes to protect territories from fire, superpollutants, or black carbon, while unlocking scalable, long-term financing solutions.

Speakers:
• Leonardo Gomes, Executive Director, SOS Pantanal
• Colonel Ângelo Rabelo, Director, Instituto Homem Pantaneiro (IHP)
• Alexandre Batista, Breathe Cities Lead Brazil, Clean Air Fund (CAF)

Moderated by Osmar Bambini, Co-Founder and CIO, umgrauemeio

Session in Portuguese with live translation

10:15 – 10:45 am Governance, Coordination, and Gaps to Scale
Legal experts, government agents, and technologists will unpack key barriers to wildfire resilience.  From restoration strategies to AI readiness and voluntary brigade support, each speaker offers a practical lens. The session aims to spotlight coordination gaps and surface scalable solutions grounded in trust and territory.

Speakers:
• Bruno Camargo, Founding Partner, XiCa Advogados
• Beatriz Roseiro, Program Manager, Fundo Casa
• Paulo Barroso, Forest Engineer, BarrosOFF
• Reinaldo Lorival, Executive Director, Terra Brasilis
• Colonel Glêdson, General Commander, Military Fire Department of the State of Mato Grosso

Moderated by Rogerio Cavalcante, Founder, umgrauemeio

Session in Portuguese with live translation

10:45 – 11:50 am Co-Creating beyond COP30
This block is designed to transform the event discussions into a concrete, collaborative plan for future action, focusing on a «new state of fire governance».

Moderated by Beatriz Roseiro, Program Manager, Fundo Casa

Hosted by Catalyst Now, umgrauemeio, Terra Brasilis, and Clean Air Fund.

Session in Portuguese with live translation

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Wednesday, 12th November

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM • Connecting Global Agendas Through Local Climate Action
The Road to Belém: The Local Way builds on the outcomes of the Summit of the Future, which highlighted the importance of multilevel and multi-stakeholder governance, FFD4, which underscored the need to empower subnational finance and local leadership in achieving global goals, and the WSSD2, which emphasized the central role of local actors in driving social development. Through this initiative, the Local2030 Coalition is gathering and showcasing innovative, locally led climate solutions that contribute to the implementation of the COP30 outcomes. It also reinforces one of the main commitments of the Seville Platform for Action, ensuring that local finance remains at the center of global sustainable development dialogues and that connections across major international processes are strengthened.

Hosted by Local2030 Coalition, Brazilian Ministry of Cities, Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, Government of Spain (TBC), and the Global Task Force of Local and Regional Governments.

Location: Blue Zone, Cities and Regions Hub Pavilion

Monday, 17th November

5:00 – 6:00 pm • Children and Youth – Youth Visions of Peaceful & Health Futures
At COP30’s Health Pavilion, this hybrid side event by the Alliance for Youth-Led Futures will amplify youth voices from around the world through art, music, film, and storytelling. Featuring a live artistic performance in Belém and real-time global connections, it transforms the Pavilion into a creative bridge between peace, health, and climate action. Visitors will experience a curated global playlist, youth-designed postcards, and a showcase of short videos and artworks – bringing to life young people’s visions of a peaceful and healthy future.

Hosted by Catalyst Now, WHO Youth Council, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Youth4Planet, Institute for Art and Innovation,The Futuring Alliance, Global Health for Peace Initiative, Earth4All and all the future members of the Alliance for Youth Led Futures.

Location: Blue Zone, WHO Health Pavilion

Catalyst Now Member events on the sidelines of COP30

Saturday, 8th November – Tuesday, 20th November

Catalyst Now member: TEDxAmazônia
Location: Casa Mia, Tv. Quintino Bocaiúva, 1696 – Belém

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Tuesday, 11th November – Wednesday, 19th November

Casa IPÊ (Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas) 
Catalyst Now member: IPÊ
Location: Rua Jari 1, Conjunto Embrapa – Belém. 

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Friday, 14th November

11:15 am – 12:15 pm • Inovações do Brasil para o Acesso Universal à Energia
Catalyst Now member: ASHOKA Brasil 
Location: Auditório Uruçu, Green Zone.

Sunday, 16th November

7:30 am – 17:00 pm • Um dia na Ilha: ervas medicinais e quintais ancestrais
Catalyst Now member: Raízes Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Location: Ilha de Cotijuba.

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Monday, 17th November

9:00 am – 2:30 pm • Vivência no Combu: bioeconomia, gastronomia e turismo Ribeirinho
Catalyst Now member: Raízes Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Location: Ilha do Combu.

