LÚCIA ORTIZ
Friends of the Earth
Biofuels In Brazil
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Saturday Morning, September 15. 2007

A geologist by training, Lúcia Ortiz holds a master’s degree in Geosciences by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul State (UFRGS). She is a former researcher at Fundação Estadual de Proteção Ambiental – FEPAM-RS (State Environmental Protection Agency), covering projects related to water and air contamination from coal mining and processing in power plants in the south of Brazil. In 1998, she started as a volunteer of Nucleo Amigos da Terra / Brazil (Friends of the Earth Brazil) where she worked as project manager from 2001 to 2004 and, since October 2004, is the general coordinator. Since 2001, Lúcia has been coordinator of the Energy Working Group of the Brazilian Forum of NGOs and Social Movements for the Environment and Development (FBOMS).