Bernadete Lange is a senior environmental specialist in The World Bank’s Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. In the last 11 years at the World Bank she has been working on projects in the following areas: biodiversity, natural resources management, biogeography analysis and, sustainable development, public policies, and at the interface of environment and agriculture in Brazil. Prior to The World Bank, Bernadete served as environmental specialist at World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and at United Nation Environment Programme in Brazil.