Virgilio Viana

Virgilio Viana is the Director-General of the Amazonas Sustainability Foundation (FAS). He holds a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology from Harvard University. Viana conducted his post-doc in sustainable development at the University of Florida, and he was a professor in the Department of Forestry Sciences at ESALQ-USP from 1989 to 2009. His writings have been published & distributed internationally, and he is one of Brazil’s leading experts on forestry, environment, and sustainable development.