Eduardo Mansur

Mr. Eduardo Mansur, a national of Brazil, currently is Director, Land and Water Division, at the FAO’s Climate, Biodiversity, Land and Water Department, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil and an M.Sc. in Forest Economics from the University of Helsinki, Finland. Mr. Mansur started his career in 1981 as a Researcher (Silviculture) in a collaborative programme of the Federal University of Paraná and the Eduardo Mondlane University of Mozambique. He worked as Project Officer in Mozambique and Ecuador, and served from 1995 to 1996 as Regional Forest Conservation Officer for South America with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Mr. Mansur joined FAO in May 1997 as Chief Technical Adviser in the FAO Representation in Mozambique. In 2002, he transferred to FAO Headquarters in Rome as Project Co-ordinator and then served as Forestry Officer with the Forestry Economics and Policy Division (FOED). From 2007 to 2008 he worked as Senior Forestry Officer, Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana. Between 2008 and early 2012 he was Assistant Director, Reforestation and Forest Management with the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) in Japan. In March 2012, Mr. Mansur returned to FAO HQ in Rome, as Director of the Forest Assessment, Management and Conservation Division with FAO Forestry Department.