Inty Arcos
Institution: Consorcio para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Ecoregion Andina. (CONDESAN) y Fundación Imaymana
Webpage: https://condesan.org / https://fundacionimaymana.org
Email: inty.arcos@condesan.org
Country (ies) of expertise: Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Guatemala
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America
Keywords: Landscape-scale ecological restoration, sustainable land management, environmental governance, conservation strategies, environmental services.
IAI themes:
Food security
Languages: Spanish
Irene M. Astor
Institution: Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales Campus Margarita (EDIMAR)
Webpage: -
Email: yrene.astor@yahoo.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela
Region (s) of expertise: Caribbean Sea
Keywords: carbonate system trends, oceanographic time series, air-ocean CO2 exchange
IAI themes:
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Fernando Casanoves
Institution: Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
Webpage: https://www.catie.ac.cr/
Email: casanoves@catie.ac.cr
Country (ies) of expertise: Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America and the Caribbean
Keywords: -
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish
Roberto Frouin
Institution: University of California – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Webpage: -
Email: rfrouin@ucsd.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America, Pacific Islands
Keywords: -
IAI themes:
Clean air, water, and soil
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Health and well-being
Languages: English
Milton Kampel
Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Webpage: -
Email: milton.kampel@inpe.br
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, USA, Venezuela
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Ocean, coastal, inland waters remote sensing, aquatic ecosystem services, land-ocean interactions, air-sea interactions, Southwestern
IAI themes:
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Health and well-being
Languages: English and Portuguese
Carlos Murillo
Institution: CINPE Costa Rica, Observatorio Del Desarrollo, UCR
Webpage: -
Email: camuza@gmail.com / carlos.murillozamora@ucr.ac.cr
Country (ies) of expertise: Central American countries. Colombia, Ecuador (especially), and Taiwan (maritime issues).
Region (s) of expertise: Central America, Eastern Tropical Pacific
Keywords: Foreign policy, the law of the sea, maritime delimitation, public policy, international relations, international relations
IAI themes:
Poverty and equality
Languages: Spanish and English (basic)
Victor Raul Pacheco Torres
Institution: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Webpage: https://vrip.unmsm.edu.pe/dimapa/
Email: vpachecot@unmsm.edu.pe
Country (ies) of expertise: Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia
Region (s) of expertise: Neotropics, Latin America
Keywords: Diversity, conservation, environmental impact, mammals
IAI themes:
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Languages: Spanish and English
Christopher Scott
Institution: Pennsylvania State University
Webpage: https://ecosystems.psu.edu/directory/cvs6145
Email: cascott@psu.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, USA
Region (s) of expertise: Andes
Keywords: Watersheds, hydrology, glacier loss, water-energy-food nexus, water security, transboundary waters, climate adaptation, energy transitions, resilience, social-ecological systems
IAI themes: -
Languages: Spanish and English
Juan F Silva Armas
Institution: Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela), Instituto Fondo Verde (Perú) y Universidad Centro Panamericano de Estudios Superiores (México)
Webpage: -
Email: juansilvaarmas@gmail.com / jsilva@ula.ve
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, USA, Venezuela, Chile
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America and the Caribbean
Keywords: Sustainability, climate change, environment, ecosystem services, emissions trading, green finance, sustainable development
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Catherine Tucker
Institution: Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Webpage: https://people.clas.ufl.edu/tuckerc/
Email: tuckerc@ufl.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Honduras, Mexico, Peru, (and to a lesser degree: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia)
Region (s) of expertise: Central and South America, and Mexico
Keywords: Economic and environmental anthropology, Environmental governance, political ecology, community-based conservation, institutional analysis, climate change adaptation, coffee production, value chains, belief systems, sustainability, indigenous ecological knowledge, agroforestry"
IAI themes: -
Languages: Spanish, English and Portuguese (basic)
María Isabel Velez Caicedo
Institution: University of Regina
Webpage: https://www.uregina.ca/science/geology/people/faculty/velez-maria.html
Email: maria.velez.caicedo@uregina.ca
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, USA
Region (s) of expertise: Andes, Colombian savannas
Keywords: -
IAI themes: -
Languages: Spanish and English