ProScience NGO

The ProScience NGO, in a partnership with Aoka, is the organization responsible for the neutralization of CO2 project together with the “Os Pioneiros” group. Biologists Simone Bazarian e João Ruffin Leme de Godoy, both holding a PhD in Atlantic Forest Ecology, are the directors of the organization and coordinators of the project.

ProScience is Aoka’s strategic partner in the development of its travel programs and the implementation of environmental projects around Brazil. It is a non-governmental organization with the mission of reclaiming the connection between society and the natural world. ProScience strives to build a network of socio-environmental projects centered on sustainable development and global citizenship. Moreover, it seeks partnerships to expand and strengthen these projects. ProScience has contributed to Aoka since its inception, primarily in defining partnerships with communities and NGOs as well as creating programs of volunteerism and scientific tourism.