Funbio - Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade
Mariana Couto is an experienced professional currently working as an Assistente de projetos at FUNBIO - Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade, specializing in environmental project management, geoprocessing, and technical documentation analysis. Previously, Mariana held roles at PROBIOTA and INCT - Herbário Virtual da Flora e dos Fungos, contributing to forest inventory projects and botanical data management. As a Pesquisadora with Programa Educativo Bolsa de Iniciação ao Trabalho, Mariana focused on restoration and monitoring of riparian forests, alongside experience in education at Cefet-RJ. Mariana also served as Vice-presidente and Consultora de projetos at Titanus Solucoes Sustentaveis. Educationally, Mariana holds a Master’s degree in Ecologia Vegetal from Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora and graduated from UERJ in 2019.
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Funbio - Fundo Brasileiro para a Biodiversidade
The Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (Funbio) is an innovative financial mechanism created to drive the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Brazil. Active since 1996, Funbio was created by a multidisciplinary group consisting of representatives from the Federal Government, academia, civil society and the business world on the strength of a USD 20 million donation from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). For the last 24 years it has been a strategic partner of these sectors and has administrated USD 614 million in disbursements to 282 projects across all of Brazil’s biomes. MISSION To provide strategic resources for biodiversity conservation