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Brazilian scientist (born 1981)

Raoni Guerra Lucas Rajão (August 1st 1981) is a Brazilian environmental scientist and associate professor in environmental management and social studies of science & technology in the Department of Production Engineering at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brazil. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC) and a former fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Wilson Center) in the U.S. In March 31st 2023, Raoni Rajão was nominated Director of the Department of Policies to Deforestation and Burning Control of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, in Brazil, becoming responsible for the plans to control deforestation and the REDD+ agenda.

He has been taking part in the international discussions about climate change and sustainability at United Nations Conference of the Parties since 2014 and, along his career, has collaborated with agencies of the United Nations, Inter-American Development Bank, and the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ). He has advised Brazilian government employees regarding environmental policies.

Career

Rajão holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Milano-Bicocca(2005), in Italy, a Master's in Information Technology, Change Management (2007) and a Ph.D. in Organization, Work and Technology (2011) both from Lancaster University, in England. In 2011, he started working as an adjunct professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. There he founded, in 2012, the Laboratory of Environmental Services Management (LAGESA). In 2022, he became vice-coordinator of the Centre for Remote Sensing (CSR) at UFMG.  Rajão is also a professor at the Post-Graduate Programs in Production Engineering and Analysis and Modeling of Environmental Systems at UFMG.

Since his years as a Master's student, his work focuses on the relationship between science, technology and public policies, especially in the ones concerning environmental issues such as climate and deforestation.

After publishing an article that exposed how much soy and beef contaminated with deforestation was exported from Brazil to the European Union in 2020, Rajão and his colleagues started to work, in 2021, alongside the state government of Pará, Brazil, to develop SeloVerde Pará. The public platform for transparency and traceability of supply chains has been recognized by the EU as a leading example initiative.

Awards

In 2022, Rajão and eleven colleagues received the Amílcar Herrera prize of the Latin-American Association of Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESOCITE) for the article "The risk of fake controversies for Brazilian environmental policies". The group found out evidences that a group of researchers led by Evaristo de Miranda was creating false scientific controversies that impacted negatively on Brazilian environmental and health policies.

References

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  13. ^ Rajão, Leomar, Melo, Botelho, Cisalpino. "Benchmarking Internacional: Prácticas y procedimientos gubernamentales para la toma de decisiones sobre inversiones en programas y proyectos de infraestructura" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Consórcio GFA-WayCarbon-UBA Austria, Bittencourt, Brito, Rajão, Irffi, Cisalpino, Bürgi, Swartz, Mehling, Luedemann. "Produto 2 – Estruturação da Análise do Impacto Regulatório do Programa Nacional de Relato de Gases Efeito Estufa- PNR-GEE" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  15. Rajão, Soraes-Filho, van der Hoff, Nunes, Oliveira. "Resultados alcançados nas quatro fases do Plano para o Controle do Desmatamento Legal e Recuperação da Vegetação Nativa na Amazônia Legal – PPCDAm" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  20. Rajão, Raoni; Soares-Filho, Britaldo; Nunes, Felipe; Börner, Jan; Machado, Lilian; Assis, Débora; Oliveira, Amanda; Pinto, Luis; Ribeiro, Vivian; Rausch, Lisa; Gibbs, Holly; Figueira, Danilo (2020-07-17). "The rotten apples of Brazil's agribusiness". Science. 369 (6501): 246–248. Bibcode:2020Sci...369..246R. doi:10.1126/science.aba6646. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 32675358. S2CID 220548355.
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  22. Strickler, Jordan. "Rotten Apples Could Spoil Brazilian Soybean Exports". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  23. "Plataforma SeloVerde garante transparência no controle da cadeia da pecuária". Agência Pará de Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  24. "Third Technical Dialogue: The use of traceability tools to increase sustainability in the beef and leather chain" (PDF).
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  26. "Falsas controversias deben refutarse activamente". América Latina y el Caribe. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  27. "Rubens Valente - Estudo mostra como 'falsas controvérsias' do governo afetaram meio ambiente". noticias.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-01-10.
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