Meet the Task Force

Bráulio Ferreria de Souza Dias

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias is Associate Professor at the University of Brasilia’s Department of Ecology. He has coordinated research on biogeography, fire ecology, insect ecology and conservation of the Brazilian Cerrado Biome, the largest savanna in the Americas and the richest savanna in the world.

Braulio has been strongly involved with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) since its negotiations. He has been the Brazilian National Focal Point for both the Subsidiary Body for Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) and the Clearing-House Mechanism (CHM)of the CBD.