Rayane Pacheco is an Associate Researcher at Centro de Inteligência Territorial (CIT), working with spatial data analysis for conservation law enforcement on rural properties. She is an environmental researcher and geospatial data scientist, with an undergraduate degree in environmental management from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Pará (IFPA), a master’s degree in environmental systems analysis and modeling and a doctorate in production engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Pacheco has been working in the frontier of science and technology for the implementation of public policies in the Brazilian Amazon, in particular the Forest Code, the main forest conservation law in Brazil. Currently, she leads the development of methodological approaches for the territorial intelligence tool (CAR 2.0) that automatically assesses the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) in the states of Pará and Minas Gerais, Brazil, an initiative of CIT in partnership with UFMG. Her Fulbright Amazonia research focuses on the spatial allocation of land for forest restoration to meet forest code requirements on private properties in the Brazilian Amazon.