Professional Experience:
• Twenty years of research and practical skills in natural resource management, forestry, land use and agriculture, climate change, sustainable development, and policy development.
• Trained in Regional Climate Issues in Developing Countries / Climate Change and Hazards in the Americas, Climate, Environment and Energy /Global Change Impacts on Land Use in Latin America
• Accomplished in capacity training, coordination, mentorship, and project management with expertise in collaborating, strategic planning, mediating, problem-solving, and implementing.
• Experienced in science-based analysis of changing environments. Provided inputs for local groups to sustainably and equitably prepare to improve their economic prospects as change occurs.
• Accomplished in grant writing. Successful grant financing in the amount of USD 750,000 for the project “Building Conservation Capacity for a Changing Amazonia” as part of the Initiative for Conservation in the Andean Amazon II (ICAA II) Higher Education Partnership Program. Co-directed the project.
• Successfully implemented an analysis on the “Vulnerability assessment of burning patterns within changing climates in Madre de Dios” for the Regional Government of Madre de Dios.
• Experience working in partnership with local and national counterparts on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) policy.
• Accomplished in building partnerships and communicate with a range of stakeholders including policymakers, local communities, and the urban Amazonian public. Engaged in constant collaboration, cooperation, knowledge exchange, and leadership. This is a constant challenge and requires talent, patience, and committed responsibilities.
• Trained technical experts to contribute to the development of sustainable rural projects and to reflect critically on natural resource management and respond to the emerging challenges of changing Amazonia.
• In charge of the design and direction of the “Certificate Training in Environmental Management and Environmental Services with Specialization in Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification”.
• Participated, organized, and conducted major presentations, seminars, publications, briefings, and documents. Served as the organizer of conferences and Editor of Journals. Published in major scientific journals.
• Experienced in technical mapping skills. Conducted research on the role of policies and the biophysical and socio-economic context of farmers that lead to forest cover change using satellite imagery and forest fragmentation distribution analysis.
• Active roles within USAID-funded projects in the management and coordination of international projects, loan and grant administration responsibilities, monitoring and evaluation activities, proposal development, partnership, and capacity-building activities.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environments providing a constructive learning experience. Focused on teamwork, good communication,