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09:30 – 11:00 am • Principles for Just Water Partnerships: Global Launch
Catalyst Now member: WaterAid
Location: Water for Climate Pavillion, Blue Zone

Tuesday, 18th November

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pesca artesanal e economia azul: lições locais para a implementação da NDC brasileira em um contexto global de cooperação 
Catalyst Now member: REDEMAR Brasil 
Location: Prédio da Economia Criativa, Green Zone.

Evento aberto

Wednesday, 19th November

Festival SGB na Estrada: edição Belém
Catalyst Now member: Social Good Brasil
Location: Casa Futura – Belém.

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1:00 – 2:45 pm • Financiamento inovador para uma transição justa e verde
Catalyst Now member: Sitawi Finanças do Bem
Location: Auditório Jandaíra, Green Zone

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Thursday, 20th November

12:30 – 2:00 pm • Blended finance para a Amazônia: mecanismos financeiros inovadores para conservação e impacto territorial 
Catalyst Now member: Sitawi
Location: Museu Goeldi, Av. Gov Magalhães Barata, 376 – Belém.

Evento aberto

1:30 – 1:55 pm • Jornada pelo Clima: Do Laboratório ao Território: Como as Deep Techs podem acelerar a Ação Climática Justa
Catalyst Now member: Olivia Boretti
Location: AgriZone – Embrapa Amazônia Oriental

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6:30 pm • UNFCCC – Global Mutirão Vision: Climate, Nature & People
Catalyst Now member: Sitawi Finanças do Bem
Location: Blue Zone

Friday, 21th November

3:00 – 3:25 pm • Jornada pelo Clima: Racismo Ambiental na Agricultura Sustentável
Catalyst Now member: Olivia Boretti
Location: AgriZone – Embrapa Amazônia Oriental

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12:30 am – 1:30 pm • Saúde e Clima na Amazônia: Tecnologias Sociais e de Adaptação em Comunidades Tradicionais
Catalyst Now member: Projeto Saúde e Alegria
Location: Auditório Jandaíra, Green Zone

Catalyst Now Member events as
a precursor to Belém (COP30)

Thursday, 6th November – Friday, 7th November

Nature & Climate House Brasil 
Location: Flow.Ers Impact Hub
Location: Aya Hub, São Paulo.

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SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

Osmar Bambini
Co-Founder and CIO, umgrauemeio

Osmar Bambini is a climate innovation ecopreneur and CIO of umgrauemeio, recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Top Innovator and awarded EY Impact Entrepreneur of the Year. With a background in Communication, Advertising, and Marketing, and an MBA in Sustainable Development and Circular Economy from PUCRS, he leads initiatives that combine science, local communities, and technology to tackle climate change through scalable, high-impact solutions. His work, grounded in systems thinking, drives transformative approaches to environmental resilience, social equity, and sustainable innovation.

Paulo Barroso
Forest Engineer, BarrosOFF

Paulo holds a bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering from the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), a specialization in Forest Fire Prevention and Control from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), and a master’s degree in Civil Defense and Security from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF). A former Cavalry Officer (R/2) in the Brazilian Army (1990–1994), he served as a Colonel in the Mato Grosso Military Fire Department from 1994 to 2020. He is currently the Executive Director of BARROSOFF – Forest Fire Protection.

Alexandre Batista
Breathe Cities Lead, Brazil, Clean Air Fund

Head of the Clean Air Fund in Brazil and co-founder of CooperaClima. He holds a master’s degree and is currently pursuing a PhD in the Graduate Program in Public Policies, Strategies, and Development (PPED) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), focusing on Governance and Sustainability. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). At UFRJ, he served as a Teaching Assistant in 2018 and 2019, teaching the courses Applied Environmental Economics and Economics. His professional experience includes collaborations with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), BNDES, FINEP, Ministry of the Environment (MMA), University of California, Davis, Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS), C40 Cities, ICLEI, and UKPACT, as well as studies and projects for some of Brazil’s largest private financial institutions.

Erika Berenguer
Senior Research Associate, Oxford University

Erika Berenguer is a Senior Research Associate at the Ecosystems Lab at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Research Associate at Lancaster University. She works in several Brazil-UK consortia looking at the impacts of human-induced disturbance, such as selective logging and understory fires, on ecosystem functions and processes in the Amazon. Dr Berenguer co-leads Working Group 7 on the Scientific Panel for the Amazon, focusing on the impacts of deforestation and the degradation of both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Her interests lie in developing a better understanding of how human-modified tropical forests function, assessing the resilience of these forests in the face of climate change. In addition, she is passionate about finding ways of effectively communicating scientific results to relevant stakeholders and policymakers.

