Raoni Rajão

Raoni Guerra Lucas Rajão (August 1st 1981) is a Brazilian environmental scientist and associate professor in environmental management and social studies of science & technology in the Department of Production Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC) and a former fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center) in the U.S. In March 31st 2023, Raoni Rajão was nominated Director of the Department of Policies to Deforestation and Burning Control of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, in Brazil, becoming responsible for the plans to control deforestation and the REDD+ agenda.

He has been taking part in the international discussions about climate change and sustainability at United Nations Conference of the Parties since 2014 and, along his career, has collaborated with agencies of the United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, and the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ). He has advised Brazilian government employees regarding environmental policies. Provided by Wikipedia