Ana is a Colombian national, a business manager who specializes in finance. She has more than 18 years’ experience in administrative and financial management, grants and contracts, structuring and development of projects and strategic alliances in financial development programs for the American agency for international development (USAID) in Colombia. She has the skills to plan, coordinate and manage actions, and build harmonious and efficient work teams. She speaks Spanish and English.

Ana María is a Social Communicator and Journalist, and holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Communications. She has more than 20 years of experience in the region in the area of ​​organizational communication, public relations, marketing and graphic design. She has extensive experience in the formulation and implementation of communication strategies for governmental, non-governmental and international organizations. Ana María has also been an external consultant for several foundations and projects addressing issues of adaptation to climate change, knowledge management and visibility of projects on environmental issues.

Sandra is a Geographical Engineer, with a mention in Sustainable Development and Land Management, from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; Master in “Energy Science and Policy” at Ajou University – South Korea; and Master in GIS and Systems at Salzburg University. During her professional career, she acquired extensive experience in the management of GIS (open source and ARCGIS), management of spatial data infrastructure, digital processing of satellite images (remote sensors), projects related to conservation of forests under a REDD + approach, monitoring and evaluation of conservation areas at the national level, land use planning, natural resource management and sustainable forestry (timber and non-timber products), bio-economy, and renewable energies.

Andrea holds a master’s degree in Earth System Science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is involved in the Mangrove monitoring project in Guyana by providing project coordination and technical/scientific support on capacity building for the prospective development of a tool for mangrove mapping and monitoring in Guyana. Support on trainings focused on geospatial analyses and algorithms using Optical and SAR datasets, Jupyter Notebooks, and Google Earth Engine. Among her areas of expertise there are key ones, such as Geospatial analysis, Remote sensing, Cloud based remote sensing and modelling, Image processing, and Machine learning.

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Carla is a Social Communicator with a specialization in public administration and social management, with more than 20 years of experience in the field of communications and environmental conservation. Her career includes a strong focus on citizen participation, management of social conflicts and work with indigenous peoples. She has assumed leadership and advisory roles in various sectors, with an emphasis on the environmental field. Her extensive experience includes the creation of communication plans and strategies, development of awareness campaigns, content generation, event organization and management of relations with the press and media. As Head of Communications and Institutional Image at Amazon Conservation – ACCA, she promotes awareness and communication initiatives to promote sustainable practices and the conservation of biodiversity.

Caroline has a degree in Business Administration and Environmental Engineering, with a master’s in Modelling and Analysis of Environmental Systems. Currently, she is a doctoral researcher working on Water Resources at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and IRI THESys/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Before her PhD, she was working in research institutes linked to Universities and in NGOs, together with farmers and official agencies, especially in the Brazilian Legal Amazon and Atlantic Forest. There she developed spatial, statistical and econometric models to identify and predict deforestation, forest restoration and suitable agricultural areas, and also worked to engage different stakeholders (farmers, local governments, federations, companies and financial institutions) in projects that aimed improve cattle ranching and agricultural systems (intensification, technical assistance, etc.), and remunerate the farmers per surplus native vegation and carbon stocks. She also collaborated in the creation and analysis of public policies related to the protection of natural resources.

Juseth is a Water Science Engineer. He is interested in Hydrological Modelling and its application for flood forecasting systems, especially in ungauged basins of the Andean-Amazon region. Likewise, he has collaborated on different projects of integrated water resources management and comprehensive assessment of freshwater ecosystems over Ecuador.