What is Paulo Nogueira Neto?
[[File:Paulo Nogueira Neto, 2008 (cropped).JPG|right|200px]] '''Paulo Nogueira Neto''' (18 April 1922 – 25 February 2019) was a Brazilian environmentalist and politician. He was born in [[São Paulo]], Brazil. Neto was Secretary of the Environment from 1974 to 1986. He helped create a total of {{convert|3000000|ha}} of ecological stations and [[Ecological reserve (Brazil)|ecological reserve]]s in Brazil. As well as {{convert|1500000|ha}} of [[environmental protection area (Brazil)|environmental protection area]]s. Neto died on 25 February 2019 in São Paulo from [[pneumonia]], aged 96.<ref>{{cite web|title=Morre ambientalista Paulo Nogueira-Neto aos 96 anos|url=https://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/2019/02/25/morre-ambientalista-paulo-nogueira-neto-aos-96-anos.ghtml|date=25 February 2019|access-date=25 February 2019|language=pt}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{citation|title=Paulo Nogueira Neto: otimismo ambiental moderado|language=pt|last1=Prado|last2=Nunes|first1=Thays|first2=Mônica|work=Planeta Sustentável|date=4 June 2010|url=http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/paulo-nogueira-neto-otimismo-ambiental-moderado-dia-mundial-meio-ambiente-566609.shtml|access-date=2016-11-15|archive-date=2010-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608175717/http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/paulo-nogueira-neto-otimismo-ambiental-moderado-dia-mundial-meio-ambiente-566609.shtml|url-status=dead}} *{{citation |title=Paulo Nogueira Neto – O Maior Ambientalista do Brasil|work=Recanto das Letras |last=Salera|first=Giovanni Júnior |location=Palmas - TO |date=February 2016|language=pt |url=http://www.recantodasletras.com.br/homenagens/5533309|access-date=2016-11-15}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nogueira Neto, Paulo}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Brazilian environmentalists]] [[Category:Politicians from São Paulo]] {{bio-stub}}