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Maria Isabel Amando de Barros

Children and Nature Specialist
Civil society
Brazil

About Maria Isabel

Maria Isabel Amando de Barros is a forestry engineer with a Master’s degree in ecosystems conservation from the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Brazil, and has always worked in education and nature conservation. Since 2015 she has been a specialist in children and nature at the Alana Institute and since 2019 she has been the coordinator of the Nature, Children and Adolescents Working Group of the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. She lives with her husband and two children in São Paulo, Brazil.

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  • Environment & Cities

What we gain from being in nature with our children

Caregivers also benefit from green spaces close to home

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Birth of a Parent Podcast

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