Bruno Camargo
Founding Partner, XiCa Advogados

Founding partner of XiCa Advogados, where he focuses on nature-based legal solutions, corporate governance, and business structuring. He serves as the Latin America advisor for the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) and is a member of the Biodiversity Credits Alliance (BCA) and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN). He is also the founder of Paková Katú, an ecological restoration and payment for ecosystem services project linked to the “Conservador da Mantiqueira,” led by The Nature Conservancy.

Natalie Çilem
Community Lead, Global Network for Wildfire Leadership, World Economic Forum

Natalie leads the World Economic Forum’s Global Wildfire Leadership Network, driving collective action and catalytic investment to strengthen global wildfire resilience. Previously, she lMSccivil society engagement at the Forum, worked in public policy at Airbnb, and led grantmaking at CAF America. She holds an MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics and a BA in International Development and Social Change from Clark University.

Lucas Conrado
Executive Director, Estímulo Impact Fund

Lucas Conrado is the Executive Director of the Estímulo Impact Fund. A lawyer trained at FGV-SP, with an academic exchange at Peking University in Shenzhen, China, he previously worked in Project Finance and Capital Markets at Mattos Filho Advogados, where he specialized in the corporate debt market. Since 2020, he has applied his expertise to structure financial instruments with social purpose—mobilizing organizations and resources to reduce the financing gap for small businesses, the main generators of jobs and income in Brazil.

Marcelo Cwerner
Amazon Economies Officer and Capital Flows Director, Amazon Investor Coalition

Marcelo is based in the Amazon Forest and co-founded Instituto Aquífero, promoting environmental awareness in Alter do Chão, Pará. With a degree in Economics, he spent 12 years in financial markets, becoming a partner at KPMG Corporate Finance. In Alter do Chão, Marcelo founded three ecotourism businesses and established a social enterprise for organic waste collection and composting. As NESsT Brasil’s Portfolio Manager, he fostered income from sustainable forest products for communities. In 2023, Marcelo joined Conexsus as Head of Innovative Finance. He currently serves as Head of Capital Flows for the Amazon Investor Coalition and leads the Amana Project, focused on community development and bioeconomy school meal programs, in addition to working on projects to unlock capital for forestry and regenerative agriculture.

Cosmerina D’avila
Brigade Member, Daughters of the Mother of Fire Group

Cosmerina D’Ávila holds a degree in Pedagogy from UEPA, is a trained brigade member through the “Daughters of the Mother of Fire” project by IBAMA and PrevFogo, and co-founded Mulheres Marajoaras in Ponta de Pedras, empowering women and protecting the Marajó environment.

Maria Laura Florido
Investment Manager, Impact Earth

Maria Laura Florido is an investment manager and strategist in socio-environmental impact programs, dedicated to aligning capital with purpose. With 14 years of experience in corporate finance, sustainability, and portfolio development, she leads the operations of the Amazon Biodiversity Fund at Impact Earth, supporting businesses that promote nature-based solutions and positive transformations.

Bruno Girardi
Director of Impact Investment, Sitawi

Bruno Girardi is the Director of Impact Investment at SITAWI Finanças do Bem, where he leads the creation and management of innovative financial instruments to unlock capital for socio-environmental solutions. Bruno has worked across several stages of the corporate value chain, with notable experience in Private Equity (BTG Pactual), Governance (Petros), and M&A (Vale). Additionally, Bruno teaches Impact Investment at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and is a social and cultural entrepreneur at Casa da Escada Colorida, an independent art residency and cultural center in Rio de Janeiro. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of London and an MBA from MIT.

Colonel Glêdson
General Commander, Military Fire Department of the State of Mato Grosso

He is the General Commander of the Military Fire Department of the State of Mato Grosso, with a distinguished career in the areas of safety engineering, emergency management, and public policies for fire prevention and fighting. He holds a master’s degree in Engineering from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), and has specializations in Public Security Management (UEG), Prevention, Control, and Fighting of Forest Fires (EGOV-MT), and Strategic Management of Public Policies (IFMT). He worked for 10 years as an aerial firefighting pilot and was President of the National Forest Fire Management Committee of the National Firefighters League (LIGABOM). Promoted to the rank of Colonel in 2020, he has dedicated himself to the integration of science, technology, and operational management, leading initiatives focused on forest fire management, the use of geotechnologies, and the formulation of public policies for security and sustainability.

