Rodrigo Agostinho (PSB-SP) is appointed as chief of Ibama, Brazil’s environmental agency

On Saturday (14), minister Marina Silva appointed the new president for Ibama, the Brazilian Environmental Agency: the lawyer and former federal representative Rodrigo Agostinho (PSB-SP). A member of the Environmental Caucus at National Congress, he’s been part of the transition cabinet and previously led the Sustainable Development and Environmental Commission at the House of Representatives (2019-2020). 

Agostinho was elected mayor of the city of Bauru, in the State of São Paulo for two consecutive terms (2009-2016); in 2018, he was elected for the federal House of Representatives for the mandate ending this month. He is a bachelor in both Law and Biology, and has a masters in Science and Technology with a focus on Biology and Conservation by USC. He was part of the National Environmental Council (CONAMA) for over 10 years, and also worked as executive manager for Arapyau Institute, as well as founding Vidágua Institute.

The new Ibama president said he was honored by the opportunity and promised a dedicated “technical stewardship of the Agency, supporting the work of agents and public servants’ ‘.