Osvaldo is a geographic information systems specialist who joined Trase in 2021. He works on mapping supply chains and analysing data for key audiences in South America and China. Before joining Trase, Osvaldo worked at The Nature Conservancy Brazil as the technical coordinator of the Agroideal decision support system, with a focus on soy and beef production chains in Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco biomes. Osvaldo holds degrees in Geography from the State University of São Paulo (BA, 2008), and Agronomy from the University of São Paulo (MA, 2011) and the University of Toulon-Var (PhD, 2014).

Martin Persson

Chandrakant Singh

Osvaldo Pereira

Helen Bellfield

Policy & regulation

DeDuCE: New data to inform action against commodity-driven deforestation

André Vasconcelos

Brazil

Mato Grosso's path to net-zero: Tackling pasture degradation for enhanced beef exports

Tiago Reis

Erasmus zu Ermgassen

Brazilian beef exports and deforestation

Missing deforestation-risk products undermine EU’s due diligence proposal

Global Canopy

André is the Global Engagement Lead at Trase, Global Canopy's supply chain mapping initiative in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Based in Oxford, UK, André coordinates the team's engagement activities involving dialogue and solutions building with global actors to make agricultural commodity supply chains more sustainable. Over the last five years his work has focused on deforestation and supply chains, with a particular emphasis on the exposure of Chinese and European markets to deforestation and climate impacts.

China

Will China take action on imported deforestation?

Yuan Zhang 

How Brazil and China can use data for a more sustainable cattle sector

Carina Mueller

Commodity-driven deforestation and peatland loss emits more carbon than Germany

Thomas Sembres

Spotlight on Brazilian soy exports to France

Engagement

Management

Carina is a sustainability scientist who joined Trase in 2023. Her work aims to improve methods and data to account for carbon emissions from land use change and agricultural practices linked to commodity supply chains (such as soy, beef, palm oil and wood pulp) and to drive uptake of improved data and methods by companies, governments and financial institutions. Prior to joining Trase, she has been working for a consumer goods company contributing to the application and methodological development of Life Cycle Assessment. Carina holds a degree in Environmental Economics from the University of York (PhD, 2022) and Environmental Science from the University of Bayreuth in Germany (BSc, 2008; MSc, 2012).

Stockholm Environment Institute

Spatial intelligence

Research

Chris is a research scientist with expertise in ecology, supply chain modelling, and private sector engagement. He joined Trase in 2018 and works in the impact and research teams, leading engagement with the corporate sector. Chris has helped develop models, tools and associated projects at SEI that explore the role of consumption and supply chain activities on environmental degradation and sustainable development. Chris holds a degree in Ecology, Conservation and the Environment (BSc, 2005) and Ecology (PhD, 2010) from the University of York. He works part-time on Trase.

Simon Croft

Jolene Tan

Chris West

To deliver on sustainable consumption targets, countries must measure their footprints

Reports & case studies

Approaches to assessing commodity-driven deforestation

Mark Titley

Assessing Germany’s soy deforestation risk

Michael Lathuillière

Business & finance

Trase enhances life cycle assessment with ‘commodity supply mix’

Supply chain mapping

Florian Gollnow is a land systems scientist who joined Trase in 2023. At Trase, he develops methods to assess the impact of agricultural commodities and leads Trase’s component on corporate sustainability. Before joining Trase, he investigated the impact of zero-deforestation supply chain commitments, worked on soy expansion’s socio-ecological outcomes, forest degradation, land-use displacement processes, and sustainable intensification across multiple countries. Florian holds degrees in Geography from Humboldt-University of Berlin (PhD, 2018, Dipl. Geography (MSc) 2018).

Jason is a geospatial data specialist and researcher. He started collaborating with Trase in 2018 and works on Indonesian supply chains. Previously, Jason was the Data Analytics and Visualization lead at The Forest Trust (now Earthworm Foundation) focusing on geo-data management, supply chain mapping, and data collection support for field assessments and smallholder engagement. He has broad experience in geospatial data analysis working in the private sector and non-profits in Malaysia and Australia. Jason holds a degree in Remote Sensing from the University of Technology Malaysia (BSc, 2004).

