Full Name
Camille Rebelo
Job Title
Co-founder
Organisation
Ecoplanet Bamboo
Speaker Bio
Camille Rebelo is the Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of EcoPlanet Bamboo and has been responsible for the origination, implementation and management of the company’s reforestation operations to date, spanning projects three continents and five countries, and representing more than 35,000 hectares under management. Through EcoPlanet Bamboo, Camille has been responsible for the development of global and local frameworks within which bamboo can be a positive tool for achieving landscape restoration, while reducing deforestation through the provision of a scaleable, "deforestation free biomass" to feed major industries. Prior to co-founding EcoPlanet Bamboo, she developed or managed forestry projects ranging from large scale commercial plantations through to smallholder operations in more than 20 countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia. Camille is an expert in forest certification and nature based solutions, and through early involvement with the UNFCCC and voluntary carbon markets developed some of the first successful forest carbon projects globally. Camille sits on the Global Restoration Council, and has advised governments around the world on mechanisms and frameworks towards achieving green bio-economies, focused on bamboo as a sustainable alternative source of fiber and biomass. She holds a BSc from Imperial College, London, and a Masters in Environmental Management from Yale School of the Environment.
Camille Rebelo