Ricardo Aparecido Bento is a Forest Engineer who graduated from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). He was a master's and doctoral student in Tropical Forest Sciences (CFT) at the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA). He is currently a Professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology in the State of Amazonas (IFAM), Manaus East Zone Campus, and is developing works in several areas of knowledge focused on teaching, research and extension, working on projects aimed at the recovery of degraded areas through the use of soil microorganisms and tree species adapted to the edaphoclimatic conditions of the Amazon.