Leonardo Gomes
Executive Director, SOS Pantanal

Psychologist trained at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Leonardo has worked for over ten years in the Third Sector, focusing on local development, employability, and education, with experience in both management and program design. He is the Executive Director of SOS Pantanal, where he is responsible for maintaining relationships with partner institutions and conservation networks, as well as leading the organization’s advocacy efforts for the protection of the Pantanal.

Prof. Rosilene da Silva Matchua
Professor, Antonio Alves de Barros Indigenous State School

Prof. Rosi is an Indigenous rights, environmental, and Kadiweu language advocate dedicated to protecting traditional territories and promoting the education and culture of the Kadiweu people. As Coordinating Teacher of Innovative Practice Projects at the Antonio Alves de Barros Indigenous State School, she leads initiatives in environmental education, sustainability, and cultural revitalization. She represents the Kadiweu community in national and international forums, working to preserve Indigenous knowledge and strengthen linguistic and cultural identity. Prof. Rosi holds a degree in Intercultural Indigenous Education from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul and is currently pursuing studies in Intercultural Agroecology.

Cacique Eudes de Souza Abicho
Prescribed Burn Firefighter, Mato Grosso

Cacique Eudes is an Indigenous leader from the Ejiwajegi Kadiweu people who has been working in wildfire prevention and control. In 2023, he served as chief of the Kadiwéu 3 squad in Tomázia village. In 2024, he became brigade chief, leading the same squad in his community. In 2025, he serves as a prescribed burn firefighter (BQPs), focusing on wildfire prevention and firefighting efforts within his territory.

Bení Kadiweu Examelexe
Indigenous Leader, Anthropologist, and Designer

Bení is an Indigenous woman from the Ejiwajegi Kadiweu people, a traditional Kadiweu artist, and an entrepreneur dedicated to valuing and promoting the art and culture of her community. She holds a teaching degree focused on the Pantanal Peoples, a bachelor’s degree in Design from the Catholic University Dom Bosco (UCDB), and a master’s degree in Anthropology from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). Her work bridges traditional Kadiweu knowledge with contemporary expressions of design, art, and cultural entrepreneurship, fostering Indigenous ancestry, memory, and identity through creation, research, and intercultural education.

Reinaldo Lourival
Executive Director, Terra Brasilis Institute

Reinaldo holds a PhD from the University of Queensland and a postdoctoral degree from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). He has worked in the Pantanal since 1984, having contributed to the Economic and Ecological Zoning of Mato Grosso do Sul and coordinated the AcquaRap program for aquatic biodiversity assessment in the region. He also served as General Coordinator for Ecosystems at the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) and currently works in the Third Sector as Executive Director of the Instituto Terra Brasilis for Socio-environmental Development.

Sean Maguire
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships, Clean Air Fund

Sean has led policy, advocacy, campaigns and communications across the development and humanitarian sector, with a focus on sustainability and gender equality. At Plan International he catalysed and led multi-stakeholder partnerships on gender data, children’s rights and investing in adolescent girls. He has also worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross and the UK government.
He began his career in journalism. As a news editor he led global teams of journalists covering politics, economics, climate and international affairs. As a field reporter he covered conflict in the Middle East and former Yugoslavia and was based in Poland for several years.

Josimeire Moraes
Brigade Member, Daughters of the Mother of Fire Group

Josimeire de Jesus Morais is a pedagogue and Portuguese/Libras student, civil firefighter, and trained brigade member through the “Daughters of the Mother of Fire” project by IBAMA and PrevFogo. She is vice president of Mulheres Marajoaras and co-founder of the Marajó Observatory initiative.

Roberta Mourão
Partnership Manager, Instituto Ar

Roberta holds a degree in Social Communication, with a specialization in Marketing, and is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in ESG Management. She has over fifteen years of experience in the Third Sector, managing partnerships and socio-environmental and socio-cultural projects, focusing on the development and implementation of impactful initiatives.

Ana Carolina Pessôa
Researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)

Ana Carolina is a biologist with a master’s and PhD in Remote Sensing from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE, Brazil), where she researched the role of protected areas in fire occurrence in the Amazon Basin. Since 2023, she has been a researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), serving as the operational coordinator of the Fire Management in the Amazon project, which supports the development and implementation of integrated fire management policies. Her experience includes international collaborations on land use, deforestation, and environmental governance, with a strong focus on geospatial analysis, policy evaluation, and stakeholder engagement. She has a particular interest in public policies, fire governance, and strategies to reduce socio-environmental vulnerability in tropical regions.

