Colombia

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

 

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