Sabina Ribeiro is an associate professor at the Federal University of Acre. She graduated from the University of Brasília (UnB) and holds a Master’s and Doctorate in Forest management from Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). Her research has focused on the quantification of forest biomass and carbon stocks in the Atlantic forest, Cerrado (savannah) and Amazonia. She has also done applied research related to public policies concerning climate change. Ribeiro was PI on a 5-year NSF/USAID PEER “Forest Health Project” that included capacity building with extractive communities in Acre. Currently, Ribeiro is conducting research on forest dynamics in mature and secondary forests under the Prodigy project / Forest health consortium. She also leads the environmental work group of a project approved under the Amazonia+10 Initiative. Ribeiro’s Fulbright Amazonia project aims to disseminate scientific knowledge about climate change causes, adaptation and mitigation to traditional communities, mainly extractivists, as a way to foster sustainable development and reduce social inequalities in the state of Acre.