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Vera Lex Engel

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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA)  (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

Vera Lex Engel has a degree in Forest Engineering by University of São Paulo (USP), MSc in Forestry by the same University and PhD degree in Ecology by the University of Campinas (UNICAMP). Associate Professor at São Paulo State University-UNESP, teaching in the undergraduate and graduate (MSc and PhD) programs in Forestry since 1989, currently retired and active as a volunteer senior professor. Coordination of the Forest Ecology and Restoration Laboratory from 1997 to 2022. Research themes include several aspects of ecology, restoration and management of tropical forests, including tropical forestry and agroforestry. Besides the academic researcher role, she is an environmental activist, supporting public and private organizations and NGOs. Member of national and international research organizations as IUFRO (International Union of Forest Research Organizations), with the role of Deputy (for Latin America) at the Unit 1.06.00- Restoration of Degraded Lands, from 2001-2014, and member of the Task Force on Forest Adaptation and Restoration Under Global Change, from 2015 to 2019. Member of SER (Society of Ecological Restoration), where she was a member of the Board of Directors, 2015-2018, representing Latin America and the Caribbean. Founder member of REBRE- Brazilian Ecological Restoration Network and SOBRE- Brazilian Society of Ecological Restoration (Board of Directors, 2016-2018; Consultive Council, 2018-2020; Board of Directors, 2025-2027). Adviser of several research cooperative programs, research institutes and NGOs as a tropical forestry and forest ecologist expert. Visiting academic at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2012-2013. Experinced in FSC certification, she was Member of the FSC-Technical Working Committee that discussed the procedures for remediation of converted areas within the scope of FSC certification, 2019-2022. Scientific Referee of high-level national and international scientific journals. ORCID ID 0000-0001-5806-2544. Scopus Author ID 7005055542. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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