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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
Isabel Estrada
Project Management Specialist
Isabel is an Environmental Administrator from Universisdad Tecnológica de Pereira. For the past eleven years she has been working to WCS Colombia. Among other positions, he has served as a financial manager (she did so for about six years). At the begining she participated in the GAINS strategy. Also, she was part of the teams to new protected areas, species and strengthening of the WCS program in general. More recently, she manages several projects related to species (mainly amphibians and turtles), biodiversity monitoring and the Proyecto Vida Silvestre –PVS-; with emphasis on technical and financial monitoring of projects with public and private resources. Her academic interests are relate to linking the social context within conservation actions. Also practice diving and hiking.
Wilfredo Cuestas
Especialista de Gestión de Proyectos
Wilfredo is Business Manager, a specialist in the formulation and social and economic evaluation of projects, with more than nine years of professional experience in construction, execution and monitoring projects focused on conservation, protection and sustainability of biodiversity in Colombia, he has worked on the implementation of International Cooperation projects to support local communities in issues related to ecological restoration, productive alternatives, sustainable conservation systems, ecotourism, and in general support for the strengthening and conservation of protected areas.
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.
Laura Lizbeth Jaimes Rodríguez
Mammalian Specialist
Laura obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology from the Universidad Industrial de Santander. She did a specialization in International Wildlife Conservation in WildCRU, University of Oxford, where she explored the interaction between four Colombian mesocarnivores using co-occupancy models. More recently, she has completed an MSc in Conservation and Rural Development at the University of Kent, where she studied the factors associated with livestock depredation by jaguars and pumas in a region of the Magdalena middle. She began her work as a consultant in WCS Colombia as part of a species monitoring program, and later in gathering information on negative interactions with felines within different WCS projects. Currently, she is part of WCS and her main activities are the study of the large mammal species ecology, study and promote coexistence with predatory species in agricultural landscapes that benefit both, wildlife and rural communities.
John Jairo Mueses Cisneros
Especialista paisaje Andino-Amazónico
Jonh is a Biologist and Master in Science-Biology from the National University of Colombia, with extensive knowledge and experience in the implementation of environmental, social and conservation research projects in Colombia, especially in Putumayo. Jonh has been supporting WCS generating the scientific and technical conditions for the consolidation of the sustainable value of meliponiculture -breeding and use of native stingless bees and their derivatives, and planning projects for the Amazon-Andes landscape.
Jennifer Chávez Zapata
Especialista Procesos Sociales
Jennifer is a Social Worker from Universidad del Valle, recognized for her passion and commitment in the development of her activities as a collaborator. She has oriented her career in the environmental area, focusing on the management of protected areas and the accompaniment of local communities. This has allowed her to manage processes related to environmental conservation and sustainable development. Her experience includes the development of territorial planning instruments, the construction of governance schemes, support to rural communities in the search for sustainable economic alternatives, organizational strengthening, environmental education, and the design and implementation of conservation strategies. In addition, it has promoted agroecological alternatives and food sovereignty within the contexts in which it intervenes.
William Javier Bravo Pedraza
Especialista Restauración
Biologist from the Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia, with a specialization in Environmental Management from the same university. He has worked in Andean and high-Andean ecosystems, contributing to the development and implementation of research projects focused on the taxonomy and ecology of vascular plants, ecological restoration projects, nursery management, studies of threatened tree species, and community engagement. He has published and co-authored scientific articles, book chapters, and outreach materials such as booklets and guides.
Yesid Llanos
Especialista Social y de Gobernanza GEF
Anthropologist with specialization in government and public policy, with nine years of experience in the private sector and international cooperation. He has worked with ethnic communities, peasants, victims of the armed conflict and LGBTIQ+ communities, applying gender and intersectionality approaches. Her experience includes socio-cultural and economic characterization projects in moorland complexes, environmental management plans, land formalization, economic empowerment, cultural transformation and accompaniment in return and relocation processes.

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