Ligia Jahn (Volunteer)
president
Businesswoman and maintainer of fauna. She worked in the photographic market for 18 years, was administrative director in a company importing machinery and supplies for developing photographs and commercial director of a network of photographic retail stores. In 1998, he founded Editora Photos, publishing two bimonthly periodicals and several photographic books. He currently manages Politrade Ltda, a company that invests in the real estate market for rental purposes. In 2010 he started a fauna maintenance project, the Refugio das Aves, now part of the Espaço Silvestre Institute. Click on here to view the complete curriculum.
Dr. Paula Schommer (Volunteer)
Vice president
She holds a PhD in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas-SP. Master in Administration from the Federal University of Bahia and a degree in Business Administration from the University of Caxias do Sul. She is currently a professor of Public Administration at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC/ESAG), and a collaborating professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA ), next to the Center Interdisciplinary Development and Social Management (CIAGS). Voluntarily works with various civil society organizations and social projects. It is part of the National Network of Researchers in Social Management and the International Society for Third-Sector Research. Among its topics of interest in research are: co-production of the public good, accountability, governance, public management, social management, socio-territorial development and private social investment. Click on here to view the complete curriculum.
Eloiza Poletto (Volunteer)
treasurer
Bachelor of Laws from Unipar and Univali Universities since 2006, technician in real estate transactions since 1997 and accredited by Creci since 2008 under number 13445. She currently works in two real estate companies: at Politrade Ltda she manages and manages commercial rentals and at Desc Imobiliária she sells properties of high standard. It also acts as an investor in the same field. Between 2002 and 2007 he managed the financial, administrative and human resources areas of a holding with 7 companies in the photographic industry.
Together we can fly higher!
Since the beginning of our work, Instituto Espaço Silvestre (IES) has been dedicated to projects that seek to protect nature in a serious and committed way with the next generations and with scientific technical knowledge. For this, multidisciplinary teams of specialists are involved daily with the execution of projects in several Brazilian states. In Santa Catarina, we maintain the Programa Silvestres SC, which aims to release and monitor wild animals throughout the state. This program includes the Vinaceous-breasted Amazon Reintroduction Project in the Araucaria National Park, a reference in animal reintroduction work and winner of numerous national and international awards. Also in the same state, we are responsible, since 2019, for coordinating the only Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (CETAS-SC), together with the Santa Catarina Environment Institute (IMA-SC).
On the other side of Brazil, the Espaço Silvestre Institute supports the Aves de Noronha project in the famous Fernando de Noronha archipelago, belonging to the state of Pernambuco. Through technical training and environmental education projects, our team has been bringing ways to value the local avifauna and producing scientific knowledge about these emblematic animals.
In the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, IES works through Chalana Esperança. This project created in 2020 by 4 women aims to fight fires, educate and support the population.
We know the importance and necessity of our work and, therefore, we are always thinking about new projects and new ways to expand. We greatly appreciate all our supporters and sponsors, as well as the entire IES family who are always willing to face daily challenges and smiling for a better future for all species.