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Carlos Guevara Fletcher
Especialista de Ecosistemas Acuáticos
Carlos has worked for more than 17 years in the public and private sectors as a researcher, consultant, teacher and administrator in higher education institutions at national and international levels. He has participated in structuring, managing, writing, organizing, submitting and implementing projects within subjects such as: environmental and educational management, aquatic ecology, aquaculture and fisheries to analyze the state of natural resources. Consultant in international NGOs. He has carried out events to involve indigenous, afro-descendant, urban, rural, academic and scientific communities in activities related to the care, protection, mitigation, conservation of ecosystems. More than 28 documents published.
William Bonell
Wildlife specialist
Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá) and Master's degree in Science - Biology from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He has more than 10 years of experience in applied research on biodiversity conservation, with an emphasis on medium and large mammals, primates, and wildlife associated with strategic ecosystems. He leads community-based monitoring processes for subsistence hunting fauna and contributes to the development of human–wildlife coexistence strategies and to technical support for the establishment of protected area designations at regional and national levels, using a participatory approach that promotes intercultural dialogue and community capacity building.
Zaira Ríos
Production and Outreach Specialist
Zaira is a television producer and photographer. She is assistant of the WCS Division of Information and Communications. She administers the social media, Web page and other virtual channels of our organization.
Christian Díaz Sánchez
Especialista de tecnologías
Christian has a B.Sc. in Marine Biology and more than eleven years of experience working on the enforcement and compliance of natural resource use and conservation policies. With more than twenty publications, his main interests are the ecological transition and the integration of technological tools for communicating about wildlife in the Anthropocene. He joined WCS in 2021 as a marine consultant. From 2024, he is staff member of the Sustainable Landscapes team of WCS Colombia.
Angie Arciniegas Chaves
Procurement Specialist
Angie Arciniegas Chaves serves as Administrative Manager at WCS.
Fanny Lorena González Zapata
Especialista en áreas de conservación
Biologist from Universidad del Valle and Master in Biological Sciences from Universidad de los Andes. Since 2009, she joined WCS as a consultant as part of the team for the Avian Influenza surveillance of wild birds in Colombia. She also participated in monitoring and biological characterization for different WCS’s projects. She is currently a conservation specialist assisting in the Saldaña River project, a Basin of Life and the implementation of the declaration route for new protected areas and the assessment and updating of management plans.
Camila Durán Prieto
Especialista en fauna
Biologist from the Pontifical Xavierian University. She has experience related to research and conservation of wildlife species, mainly in the Orinoquia region of Colombia and has been involved in conservation programs with freshwater turtles mainly with species of the genus Podocnemis. Her main interest is related to the ecology of amphibians and reptiles and conservation of species based on field research carried out by local communities and linked to social appropriation of knowledge. She currently support and consolidates community and participatory based monitoring processes mainly with threatened reptiles of the Colombian Orinoquia and is supporting the identification and recognition of Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures.
Maricruz Jaramillo de León
Especialista en investigación regional
MSc, PhD in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. During her graduate studies she led the long-term monitoring of the Galapagos hawk contributing to invasive species eradication studies, and avian health surveys to understand the dynamics of avian malaria in the Galapagos archipelago. In conservation, she has conducted wildlife population studies, local and regional threat assessments, and implemented conservation plans and research for endangered birds and wild cats that included tracking animal movement. Currently works in understanding key components in the interactions between wildlife, domestic animals and humans to prevent the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
Yeiner Vega Martínez
Especialista Estrategias Locales de Conservación
Agricultural engineer, graduated from the University of Sucre, Sincelejo in 2019, joined WCS Colombia in 2020 as a consultant, currently staff, leading restoration processes to conserve the habitat of the Carranchina turtle (Mesoclemmys dhaly) within the "La Carranchina" Civil Society Natural Reserve, located in San Benito Abad - Sucre. Supporting restoration projects for Trillion Trees, Rain Forest Trust, PVS, and involved in all technical and structural processes within the TSA workgroup for the management and conservation of the Carranchina turtle (Mesoclemmys dhaly). Interested in environmental conservation, GIS, and monitoring of wildlife species.
Germán Sepúlveda Nogales
Especialista Gestión de Proyectos
Business Administrator with a Master's in Project Management and over 10 years of experience in project management and monitoring. Currently working as a Project Manager at WCS Colombia since September 2024. I have experience managing public sector funds, international cooperation resources, and strategic partnerships between the public and private sectors, ensuring efficient management aligned with organizational goals

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