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Carlos Augusto Peres | |
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| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Belém, Brazil |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Pará Duke University Robinson College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Line transect studies Tropical forest conservation Brazil-nut study |
| Awards | "Environmentalist Leader for the New Millennium" by Time magazine (2000) & "Biodiversity Conservation Leadership Award" (1995) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Tropical conservation biology |
| Institutions | University of East Anglia |
Carlos Augusto Peres (Portuguese:[ˈkaʁluzɐwˈɡuʃtuˈpɛɾiʃ]) (born 1963) is a Brazilian fieldbiologist andconservation biologist who works in theAmazon rainforest and otherneotropical forest regions. His research interests are in the large-scale patterns of large-bodiedvertebrate diversity and abundance inAmazonian forests; the effects of different forms on human disturbance, including hunting,habitat fragmentation and wildfires, on Amazonian forest vertebrates; and reserve selection and design criteria in relation to regional gradients ofbiodiversity value and implementation costs. He co-directs three research programs on natural resource management in the eastern, southern and westernAmazon basin focusing on the ecology of natural and heavily modified landscapes and their role in the retention of biodiversity.
Peres was born inBelém, Brazil, and was exposed to Amazonian natural history from early childhood on his father's ranch in easternPará, which consisted largely ofprimary forest. Since 1982 he has been studying wildlife community ecology in Amazonian forests, the biological criteria for designing nature reserves, and thepopulation ecology of resource management within and outside protected areas. He currently is involved in four conservation ecology research programs in different parts of Amazonia. He has published over 350 papers on neotropical forest ecology and conservation at scales ranging from single populations to entire regional landscapes. Peres was the co-editor with W.F. Laurance of the 2006 bookEmerging Threats to Tropical Forests.[1] He currently divides his time betweenNorwich,Aarhus and fieldwork in theBrazilian Amazon.
In 1995 Peres received a "Biodiversity Conservation Leadership Award"[from whom?] and in 2000 he was named an "Environmentalist Leader for the New Millennium" byTime magazine.[citation needed]
