Food Security
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
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
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
Gerardo Bocco
Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental
Webpage: http://www.ciga.unam.mx/
Email: gbocco@ciga.unam.mx
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Mexico
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America
Keywords: Small rural localities, traditional knowledge, cultural landscape, cultural landscape
IAI themes:
Food security
Poverty and Equality
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
Gilberto Câmara
Institution: Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE)
Webpage: https://gilbertocamara.org/
Email: gilberto.camara@inpe.br
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Geoinformatics, Land Use Change, Environmental Policy, Governance
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese
Omar Defeo
Institution: Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República
Webpage: http://undecimar.fcien.edu.uy/
Email: odefeo@fcien.edu.uy / omar.defeo@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Mexico, Chile
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America
Keywords: Fisheries, climate change, artisanal fishing, adaptation, coastal management, beaches
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish
Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Institution: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Knowledge Center for Biodiversity
Webpage: -
Email: gw.fernandes@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil, Argentina, México, USA, Spain, Namibia
Region (s) of expertise: Tropical and Temperate regions
Keywords: Biodiversity, climate change, restoration ecology, plant-animal
interactions, community structure, policy, ecosystem services
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish, English, and Portuguese
Alice Marlene Grimm
Institution: Universidade Federal do Parana
Webpage:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alice-Grimm/research
https://scholar.google.com.br/citations?user=YKvH2tYAAAAJ&hl=pt-BR
http://lattes.cnpq.br/8783652264979787
Email: grimm@fisica.ufpr.br
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, USA
Region (s) of expertise: South America and global
Keywords: Climate variability from intraseasonal to interdecadal time scales; Dynamical mechanisms of regional impacts of climate oscillations; Predictability; Teleconnections; Extreme events; Climate change and its regional impacts
IAI themes:
Food security
Climate action
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Natalia Pérez Harguindeguy
Institution: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC) & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Webpage: -
Email: natalia.perez.h@unc.edu.ar / perez.h.natalia@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, France, England, Netherlands
Region (s) of expertise: Chaco Serrano (Argentina), Chaco Seco (Argentina), Espinal (Argentina), Mediterranean (Chile and France)
Keywords: Functional ecology, soils, organic matter, land use
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Dirceu Luis Herdies
Institution: CPTEC, Brazil
Webpage: http://lattes.cnpq.br/3752951275341381
Email: dirceu.herdies@inpe.br / dherdies@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil
Region (s) of expertise: South America
Keywords: -
IAI themes:
Food security
Energy security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Poverty and Equity
Languages: English and Portuguese
Esteban Jobbágy
Institution: IMASL - Universidad Nacional de San Luis y CONICET
Webpage: -
Email: jobbagy@unsl.edu.ar
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Uruguay Paraguay
Region (s) of expertise: Pampas, Chaco, Patagonia
Keywords: Hydrology, land use, agriculture, soil salinization, soil salinization, comparative agricultural systems
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish and English
Betina Lomovasky
Institution: Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras; CONICET, UNMDP
Webpage: https://www.iimyc.gob.ar/iimyc/es/grupos-de-investigacion/grupo-emccc/
Email: lomovask@mdp.edu.ar
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Uruguay
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America
Keywords: Fisheries, yellow clam, climate change, small-scale fishery, adaptation, ocean acidification, SDG 14.3
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish
María Elena Fernández Long
Institution: Facultad de Agronomía, UBA, Argentina
Webpage: https://ciag.agro.uba.ar/index
Email: flong@agro.uba.ar
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
Region (s) of expertise: Pampean Region
Keywords: Droughts, soil moisture, frost, agrometeorology, climate change
IAI themes:
Food security
Water safety
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish
Guilherme Fernandes Marques
Institution: Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Webpage: https://www.ufrgs.br/warp/
Email: Guilherme.marques@ufrgs.br
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil, Canada, Chile
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Ecosystem services, fisheries, fish production, dams
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Energy security
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Matías Mastrangelo
Institution: Unidad Integrada Balcarce (INTA - UNMdP - CONICET)
Webpage: -
Email: mastrangelo.matias@inta.gob.ar / matimastra@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina
Region (s) of expertise: Southern Cone
Keywords: Human dimensions of conservation, social-ecological systems, ecosystem services, biodiversity
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Health and well-being
Poverty and Equality
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish
Edgar Mayeregger
Institution: Ministerio de Agricultura, Paraguay – Coordinador Nacional de la Unidad de Gestion de Riesgos (UGR)
Webpage: www.mag.gov.py/unidaddegestionderiesgos
Email: shalom19@gmail.com / edgar.mayeregger@mag.gov.py
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, USA, México, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Turquía, Bharat (India), Israel, amongst others.
