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Lucas Buitrago Garzón
Instruments for Sustainability Specialist
Lucas is a Political Analyst from Universidad del Rosario, Colombia and MSc in Public Policy from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia. He works with WCS since 2015, focusing on ecological compensation projects, conservation sustainability, tools for the application of environmental public policy and environmental economics.
Luis Felipe Salazar Arcila
Technical Specialist
Felipe is an environmental engineer from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá D.C.) and holds a master's degree in Sustainable Development from Universidad del Valle (Cali). He joined WCS at the end of 2017 as a consultant in Geographic Information Systems - GIS, providing support to land cover interpretation projects, prioritization of areas for the allocation of compensation actions and processes of administration and declaration of protected areas, among others. She currently supports planning and decision making in the line of Sustainable Landscapes. Her main research interests are geographic analysis, interdisciplinary work with local communities, wetland ecosystems, environmental history and socio-ecological systems.
Luis Peralta
Líder Logística
Luis Angel Peralta Zapata. Logistics Leader. Luis Angel joined the WCS team in August 2023 to support all logistics operations of the organization. His professional training is focused on everything related to supply chains, supported by more than ten years of experience in both the industrial and service sectors. He has extensive knowledge in Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Transportation Management, Purchasing and Import Management, Location Management, and Tool Management. He is an Industrial Engineer from the Universidad Nacional a Distancia – UNAD-, and a Technologist in Production Management, with a Diploma in Business Management from the UNICUCES Universidad Center in Cali.
Luisa Rincón Bustamante
Especialista en grandes mamíferos
Biologist from the University of Quindío, with five years of experience in the study, monitoring and management of the Andean bear. Luisa is in charge of supporting the technical coordination of the field work and the management actions of the Conservamos la Vida project developed in the Central and Western mountain ranges of Colombia.
Luz Dary Acevedo
Coordinadora de Salud
Luz Dary is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine DVM from the Universidad del Tolima (Ibagué, Colombia). For more than 15 years, she has worked in wildlife health, management, and conservation in different zones of the country, especially in protected areas. She coordinated the Wildlife Program and generated the National Wildlife Strategy for National Parks of Colombia. Her experience Wildlife Health has been focused on the surveillance of diseases and the assessment of associated risk factors to reduce threats in different species and landscapes, including the development of conservation initiatives with peasant, indigenous, and Afro-descendant communities. She joined the WCS Colombia Program in 2012 and since then she has coordinated the Wildlife Health Program and since 2017 she has led the initiatives of the Colombia Program to reduce Wildlife trafficking, jointly with WCS countries in the Andes-Amazonia region. With the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, she supports the implementation of the National and Binational Strategies for the prevention and control of wildlife trafficking, as well as the National conservation programs for threatened species, especially amphibians and primates.
Luz Karidme Díaz
Auxiliar de tesorería
Luz Karidme joined the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-Colombia team in October 2023. It is our support in treasury operations in the organization. He has more than 25 years of experience in the tourism, cargo, automotive and electrical sectors in the administrative area such as Portfolio, Treasury, Billing, among others. She is a technician in Administration and Accounting.
Manuel Andrés Rodríguez Rocha
Líder paisaje Andes-Chocó
Manuel is a biologist from the Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia, with more than 10 years of experience in research and monitoring within the framework of the conservation areas. He has an academic master's degree in Management and Conservation of Tropical Forests and Biodiversity (CATIE) evaluating the "Potential responses of fruit bats to climate change, in conservation areas in an altitude gradient of the Caribbean of Costa Rica." His professional interest has focused on the use of information in the management of socio-ecological systems. He is currently Leader of Conservation Areas at WCS Colombia, supporting processes to expand conservation areas and the implementation of the SMART (spatial monitoring and reporting tool) to strengthen the management of research data. and monitoring in the National System of Protected Areas.
Mara Contreras
Líder paisaje Orinoquia
Mara is a biologist with an MSc in Environmental Sustainability Management. She has 16 years of experience working in protected areas. She currently supports, scientifically, the implementation of the route for declaration of new prioritized protected areas in Colombia.
María Antonia Espitia
Líder Procesos Sociales
María Antonia is a psychologist. She joined WCS in 2014 as coordinator of the Wildlife Project in the Magdalena Medio region. She has led the development of participatory, organizational, educational, investigative, deliberative and environmental territorial planning practices within rural communities, with the purpose of enabling them to act as managers of their own initiatives. With her work, María Antonia mainly strives to strengthen the healthy coexistence between man and nature.
Maribel Lucuara
Oficial de presupuesto AAO
Maribel is a Professional in International Business, with a diploma in Commercial and Strategic Marketing and over six years of experience in financial, administrative, and budget management for projects. She currently serves as a Budget Officer and Financial Analyst for the Andes Amazonia Region, where she supports the review, preparation, and analysis of budgets, expense control, financial forecasting, and regulatory compliance. Her analytical and strategic skills enable her to enhance financial management and optimize decision-making. She stands out for her commitment, responsibility, and strong teamwork abilities.

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