About

The Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon) is a Brazilian and Amazonian non-profit scientific institution whose mission is to promote conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon. We are an organization dedicated to researching and finding solutions to use and conserve the region’s natural resources.

In its 35 years, Imazon has published 1,040 studies, including 323 bulletins, 271 scientific articles, 225 technical reports, 144 books, and 42 book chapters. It also publishes 35 management plans, technical notes, and maps. These publications support government decision-making and bring specialized knowledge to the community.

Mission

Promote conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon.

Vision

The Amazon as a region where biodiversity, forest cover, and associated environmental services are conserved, and sustainable development is achieved to ensure dignified living conditions for all its inhabitants.

Values

Sustainability

Solutions to natural resource use issues must be based on sustainability principles: an ecosystem's ability to maintain ecological processes, biodiversity, and productivity over time. This means respecting all life forms and nature's cycles, valuing cultural diversity, strengthening sustainable local economies, considering environmental and social costs in production processes, and promoting benefit-sharing (share power in decision-making and divide the goods and services created sustainably).

Ethics

Maintain respectful relationships with all individuals and institutions; respect copyrights and professional ethics codes; combat racial, gender, religious, and social prejudice and inequalities.

Use of the Scientific Method

Imazon conducts objective and impartial analyses, based on scientific methods proven in specialized literature.

Excellence in Quality

Imazon's work undergoes a rigorous internal quality control process and external peer review. This reinforces the institute's credibility and respect.

Board of Directors and Executive Board

Invitations

Invitations for institutional partnerships and participation in public hearings or events should be sent to researcher Ritaumaria Pereira, PhD, Executive Director of the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Imazon), at comunicacao@imazon.org.br.

Executive Board

Ritaumaria Pereira

Executive Director

Verônica Oki

Administrative Director

Board of Directors

President: Salo Coslovsky

Associate Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service

Vice President: Márcia Hirota

Chair of the Board of Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica

André Guimarães

Executive Director of IPAM

Estevão Ciavatta

Film and TV Director, screenwriter, photographer, and producer

Pedro Moura Costa

Chief Executive Officer of BVRio

Suely Araújo

Professor in the Master’s in Public Administration and Law, Justice and Development, and in the Law undergraduate program at Instituto Brasileiro de Educação, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP)

Fiscal Council

Edson Vidal

Professor at Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (Esalq), Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Luciana Costa da Fonseca

Professor and researcher at Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) and Centro Universitário do Pará (Cesupa)

Leonardo Sobral

Forestry Director at Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola (Imaflora)