Region (s) of expertise: South America, Central America
Keywords: Agrometeorology, risk management, early warning, anticipatory action plan, agroclimatic technical tables, agricultural insurance, sustainable use of water on farmers' farms, information for decision making
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and Portuguese
Romulo Menezes
Institution: UFPE
Webpage: -
Email: romulo.menezes@ufpe.br
Country (ies) of expertise: -
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, bioenergy, organic residues, semiarid regions
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: English
J. Jaime Miranda
Institution: University of Sydney, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Webpage: https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine-health/about/our-people/academic-staff/jaime-miranda.html
Email: Jaime.miranda@upch.pe / jaime.miranda@sydney.edu.au
Country (ies) of expertise: Peru
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America
Keywords: Global health, public health
IAI themes:
Food security
Health and welfare
Poverty and equality
Languages: Spanish and English
Emilio Moran
Institution: Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University
Webpage: https://people.geo.msu.edu/moranef/
Email: moranef@msu.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil
Region (s) of expertise: Amazonia
Keywords: -
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Energy security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Jose H. Muelbert
Institution: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
Webpage: http://lattes.cnpq.br/8085929420978720
Email: jmuelbert@furg.br
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, USA
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Marine ecology, conservation, climate change, coastal system, ocean observation
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: English
Elke Noellemeyer
Institution: Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
Webpage: http://www.agsus.org/
Email: noellemeyer@agro.unlpam.edu.ar / enoellemeyer@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay
Region (s) of expertise: South America, Semiarid and subhumid regions, Loess soils
Keywords: Sustainable soil management, Soil ecosystem services, carbon cycle, carbon sequestration certification, visual assessment of soil quality, soil types and relationship with the landscape, environment or site-specific management, reclamation of saline soils
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish and English
Martín Oesterheld
Institution: Universidad de Buenos Aires
Webpage: -
Email: oesterheld@ifeva.edu.ar
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina
Region (s) of expertise: Rio de la Plata grasslands, Patagonia
Keywords: Remote sensing, agriculture, yield, grassland, productivity, forage
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Languages: Spanish and English
Jean Pierre H.B. Ometto
Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) (Brasil)
Webpage: -
Email: jean.ometto@inpe.br
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, USA, Venezuela
Region (s) of expertise: Tropical South America
Keywords: Climate impact risk, climate change, global environmental change, ecosystems resilience, forest restoration, carbon and nitrogen cycles
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish (basic), English, Portuguese
William Pan
Institution: Duke University
Webpage: -
Email: william.pan@duke.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Panama, Honduras
Region (s) of expertise: Amazon, Darien, Peruvian coast (Tumbes), Ecuador highlands
Keywords: Infectious disease, malaria, dengue, climate, land use/land cover change, gold mining, logging, mercury exposure, mercury bioaccumulation, tipping points, ENSO, chronic disease, child health, migration, fertility
IAI themes:
Food security
Health and well-being
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Poverty and Equality
Languages: English
Valentín Picasso
Institution: Universidad de la República y University of Wisconsin
Webpage: https://foragesandperennialgrains.agronomy.wisc.edu/
Email: vpicasso@gmail.com / picassorisso@wisc.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Uruguay, USA
Region (s) of expertise: Fields and pampas, Midwest USA
Keywords: Resilience, climate change, pastures, perennial crops, forage crops, agroecosystems, alfalfa, kernza, tinopiro, silvopastoralism, production systems, transdisciplinary
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish and English
Alberto Piola
Institution: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires.
