Thiago C Gomes

MA, Environmental Studies BSc., Biological Sciences go.thiago@yahoo.com gothiago.com

PROFILE
Emerging ethnoecologist, with research interests ranging from plant ecology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, ethnoecology and ethnobotany, environmental history, participatory research and education, with experience in projects in southern Brazil, western Canada, and northern Mozambique.

EDUCATION
University of Victoria Victoria, Canada Master of Arts in Environmental Studies Jun/2012 Restoring Tlchs: an ethnoecological restoration study in Chatham Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Supervisors: Dr. Nancy Turner and Dr. Eric Higgs Restoration of Natural Systems Diploma Interrupted. Universidade Federal do Paran / Federal University of Paran (UFPR) Sep/2009 to Apr/2010 Curitiba, Brazil Dec/2007

BSc in Biological Sciences Ethnobotanical study as a basis for the elaboration of management plan in the forest reserve EMBRAPA/EPAGRI in Caador, Santa Catarina. Supervisor: Dr. Raquel Negrelle English Language Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): 110/120 University of Cambridge: Certificate in Advanced English (CAE)

Mar/2009 Dec/2006

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
A Rocha Brasil Brazil Scientific Counsellor May/2012 to present Development and planning for social-ecological projects for biodiversity conservation, ecological restoration and environmental education. School of Environmental Studies of the University of Victoria Teacher Assistant Ethnobotany, Ethnoecology and Advanced Ethnoecology courses. Victoria, Canada Sep/2010 to Dec 2011

GOERT (Garry Oak Ecosystem Recovery Team) Victoria, Canada Member & volunteer in field activities Set/2009 to Dec/2011 Invasive species control and restoration of the most at-risk terrestrial ecosystem in Canada. Oikos Ecology Laboratory/UFPR (Federal University of Paran) Curitiba, Brazil Intern and Associate Researcher Mar/2006 to Jun/2010 Involved in ethnobotany and ecology projects, fieldwork and organization of study groups, conferences and regional meetings promoted by the laboratory. EMBRAPA Florestas (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation-Forests) Colombo/Brazil Intern & Associate Researcher Mar/2007 to Dec/2009 Interdisciplinary research project for elaboration of a model forest management plan in southern Brazil. Associao Franciscana de Ensino Senhor Bom Jesus (UNESCO partner) Campo Largo, Brazil

Elementary School Teacher in Environmental Sciences Mar/2008 to Dec/2008 Lectures, field classes, development of year curricula and teacher training course for science teachers.

AWARDS AND PRESENTATIONS

University of Victoria (14,400 CAD) + Pacic Century Graduate Scholarship (24,400 CAD) Sarah Spencer Foundation Research Fellowship best application (2,000 CAD) IX Brazilian Symposium of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology Organization committee, Darrell Posey Prize Winner for poster presentation Global Social Forum: Thematic Forum Round table presentation: Climate change and poverty Salish Sea Ecosystems Conference Oral Presentation: Restoring the Gardens at Tlchs World Conference on Ecological Restoration (Society of Ecological Restoration) Abstract Submission & Poster Presentation: Restoring Tlchs 4th Annual Vancouver Island Traditional Foods Conference Keynote Presentation: Restoring Traditional Food Systems in Tlchs 8th Annual GOERT (Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration Team) Research Colloquium Oral Presentation: Ethnoecological Restoration in Chatham Islands, British Columbia International Congress of Ethnobiology (International Society of Ethnobiology) Sep2010 to Aug/2012 May/2011 Florianopolis, Brazil Nov/2012 Porto Alegre, Brazil Jan/2012 Vancouver, Canada Oct/2011 Merida, Mexico Aug/2011 Quadra Island, Canada Sep/2011 Victoria, Canada Feb/2011 Tofino, Canada

Volunteer, Participant of Pre-Congress Student Workshop & Poster Presentation May/2010 Workshop resulted in the conception of the International Network of Emerging Ethnobiologists. Society of Ethnobiology -33 Annual Conference
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Victoria, Canada

Volunteers, Abstract Submission & Poster Presentation May/2010 Negrelle and Gomes (2010): Ethnobotanical Study as Basis for the Elaboration of Management Plan of Forest Reserve Embrapa/Epagri (RFEE) in Caador, Santa Catarina, Brazil. II SEE-SUL (Conference of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology of Southern Brazil) Organization committee, round-table interlocutor and logistics coordinator Staff and round table assistant/interpreter Curitiba, Brazil Nov/2007 Nov/2006 Brazil 2012 2012 2012 2007 2007

VI OIUDSMA (Conf. of the Int. Org. of Uni. for Sustainable Development and the Environment) Curitiba, Brazil

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Workshops Conservation Areas and Ethnobiology (IX Brazil. Symp. of Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology) Sociobiodiversity research in federal conservation areas in Santa Catarina State (Min. of Envir.) I Latin-American Environmental Law Journey (Federal Univesity of Santa Catarina/UFSC) Phenology as a tool for conservation and plant resource management (EMBRAPA Florestas/UFPR) III Symposium in Ecology and Conservation: biodiversity, from theory to economy (UFPR) United Nations - COP8 MOP3 and CBD Observer and Volunteer

Curitiba, Brazil Mar/2006

Iris Inc. Pemba, Mozambique Trans-cultural training and volunteer work with Makua, Makonde and Moni peoples. Jun to Aug/2005

PUBLICATIONS
Under review - Gomes, TC (2013) Novel ecosystems in the restoration of cultural landscapes of Tl'chs, West Chatham Island, British Columbia, Canada. Ecological Processes.