Izabella Teixeira

Izabella Teixeira (2010)

Izabella Mônica Vieira Teixeira (born October 9, 1961 in Brasília ) is a Brazilian politician . Since April 1, 2010, she was the successor to Carlos Minc Baumfeld as Brazilian Environment Minister under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and then Dilma Rousseff until she was replaced by José Sarney Filho in the Temer cabinet . Before her appointment as minister, she was State Secretary in the same position .

Teixeira studied biology at the University of Brasília ; she earned a master's degree in energy planning and a doctorate in environmental planning from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro . On September 24, 2012, she was appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to participate in the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda .

When asked about the deforestation in the Brazilian jungle, whether it was not necessary to enforce the laws with more police officers, she replied with "Yes". But it is not possible to get hold of all lawbreakers. In November 2012, it announced that the decline in Amazon rainforest in Brazil had fallen to its lowest level since 1988.

In 2013 she received the Champions of Earth Award .

At the beginning of her ministerial tenure, she was criticized for high travel costs.

Web links

• Com perfil técnico, Izabella Teixeira se mantém no Meio Ambiente , O Globo from December 22, 2010

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2012/sga1374.doc.htm
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ "The only good news for the environment worldwide". In: sueddeutsche.de. November 28, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2018 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
Carlos Minc	Environment Minister (Ministra do Meio Ambiente) April 1, 2010 - May 12, 2016	José Sarney Filho