New ICMBio president chosen by Search Committee

The Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, announced this Friday (5th) the nomination of Mauro Oliveira Pires as the new president of the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). In the statement, she says that Pires was chosen through a Search Committee, set up in February, which had the participation of five specialists in environmental conservation to draw up a triple list for the final choice. “The committee, during a period of 50 days, analyzed 18 applications and, in the end, presented the following triple list, in alphabetical order: Alexander Turra, Iara Vasco Ferreira and Mauro Oliveira Pires, all with excellent CVs. After analyzing the result presented by the Search Committee, candidate Mauro Oliveira Pires was chosen. I thank the members of the committee for their valuable volunteer work, as well as the candidates for their participation in the selection process. On this occasion, I also recognize and thank the server’s dedicated work Marcelo Marcelino de Oliveira for his interim presidency of ICMBio”, wrote Marina Silva. Mauro Pires is an environmental analyst at ICMBio. He has a degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) and a Master’s in Sociology from the University of Brasília (UnB). Federal authority created in 2007, ICMBIO’s main attribution is to protect the country’s natural heritage and promote socio-environmental development through the management of the Union’s conservation units, such as biological reserves, parks and national forests.

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