Fernanda Silva Martinelli is a sustainable development scientist interested in bridging the science-management gap and generating easy-to-understand information to empower society to make responsible decisions about the environment. For the last eight years, she has led science-based projects regarding poverty, deforestation, and urban challenges in Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon region - three years of which working for the global NGO Conservation International (CI). She holds a Master from the Global Master Development Program (MDP/UFRRJ), a postgraduate certificate in Environmental Management from TU Dresden/BMUB (Germany), and is currently a PhD Candidate at Bonn International Graduate School for Development Research (BIGS-DR).