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About me

I am a Biologist currently working on getting my PhD in Genetics (defense in first two weeks of August, 2012) at the University of Sao Paulo. My main interests are the fight against illegal wildlife trade and the application of forensic science to wildlife related crimes ... More »

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  • I'm passionate about

    Wildlife, Forensics, Science, DeRose Method, Swimming, good music and books, true friends, stray dogs, animals, the sea...

  • An idea worth spreading

    We must spread the need for the development of Wildlife Forensics, so that we can have scientific data as evidence to be used in legal processes. The crimes against wildlife are nowadays comparable to illegal drug and gun trade, and we are far from winning this fight. A Wildlife Forensics Lab in a mega diverse and mega exploited country such as Brazil would give the legal system tools to make legal decisions based on scientific evidence, and hopefully keep the greedy exploiters as far as we can from our Natural Resources. I have a dream.

  • Talk to me about

    Science, Wildlife, Sports, whatever you would like to!

  • People don't know that I'm good at

    swimming, making "brigadeiro, teaching

  • My TED story

    My TED story couldn't have began in a better way: I attended the 2009 conference at Long Beach and gave a talk at TED University! I also had the honor of being selected as one of the 2010-2012 TED senior fellows. And on TED 2010 I also gave a TEDU talk which made it to TED.com. The repercussion was instant. Having a talk on TED.com spread the problem of illegal wildlife trade in Brazil and the issue of what to do with the seized animals. I know that these are the high points of my professional life until today. Also, being at TED and Interacting with so many people amazing people,who are so accomplished and are still wanting to accomplish gave me even more hope and energy to keep on with my project of saving the world (!). The TED experience was a unique and special experience which I will always treasure and cherish.

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  • A comment on Talk: Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue

    Jul 20 2011: I wanted to congratulate Nina on her outstanding work. I can say this with confidence because I know her and I know how deep her work and mind are, and I think she did a great job showing the basics in only 4 minutes. If she did something very scientific and obscure, no one would understand. She did what she had to do: showed that this research exists, made it intelligible to everyone and invited the ones who got interested for a longer discussion. Good job Dr Tandon!

  • A comment on Conversation: How should we preserve global relevant resources?

    Jul 20 2011: Dear All,
    I quickly went through the thread, but did not read every single comment, so I am sorry if I am repeating something that was already said. There is so much to this issue, environmentally and politically. Of course forests like the amazon should be protected at all costs, as should the oceans, the true "Earth's lungs". But it is meaningless to protect the last few healthy environments in the world, and keep our developing countries still developing countries, only so that north americans, europeans and others (who already destroyed almost all of their natural resources) can keep on having their predatory highly consumptive life style. It is time that, yes, we protect our resources, but they should change their goals in life as well: SUVs, thermoelectric plants, air conditioning on day and night, buying more objects, more clothing, new iphones and ipads every year... This behavior should change as well... As to internalization: in an ideal world, this would be a great idea. In our world, ruled by economic interests, it is just not doable.
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    A comment on Talk: Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization

    Apr 28 2011: I would love to apply the technology you are developing to the rural "settlers" (is this the correct term?) that are granted a piece of land in Brazil, but have no money to invest on their crops... Having this kind of technology and putting together cooperatives could really empower those people and provide them with a stable source of income, hence not depending on governmental aid anymore.
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    A reply on Talk: Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

    Apr 1 2011: Thank you. I agree with you. Art will be "good" or "bad" for me, in relation to the emotions they cause in me. But, even if I am not touched by a piece as I am by other, still I am going to be able to see and recognize its value. So really I was saying, people may not like Sarah's work, but they should recognize it is their subjective taste and not her work being bad...
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    A reply on Talk: Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...

    Apr 1 2011: Dear Ernesto,
    Obrigada for your kind reply. Do try to read more Pessoa, I think you will particularly like Alvaro de Campos heteronym. Very secluded, dark, but yet beautiful.
    Here is what I cannot agree - 1) poetry should have rigor. Art is about feeling, and poetry is about putting feelings in words. Feelings don't need rigor. It is like saying Rachmaninoff had too much feeling in his music. Rigor has to do with the style and not with the art form itself. When you try to enclose art, you try to enclose feelings, and for me this is a paradox....
    2) poetry should be related to solitude, seclusion and maybe darkness. It can be. Then it will give wings to our deepest most difficult feelings. But what about poetry of love and joy? Are you willing to argue that all the poetry about beauty, love, joy, nature, sex is all crap?
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