The crossroad - toward Zero Deforestation in the Atlantic Forest?

Thursday, 25 June 2026, 4.15pm to 5.15pm

The Atlantic Forest is one of the world’s top biodiversity hotspots, a flagship of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, and the most degraded Brazilian biome after more than five centuries of exploitation. Its current situation combines both deforestation and forest regeneration simultaneously. This trajectory may lead either to its extinction or to its becoming an example of how to reverse a long history of environmental destruction.

The Atlantic Forest can become a nursery for nature-based solutions, helping to secure ecosystem services for the majority of Brazil’s population and economy, while also providing valuable lessons for the Amazon and other tropical forests around the world in addressing the global climate and biodiversity crisis.

<strong>Biography:</strong>Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto is an agronomist and holds a PhD in Agronomy from the University of São Paulo. He is the Executive Director of Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica and has worked for 30 years on studies, dialogue, and solutions related to the sustainability of Brazilian agriculture and forest conservation. He has served on the boards of Brazilian and international organizations such as the Sustainable Agriculture Network, ISEAL Alliance, the Instituto Floresta Tropical and IAMap. He is a professor at the School of Conservation and Sustainability (ESCAS-IPÊ) and was a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford.

The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Nature Network are interested in promoting a wide variety of views and opinions on nature recovery from researchers and practitioners.

The views, opinions and positions expressed within this lecture are those of the author alone, they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery/Nature Network, or its researchers.

Speaker(s): Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto (Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica)

Series: Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Nature Network seminar series

Venue: Dyson Perrins Building - Diversity Room - Diversity Room Dyson Perrins Building off South Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3QY United Kingdom

Organiser: Carlyn Samuel

Host: Erika Berenguer

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