Juliana Sampaio Farinaci

Cristiana Simão Seixas, is a Biologist and holds a Master degree in Ecology from the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and a PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from the University of Manitoba (2002), Canada. Since 2008, she is a researcher at the Environmental Studies and Research Centre (NEPAM) at Unicamp, being its current Director. She also co-coordinates the Commons Conservation and Management research group (CGCommons) and the Ecology and Ecosystem Management Laboratory (LEME). Between 2009 and 2019, She was Adjunct Professor (2009-2019) at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada, and a Visiting Scholar (2018-2019) and Adjunct Scholar (2020-2022) at the Department of Resources Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES), Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Seixas collaborates with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), where served at diverse roles incluinding Co-Chair of the 1st IPBES Regional Assessment for the Americas. She was also a member of the Steering Committee (2016-2022) and of the Scientific-technical Board (since 2022) of the Brazilian Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (www.bpbes.net.br) and collaborates with several national and international research and extension networks, with emphasis on the Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) and the Science and Society Coalision. Her research focuses on integrating environmental conservation with local development, through the following themes: commons management, shared management, ecosystem stewardship and environmental governance; human ecology, local and traditional ecological knowledge, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and resilience of socio-ecological systems.

Cristiana Simão Seixas, é Bióloga e Mestre em Ecologia pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), e doutora em Natural Resources and Environmental Management pela University of Manitoba (2002), Canadá. Desde 2008, é pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais (NEPAM) da Unicamp, onde atualmente é Coordenadora. Também co-coordena o grupo Conservação e Gestão de Recursos de Uso Comum (CGCommons) e o Laboratório de Manejo e Ecologia de Ecossistemas (LEME). Entre 2009 e 2019, foi Adjunct Professor, no Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, Canadá. Entre 2018 e 2019, foi Visiting Scholar, e entre 2020 e 2022 Adjunct Professor, no Department of Resources Economics and Envirionmental Sociology (REES), Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Alberta, Canadá. Colabora com o Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) sob o auspicio Nações Unidas - com atuação diversas incluindo Co-Chair of the 1st IPBES Regional Assessment for the Americas. Foi membro da coordenação executiva (2016 a 2022) e do conselho técnico-científico (desde 2022) da Plataforma Brasileira de Biodiversidade e Serviços Ecossistêmicos (www.bpbes.net.br). Colabora com várias redes de pesquisa e extenão nacionais e internacionais, com destaque para a Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN), e a Coalizão Ciência e Sociedade. Suas pesquisas enfocam a conservação ambiental integrada ao desenvolvimento local, através dos seguintes temas: manejo de recursos de uso comum, gestão compartilhada, ecosystem stewardship e governança ambiental; ecologia humana, conhecimento ecológico local e tradicional, biodiversidade e serviços ecossistêmicos, e resiliência de sistemas sócio-ecológicos.