INTER-AMERICAN WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACCESS

GUIDO GELLI

Civil Engineer from the Catholic University(PUC) - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil, 1975

MSc in Nuclear Engineering, Energy and Environmental Planning from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ / COPPE), Brazil, in 1993. Thesis: "Radioactive Residues and Rejects in the fields of Health, Engineering, Industry and Agribusiness: State participation in Control Policies".

Environment Sub secretary of Rio de Janeiro's State Administration from 1995 to 1999.

Since 1999 Geosciences Director at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics-IBGE. Main recent accomplishments include, among others: the National Atlas of Brazil; Preparation of the Operational Base for the Demographic Census of 2000; Implementation of the IBGE Environmental Statistics Consulting Commission; formulation and implementation of the National Cartographic Plan; Systematic Mapping of the National Territory.

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