Brazilian;
born on April 5th, 1948; married; living in Rio Grande do Sul, South
of Brazil
From 1967 onwards: wide professional experience in different areas of knowledge in the forestry, pulp and paper and wood panel/board sectors
One of the most renowned worldwide experts about the forestry and
utilization of the eucalyptus
Author of the Eucalyptus Online Book & Newsletter and PinusLetter, freely available to whom may be interested to receive via the web (by registration in this site)
Honoris causa Doctor by the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM
/ Brazil)
Master of Science in pulp & paper (State University of New York – College
of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University)
Agronomist with major in Forestry (University of Sao Paulo / Brazil)
Professor or former professor in several Brazilian Universities (UFV – Vicosa ; USP – Sao Paulo, UFSM – Santa Maria, PUC/RS – Porto Alegre, UNOESC – Santa Catarina, MacKenzie – Sao Paulo and UCS – Caxias do Sul)
Mill and managerial experience: 3 years in CENIBRA and 19 years in
Riocell, two of the major eucalyptus market pulp mills in Brazil
Active in over 40 technical, institutional and managerial associations/organizations in a world basis, in about 50% of them guided to a position in the Board of Directors: ABTCP, ABECEL, ANFPC, ANPEI, BRACELPA, CENEX, CNI, Embrapa Florestas, FIERGS,
IPEF, SIF, SINPASUL, TAPPI, ASQ, ASQC, ACOTEPAC, APPITA, ATCP Chile, ATIPCA,
ABCQ, ABES, ANAVE, CPPA, FPRS, IMAM, IUFRO, NatGeo Society, PAPTAC, Finnish PI,
PIMA, SAF – Society of American Foresters, SBS,
SBPC, SPCI/Sweden, TAPPSA, TECNICELPA, TWO SIDES, ZELLCHEMING, WEF, WWF
Over 600 published papers in journals, digital publications and conference
proceedings
Over 400 events attended, in most of the cases as speaker, teacher, exhibitor or event session chairman
More information about Celso Foelkel may be obtained in the following
links:
- Curriculum
Vitae Celso Foelkel (Adobe pdf file) May 2018 review
- About Celso
Foelkel (Adobe pdf file) Executive profile. June 2019 review