Usuarios

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• 12 years of professional experience in design, management and development of effective problem-solving research projects in tropical conservation and development in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.
• Experienced facilitator, and trainer; has conducted and organized meetings and workshops related to environmental issues for international donor teams and projects, international research institutions, non-governmental organizations, local government authorities, park rangers, extension agents, graduate, undergraduate and high school students, and local farmers.
• Ample knowledge of links between biodiversity conservation and livelihoods in Ecuador especially in the Amazon-Andes highlands region where interdisciplinary and participatory dissertation research was developed by establishing partnerships at multiple-scales from national government authorities and non-governmental organizations to local resource managers.
• Strong linkages with Colombian and Ecuadorian Environmental non-governmental organizations.
• Professional proficiency in Spanish and English, working knowledge of Portuguese.
-Ph. D. Candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecology. Concentrations in: Tropical Conservation and Development; Farming Systems, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August 2002 to date
-M. S. Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 2002
-B. S. Biology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, 1996