Adalberto Veríssimo and Carlos Souza Jr. (Imazon) – 2010 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Speakers
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Carlos Souza Jr. holds a bachelor's degree in geology from Pará State Federal University, Brazil, an M.Sc. in soil science from Penn State University, US, and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California Santa Barbara, US. He is currently an associate researcher at Imazon, where he focuses on remote sensing for mapping and monitoring forests, forest degradation, land use and land cover change, surface water monitoring, and spatial modeling. Dr. Souza Jr. has co-authored over 100 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. He is also the co-founder of Terras App, an IT company that provides solutions for sustainable landscapes, and the MapBiomas Institute, IAMap. Dr. Souza Jr. has been honored with the Skoll Award and is a Mulago Foundation Fellow.
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Beto Veríssimo is a co-founder and associate researcher at Imazon, a think and do tank in the Brazilian Amazon. He is also co-founder of Amazon Center for Entrepreneurship. Moreover, he is Co-Director of Amazon 2030 Program, an initiative that seeks to develop an action plan for sustainable development of the Brazilian Amazon and Director of Social Progress Brazil. He received several awards including the 2010 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Verissimo has a graduate degree in Agriculture by Federal University of Brazilian Amazon and Ecology by Penn State University.
