Miguel Martínez Tuna

Area of Expertise:

• Agriculture, Livelihoods, Microfinance, Rural
• Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis

Professional Experience:

Environmental and Ecological Economist with more than 15 years of experience in research and project administration related to ecosystem management, rural development and economic instruments to improve natural resources governance.

Independent Researcher, Consultant and Lecturer for: the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean –ECLAC-, Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies –Icefi-, World Wilde Life Fund –WWF-, Fundación Prisma (El Salvador), Instituto de Agricultura Recursos Naturales y Ambiente –IARNA- (Guatemala), Rafael Landívar University –URL- (Guatemala), and Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences) – FLACSO- (Guatemala).

From 2013 to 2014 worked for the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies –Icefi- as senior researcher coordinating the Fiscal Policy, Environment and Development Study Program. This program developed projects related to rural development, extractive industries and green economy. During the program a total of US$ 1,341,000 was fundraised and managed. The position required negotiation with stakeholders at national and regional (Central American) level.

In the period from 2006 to 2012 served as Watershed Officer for the World Wildlife Fund, Mesoamerican Reef Program (WWF-SAM). During the project a total of US$ 1,300,000 was fundraised and managed. Project implementation required interactions with small farmers, agricultural industries, local and national authorities.

From 2003 to March 2006 worked for the Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Ambiental –ICTA- (Institute of Environmental Science and Technology), Autonomous University of Barcelona as researcher for the ECOMARKETS project. The main responsibilities in this project included analyzing payments for water services schemes and developing seven case studies in Central America.

Other relevant research work, consultancies and academic work developed:
• Fundación Prisma (April –June 2016). Consultant in charge of asessing lessons learned from community forest management in Peru.

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean –ECLAC- (September- December 2015). Consultant in charge of developing Methodological proposal to estimate costs of the Guatemalan National Mitigation and Adaptation Plan to Climate Change.

• Agriculture and Natural Resources Institute –IARNA- (Instituto de Agricultura Recursos Naturales y Ambiente) Rafael Landívar University –URL- (February- May 2013). Consultant in charge of the regional evaluation of hydrologic resources and agriculture, with focus on management and adaptation to climate change.

• Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences) –FLACSO- (October 12-20 2005). Professor in charge of developing the module: Analysis of experiences in environmental evaluation and environmental management. Specialization course in environmental economy (at postgraduate level).

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