Jarlene Gomes holds a teaching degree in Geography from the Federal University of Acre. She is currently a researcher and coordinator at the IPAM office in Acre, where she works in debates about public policies on family agriculture and its sustainable development with environmental regularity. She collaborates with the initiative that supports monitoring the impact of policies that comprise the Planos de Prevenção e Controle do Desmatamento [Deforestation Prevention and Control Plans] in the Amazon states. Ms. Gomes has worked on mapping governance networks, trying to identify indicators that allow assessing the vulnerability and development opportunities for protected areas in the Brazilian Amazon. She also works with leadership training for grassroots organizations, conceiving and implementing projects, articulating several players from public and private sectors.
