Alberto Campos- FFN Laureate ISC member

Alberto Campos is a conservation biologist who co-founded the NGO Aquasis while still an undergrad student, with the mission to prevent extinctions in Brazil. For 20 years, he acted as the NGO’s principal Director, creating long-term conservation projects for some of the most globally endangered birds and marine mammals. He has received three Conservation Leadership Awards and the prestigious Future for Nature Award. The NGO Aquasis received the Brazilian National Biodiversity Award for downlisting critically endangered species in the Brazilian and IUCN red lists.  In 2025, as one of the six finalists for the Indianapolis Prize, Alberto received the DeHaan prize, due to his long-term commitment to biodiversity conservation. He is now developing a network of large privately protected areas to promote rewilding and safeguard key habitats for endangered species.