Webpage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5003-8926
Email: apiola@hidro.gov.ar
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay
Region (s) of expertise: Atlantic Ocean
Keywords: Climate change, ocean circulation, oceanic fronts
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese
Jeremy Pittman
Institution: School of the Environment, University of Waterloo
Webpage: -
Email: jpittman@uwaterloo.ca
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Uruguay, Dominica, Saint Lucia
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Environmental governance, Conservation policy, Sustainable livelihoods
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Health and wellness
Poverty and equality
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: English
Guillermo Podesta
Institution: Independent Scholar
Webpage: -
Email: gpodesta@earth.miami.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, USA
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Climate information, climate services, socio-ecological systems modeling, decision making, agricultural production
IAI themes:
Food security
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Mauricio Quesada
Institution: Laboratorio Nacional de Análisis y Síntesis Ecológica (LANASE), ENES - IIES, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Webpage: http://www.lanase.unam.mx/es/investigadores.php?id=3
Email: mquesada@cieco.unam.mx
Country (ies) of expertise: All of Latin America
Region (s) of expertise: Tropical regions, Latin America
Keywords: Ecology and evolution of plant pollination and reproduction, plant genetics and conservation, plant-herbivore interactions, conservation biology of tropical systems, ecosystem services, genetic resources.
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Jesús Alejandro Ledesma Rivera
Institution: Instituto del Mar del Perú
Webpage: https://ctivitae.concytec.gob.pe/appDirectorioCTI/VerDatosInvestigador.do?id_investigador=4665
Email: jledesma@imarpe.gob.pe / jledesma.rivera@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Peru
Region (s) of expertise: South America
Keywords: Researcher in Chemical Oceanography
IAI themes:
Food security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Health and well-being
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: Spanish
Jorge Rucks
Institution: Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
Webpage: -
Email: jorge.rucks@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: -
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Políticas públicas, ordenamiento territorial, cooperación técnica para promover el desarrollo sostenible, cuencas hídricas
IAI themes:
Food security
Energy security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Poverty and equity
Clean air, water and soil
Languages: Spanish
Jeniffer Silva
Institution: Campus Tec
Webpage: -
Email: jeniffersilva.yat@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: South Korea, China
Region (s) of expertise: Suwon (South Korea), Shanghai (China)
Keywords: Plant Biotechnology
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Amaury Tilmant
Institution: Université Laval
Webpage: www.hydroeconomics.com
Email: amaury.tilmant@gci.ulaval.ca
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil, Canada, Chile
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: Ecosystem services,
fisheries, fish production, hydropower generation
IAI themes:
Food security
Energy security
Water security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Clean air, water, and soil
Languages: English and French
Sandra de Urioste-Stone
Institution: University of Maine, Associate Professor, Nature-Based Tourism, School of Forest Resources,Guatemala
Webpage: https://forest.umaine.edu/faculty-staff/sandra-de-urioste-stone/
Email: sandra.de@maine.edu
Country (ies) of expertise: Guatemala, USA
Region (s) of expertise: Latin America, North America
Keywords: Adaptation, community resilience, vulnerability, transdisciplinarity, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change and health
IAI themes:
Food security
Health and wellness
Climate action
Languages: Spanish and English
Reynaldo Luiz Victoria
Institution: Center for Nuclear Energy applied to Agriculture / University of Sao Paulo (CENA/USP)
Webpage: -
Email: reynaldo.victoria@gmail.com
Country (ies) of expertise: Brazil
Region (s) of expertise: -
Keywords: -
IAI themes:
Food security
Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Climate action
Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese