Dr Suelma Ribeiro Silva is a Brazilian-born ecologist and environmentalist with more than 20 years of experience in neotropical biodiversity conservation. She holds a PhD in Ecology from the University of Brasilia. She has a postdoctoral degree from North Carolina State University, NCSU, USA and at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, England. She has coordinated research projects related to the conservation and restoration of wetland ecosystems and endangered plants. She was president of the IV Brazilian Congress of Wetlands and coordinates the preparation of a plan to restore riparian forests affected by fire in the Matogrossense Pantanal National Park, one of the Ramsar sites in Brasil. She also coordinates the research project on the status of knowledge of wetlands in Protected Areas of the Cerrado to support the elaboration of public policies.She’s an environmental analyst at the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation.
