Heron is a Brazilian Environmental Engineer and has been a researcher at the NGO Imazon for about 10 years. He was the technical coordinator of the Imazon’s Deforestation Alert System (SAD), a monthly and independent monitoring system in the Legal Amazon. He also participated in the design, development and implementation of the Municipal Environmental Management System (SIGAM) as well as the Illegal Deforestation List (LDI) for the State of Para.

Currently, Heron is interested in understanding the impacts of agribusiness on protected areas and on municipal environmental management in the Amazon.

Where are they Now?

Data Analyst at Center for Climate Crime Analysis.