The Biodiversity Research Consortium Brazil–Norway (BRC) is guided by a leadership structure responsible for strategic direction, scientific excellence, and operational coordination of the programme. Meet the current executive members:
Hugo de Boer
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo
Hugo de Boer is currently the Board Chair of the Biodiversity Research Consortium Brazil–Norway (BRC). Professor, Acting Research Director and Head of the Department of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum – University of Oslo. His main research interests include molecular identification, systematics, and environmental DNA. His research has focused on developing molecular approaches for identifying plants, processed plant products in trade, and illegal plant trade, using chloroplast genome data and targeted enrichment methods for the efficient generation of genetic data from degraded material.
Ana Cristina Mendes de Oliveira
Federal University of Pará, Institute of Biological Sciences. Laboratory of Vertebrate Zoology
Ana Cristina Mendes de Oliveira is the Scientific Committee Chair of the Biodiversity Research Consortium Brazil–Norway (BRC). Titular Professor at the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), accredited in the joint Postgraduate Program in Zoology between UFPA and the Goeldi Museum, and in the collaborative Graduate Program in Ecology between UFPA and EMBRAPA–Amazônia. Her work focuses on the conservation of terrestrial mammals, assessing human impacts on mammalian fauna and the use of game species in the Amazon.
Flora Bittencourt
Instituto Peabiru
The Executive Secretariat of the Biodiversity Research Consortium Brazil–Norway (BRC) is carried out by Instituto Peabiru and represented by Flora Bittencourt. Instituto Peabiru is a Brazilian Civil Society Organization of Public Interest (OSCIP) with 25 years of experience. Instituto Peabiru is dedicated to strengthening the leadership of Amazonian social groups and promoting full access to fundamental rights. Based in Belém, Pará, the organization works primarily in the Amazon biome. Within the BRC, Instituto Peabiru oversees operational coordination, governance support, institutional articulation among partners, and the implementation of strategic programmes and activities, ensuring the effective functioning and long-term sustainability of the consortium.
