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Léon Torres
Especialista en Vigilancia y Control
León Torres es Biólogo de la Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP), egresado en el 2016. Durante su formación profesional, desarrolló estudios sobre evaluaciones de población de vida silvestre y censos con cazadores dentro de la Reserva Nacional Matses. Posteriormente se desempeñó como consultor en la Sociedad de Conservación de Vida Silvestre (WCS - Perú) paisaje Marañón – Ucayali, donde participó en la campaña de monitoreo de poblaciones de vida silvestre a través del modelo Ocupación, luego como capacitador SMART para guardaparques de la Reserva Nacional Pacaya Samiria . Durante los últimos dos años se desempeñó como Técnico de Campo en el Programa Nacional de Conservación de Bosques para la Mitigación del Cambio Climático (PNCBMCC) trabajando con comunidades nativas del río Ampiyacu, afluente del río Amazonas.
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Liszt Cecilia Hernández Paucar
Coordinadora administrativa y de recursos humanos
Liszt Cecilia Hernández Paucar serves as Coordinator at WCS.
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Lorena Rivas
Operational Assistant
Rivas serves as Administrative Assistant at WCS.
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Loyola Escamilo
Director, Madidi-Tambopata Landscape
Loyola studied forestry and made the mastery of ecotourism in the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. On the professional side, she has been dedicated to conservation, working primarily in the management of protected areas and in the interpretation of natural and cultural heritage. She has also worked with various institutions such as ACCA, Conservation International, the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law and SERNANP (MINAM). From 2008, Loyola was project coordinator in Pronaturaleza, where she devoted herself to the management of conservation projects and development, monitoring of investment projects related to mining activities and infrastructure, the implementation of media campaigns and advocacy; as well as the organization and strengthening networks and thematic groups, especially in the articulation of civil society networks for advocacy in public administration.
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Lucas Muñoz Collantes
Especialista en manejo comunitario de los recursos naturales para la Cuenca del Tahuayo
Lucas Muñoz Collantes serves as Specialist at WCS.
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Luis Carlos Moya
Natural Resources Specialist
Luis is a biologist from the Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana and has a master in ecology and sustainable development at the same university. He has experience in indigenous communities and quechua Kandozi in the management of fisheries and wildlife species. He has also evaluated the population of landscape species in the Samiria River basin, in the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve.
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Maria Cecilia Gonzales Hidalgo
Assistant
Maria Cecilia Gonzales Hidalgo serves as Assistant at WCS.
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Mariana Montoya
Director, Peru
Mariana, WCS Peru director since 2013, obtained her PhD in geography from the University of Texas – Austin, where she focused on the sustainability of socioecological systems in the Peruvian Amazon. Previously, she obtained her master’s degree in Ecosystem Management (Autonomous University of Baja California) and her undergraduate degree in Biology (National Agrarian University La Molina). Mariana has experience in Latin American conservation and development, including work with WWF and the National Protected Areas Service. She has lead in the design, implementation, and supervision of various projects of biodiversity conservation, indigenous organization strengthening, poverty alleviation, natural resource management, watershed management, and environmental threat mitigation in Peru.
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Mariana Varese
Director, Amazonía
Mariana Varese is the Director of Amazon Landscapes and the Citizen Science for the Amazon Project at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). A natural resources economist with over 15 years of conservation experience in the Amazon and Latin America and the Caribbean, Mariana Varese holds an M.A. In Latin American Studies from the University of Florida. Mariana has ample experience in community-based conservation, landscape and multi-scale conservation approaches, natural resource economics, and evidence-based participatory planning and adaptive management. Her current areas of interest citizen engagement in science, conservation and sustainable development; the effective use of evidence in decision making; and public goods.
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MARIO YOMONA
Specialist fishery resources for protected areas
MARIO YOMONA serves as Specialist fishery resources for protected areas at WCS.
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