Izabella Teixeira

Izabella Mônica Teixeira Vieira ( born October 9, 1961 in Brasília ) is a Brazilian politician. Since 1 April 2010, it counts as the successor of Carlos Minc, Brazil's environment minister under tree field Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff then. Prior to her appointment as Minister, she was Secretary of State at the same place.

Teixeira studied biology at the University of Brasília; she earned a master's degree in energy planning and a doctorate in environmental planning at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. On September 24, 2012, she was appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki -moon to participate in the High - Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the post -2015 development agenda.

When asked to deforestation in the Brazilian jungle, if it was not necessary to give the laws with more police officers forcefully, she answered with "Yes". However, it was not possible to get hold of all lawbreakers. In November 2012, she was announced, the depletion of the Amazon jungle in Brazil has fallen to its lowest level since 1988.

At the beginning of her ministers time she was criticized for high travel costs.