Sarah Siqueira
Climate Justice Innovation Lab and Institutional Relationship Manager, Climate Ventures

Sarah is an Economist, founder of Rampa, a company that works to promote and catalyze systemic changes in capital flows in order to build new futures based on justice, human dignity, and caring for the planet. Also, she is the author of the book “Justice: A Reflection and a Call” (2015), Sal Editora, a book that proposes an integrated view of economics, justice as dignity of life, and spirituality. She had unique experiences during her atypical childhood, such as living in an indigenous community of the Khraôs ethnic group in Tocantins, Brazil. Experiences like this awakened in her a sensitivity to social justice and a concern for the dignity of life of every human being. Later, working professionally with sustainable territorial development, she understood how the climate agenda is intertwined in a transversal way with the themes that ran through her childhood.

Colonel Ângelo Rabelo
Director of the Instituto Homem Pantaneiro (IHP)

Ângelo Rabelo, a retired Colonel from the Environmental Police, is the Director of the Instituto Homem Pantaneiro (IHP), an NGO he founded in 2002 that leads multiple programs supporting the sustainable development of the Pantanal. Since the 1980s, he has dedicated his life to protecting the region’s culture and wildlife. Early in his career, he fought against illegal hunting and animal trafficking during the 1980s and early 1990s, surviving a gunshot wound in the line of duty. After several surgeries, he returned to the Pantanal and went on to serve as Commander of the Environmental Military Police of Mato Grosso do Sul. Today, he continues his mission, working to strengthen a nature-based economy in this unique and vital ecosystem.

Marcella Balthar
Funder and Operations Director, Movimento UniãoBR

In 2020, she co-founded the UniãoBR Movement and has since co-led this organization, which operates in humanitarian crises and environmental disasters. UniãoBR was recognized with the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2020. Through the movement, she has supported more than 26 million people in emergencies in Brazil and around the world. In 2014, she co-founded Transforma Recife, a volunteer platform with 200,000 volunteers and 800 social organizations, which has accumulated over 4.7 million hours of volunteer work. For her work with Transforma Recife, she received the InovaCidade Award in 2016, recognized by UN-Habitat. She holds a degree in Business Administration from FAAP and a postgraduate degree in Management and Social Entrepreneurship from the University of São Paulo (USP). She began her career developing corporate social responsibility and social impact mitigation projects in Recife, São Paulo, Venezuela, and Mozambique at Diagonal, a socio-environmental consulting firm, serving clients such as Vale, Odebrecht, and the City of São Paulo, among others.

Beatriz Roseiro
Program Manager at Fundo Casa

Beatriz Roseiro holds a degree in Business Administration from the Integrated Colleges of Botucatu (UNIFAC) and a specialization in Social Project Management and Monitoring from Umanitar Academy. With nine years of solid experience in the private sector, Beatriz joined the Casa Socio-Environmental Fund in 2019 and currently serves as Program Manager. In this role, she coordinates projects addressing issues such as forest fire prevention and climate emergency response, the development of sustainable livelihoods, and the preservation of standing forests, among other initiatives focused on sustainability and environmental protection.

Marcelo Santana / Hãmugãy Pataxó
Fire Operations Lead at Maki Planet Systems and Community Leader at FUNIF

Instructor of Brazilian fire brigades, Marcelo Santana is an environmental manager and a specialist in the discipline of integrated fire management. Marcelo has deep expertise in Brazilian cultural keystones, having recently contributed to an academic study of progress in fire ecology in subtropical and tropical ecosystems, which found wildfires caused significantly more damage to culturally important plant species in central Brazil compared with prescribed burns. Marcelo’s career has seen him visit many places around the world, including the Northern Territory in Australia, to share his specialist knowledge.

Maria Amália Souza
Founder and Strategic Partnerships Leader, Fundo Casa Socioambiental

Maria Amália Souza, founder and strategic partnerships leader at Fundo Casa Socioambiental, has over 40 years of experience designing impact strategies to ensure philanthropic resources reach marginalized grassroots groups fighting for social and environmental justice in the Global South. In 2023, she was honored by the Global Landscapes Forum as one of the “16 Women Restoring the Earth” and received the J. Blanton Belk Alumni Award for Exceptional Service to Humanity.

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HOW TO PARTICIPATE

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