Luiz Antônio FERRARO JUNIOR

Biography

Luiz Antônio FERRARO Jr. developed many projects for the Environmental Ministery (MMA) as a consultant in 2003-2004. In 2005 he started his PhD studies at the CDS- Centro of Sustainable Development of the Universidade de Brasília.

In 2004 he coordinated a graduation 'lato sensu' program on environmental education towards sustainability in Bahia. He also teaches Environmental Sciences to Biology and Engineering students. He led a program designed to promote social participation and organization in ten municipalities and 60 villages from a protected area which surrounds the most important water reservoir in Bahia State. His research focuses mainly on the evaluation and improvement of participatory planning processes in rural areas. Currently he supports an evaluation process of CPT -Comissao Pastoral da Terra, a wide known organization related to the Catholic Church and Social Movements in Brasil. From 1998 to 2000 he led an extension program at USP in the Itatinga Research Station with several environmental and social projects. In 1997 and he 1998 developed many projects while at ECOAR, an NGO in São Paulo. His main interest areas are environmental education, ecological economy, participatory processes, agroecology,rural education, social movements and themes related to sustainability. He has an agronomist degree from São Paulo University in 1994 and received his master's degree in science from ESALQ/USP in 1999.

This biography was last updated on January 26, 2007