International Symposium: Revision of Flora Brasiliensis: challenges and opportunities

Olga Martha Montiel's Biography

Olga Martha Montiel is Vice President for Conservation and Sustainable Development at the Missouri Botanical Garden and has had extensive field and administrative experience; she joined the Missouri Botanical Garden's staff as Assistant to Dr. Peter Raven in 1991. She has had long-term involvement in the Garden's multiple research activities in Latin America and has a firsthand knowledge of the botanical and conservation communities there. She was an editor of the 3 volume Flora de Nicaragua, the first complete flora of a Latin American country published in Spanish and one of the most extensive published accounts of plants of any part of the world. She is currently directing the Garden's conservation programs while at the same time editing a volume on the ferns of Nicaragua, including a conservation analysis of each of the 700 species. She is also working toward a volume with a detailed analysis of the flora and state of conservation in Nicaragua, with the aim of defining the magnitude of the problem and developing practical conservation strategies. Prior to coming to the Garden, she held diplomatic positions in her native Nicaragua. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Nicaragua and a MA in Canada.


Comitê Científico:

Lúcia G. Lohmann
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Vanderlei Perez Canhos
Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental (CRIA)

Ariane Luna Peixoto
Jardim Botanico do Rio deJaneiro

George Shepherd
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Apoio:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Fapesp Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos Natura Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia

Organização:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Fapesp Centro de Referencia em Informação Ambiental Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos (CGEE)