Lidia Brito is a Mozambiquan forestry expert and engineer and university lecturer, researcher and consultant for Eduardo Mondlane University. Brito holds an undergraduate degree in Forest Engineering by Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) and received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Forest Sciences from Colorado State University (USA). She served as the first Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology of Mozambique (2000–2005) and was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Eduardo Mondlane University (1998–2000). More recently, Brito has served as Advisor of the Mayor of Maputo for Strategic Planning and External Relations in the capital of Maputo. Internationally, she is a recognized academic promoting sustainable development, and community–based management in Africa in general, and is a member of IHE-UNESCO Governing Board since December 2009. Brito is the director of science policy and capacity building at UNESCO and a co-chairman of the conference, titled Planet Under Pressure. She is also an active participant and speaker in many international summits and conferences. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Mozambican engineers Mozambican ecologists Government ministers of Mozambique Women government ministers of Mozambique Colorado State University alumni 21st-century Mozambican women politicians 21st-century Mozambican politicians