Rafael Dias Loyola

Rafael Loyola works at the interface between science, environmental decision-making, and public policy-making. He is the former executive director of the International Institute for Sustainability (IIS), an organization that develops transformative solutions for a sustainable world based on Science and other forms of knowledge. He has solid experience in institutional relationships, project and people management, fundraising, elaboration of structuring of research and development projects, and more than ten years of international experience. He was the science director at the Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development (FBDS), a visiting researcher at the National Institute for Space Research and the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro, and a visiting professor at Unicamp. He is also a professor in the Federal University of Goiás ecology department, a level 1A research productivity grant from CNPq, and an affiliate of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He is the author of over 200 scientific publications, including 12 books, and executive coordinator of the Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES). He also participates as a specialist in biodiversity and business of the Intergovernmental Science and Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)