Luiz Villares is an environmentalist and project expert with 20 years experience in the Amazon and was Chief financial officer (2008–2023) of the Sustainable Amazon Foundation, Brazil’s largest organization for social and environmental projects — focusing on bioeconomy, local entrepreneurship, education, citizenship and health for forest communities. He holds a Master of International Management “With Distinction” from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and has published articles including “Blockchain and Conservation: Why Does It Matter” (August 2020), “Environmental Management and Data for the SDGs” (April 2021) and “Cryptocurrencies Effectiveness for Nature” (August 2022). He is the author of “Ecos do Antropoceno (Echoes of the Anthropocene), edited by Casa Matinas, in Brazil.