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Danielle Moreira is an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), where she teaches in the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs in Law. She is the founder and coordinator of the research group Law, Environment, and Justice in the Anthropocene (JUMA)<\/path><\/svg><\/a>, which is affiliated with the Department of Law and based within its Centre for Research and Extension in Law and the Environment (NIMAJUR). JUMA is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Brazilian Climate Litigation Platform, as well as for conducting studies and research on environmental and climate law in the context of the Anthropocene. Danielle currently serves as the Brazil Rapporteur for the British Institute of International and Comparative Law’s Global Perspectives on Corporate Climate Legal Tactics project, as Director of the Law for a Green Planet Institute (IDPV), and as Academic Coordinator of the Association of Environmental Law Professors of Brazil (APRODAB). She also holds the title of State Scientist awarded by the Rio de Janeiro State Research Support Foundation (FAPERJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Danielle Moreira holds a PhD (2008) and a Master’s (2003) degree in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and a BA in Law (1998) from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). She has been teaching and researching Environmental Law at PUC-Rio since 2002. Her experience extends beyond academia into legal and policy advisory roles, having previously served as Vice-President of the Deliberative Council of the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund (FUNBIO) and as a legal advisor to FUNBIO, the State of Rio de Janeiro Environmental Protection Agency (FEEMA\/INEA), and the State Forestry Institute (IEF\/INEA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research interests<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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