Jason Jon Benedict

Robert Heilmayr

Indonesia

Indonesian palm oil exports and deforestation

Indonesia makes progress towards zero palm oil deforestation

University of California, Santa Barbara

Mark is a conservation scientist and ecologist interested in the global drivers of biodiversity loss. He joined Trase in 2021, helping to map the international supply chains of commodities driving deforestation and assess their impacts on ecosystems. He also presents Trase at events, and helps companies, governments and financial institutions get the most out of our data. Before Trase, Mark completed a PhD exploring how the combination of land-use change and climate change shape global patterns of biodiversity loss (Durham University, 2022). He also holds degrees in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge (BA, 2016) and in Ecosystem and Environmental Change from Imperial College London (MRes, 2017).

UK unprotected from high levels of deforestation exposure

EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure

US FOREST Act: Lack of progress leaves forests at risk 

Trase links Belgium’s commodity imports to water scarcity

Maria Tyldesley

Soy expansion drives deforestation in Bolivia

Beyond forests: traders face EU regulatory risks from soy expansion in Brazil

Key sources of deforestation risk for Europe revealed

How to measure a country’s imported tropical deforestation risk

Michaela is a Data and Policy Analyst at the European Forest Institute (EFI) who joined Trase in 2021. She analyzes Trase data in support of EFI’s work to promote transparency in forest-risk commodity supply chains. Prior to joining EFI, Michaela completed a PhD at Yale University on the impacts of natural resource policies on land use change. She holds degrees in Forestry and Environmental Studies from Yale University (PhD, 2021; MPhil, 2017), Natural Resources from North Carolina State University (MS, 2015), and Environmental Science and Policy from Duke University (BA, 2013). She works part-time on Trase.

European Forest Institute

Paula is the South America Engagement Lead at Trase, with special focus in Brazil, since 2024. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Paula promotes engagement activities involving dialogue and solutions building with Brazilian actors to make agricultural commodity supply chains more sustainable. With over 15 years of experience on land use and deforestation, she has worked at civil society and philanthropy organizations and participated in networks and multistakeholder coalitions.

Paula holds degrees in Environmental Management from University of Sao Paulo (BA, 2007) and in Economic Development from University of Campinas (MSc, 2013).

Daniel Meyer

Paula Bernasconi

Creating a sustainable jurisdiction for agriculture and conservation

Thomas is a land-use governance expert who started collaborating with Trase in 2015. Thomas is the Trase lead at the European Forests Institute. His work focuses on target users in Europe, Indonesia and West Africa. Before joining EFI, Thomas worked on programs to address drivers of deforestation at the UN Environment Programme in Kenya, the World Bank in the United States, and for philanthropic foundations. Thomas holds degrees in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge (MPhil, 2008) and Public Policy from the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

Osvaldo Pereira

Insights by Osvaldo Pereira

Explainer
17 Sep 2024

DeDuCE: New data to inform action against commodity-driven deforestation

Analysis
6 Aug 2024

Mato Grosso's path to net-zero: Tackling pasture degradation for enhanced beef exports

Explainer
21 Nov 2023

Brazilian beef exports and deforestation

Other Team Members

André Vasconcelos

Carina Mueller

Chris West

Florian Gollnow

Jason Jon Benedict

Mark Titley

Michaela Foster

Paula Bernasconi

Thomas Sembres

Osvaldo Pereira

Insights by Osvaldo Pereira

Explainer17 Sep 2024

DeDuCE: New data to inform action against commodity-driven deforestation

Analysis6 Aug 2024

Mato Grosso's path to net-zero: Tackling pasture degradation for enhanced beef exports

Explainer21 Nov 2023

Brazilian beef exports and deforestation

Other Team Members

André Vasconcelos

Carina Mueller

Chris West

Florian Gollnow

Jason Jon Benedict

Mark Titley

Michaela Foster

Paula Bernasconi

Thomas Sembres

Explainer
17 Sep 2024

Analysis
6 Aug 2024

Explainer
21 Nov 2023