About the Author

• Author: Maria Antonia Tigre
• Pages: 7-7

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About the Author

Maria Antonia Tigre (S.JD. Candidate, LL.M.,

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace Uni-

versity, J.D., Pontifícia Universidade Católica

of Rio de Janeiro) is the Deputy Director for

Latin America for the Global Net work for the

Study of Human Rights and the Environment

(GNHRE) and a member of the IUCN World

Commission on Environmental Law. She is the

author and co-author of several publications on

themes related to Latin America n, regional, and

international environmental law. Her current

research specica lly focuses on issues concerning

environmental rights and the reshaping of the

existing fra mework of international environmen-

tal law. Originally from Brazil, she also researches environmental protection

of the Amazon ecosy stem, with an emphasis on regional cooperation. Her

rst book, Regional Cooperation in Amazonia: A Comparative Environmental

Law Analysis, was published in 2017. Ms. Tigre has previously worked in the

private sector and at nonprot organizations. She was a visiting scholar at

Widener Law School and Maurice A. Dean Law Sc hool at Hofstra University.