Who are we
Fabrice
DeClerck
PhD is a professor of landscape ecology at CATIE where he leads the
Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes Laboratory. He has worked with
numerous conservation and agricultural groups in the US, Latin America
and Africa. Dr. DeClerck’s research focuses on conservation of
biodiversity in managed landscapes, integrating ecology into development
planning, and the functional role of biodiversity in managed
landcapes.
Rachelle
DeClerck BSc.
is an
environmental scientist and educator with numerous years of experience
working with inter-disciplinary consortia. She was the program director
that included education programs public outreach for the Yolo Basin
Foundation in the Central Valley of California where she designed,
managed and implemented an environmental education program for school
children from K-12.
Alejandra
Martinez Salinas
MSc
is the lead ornithologist of the PMA at CATIE. She has
participated in numerous bird monitoring and evaluation programs in the
US and in Latin America in conjunction with Ducks Unlimited, and the
Institute of Bird Populations. Alejandra has previously led workshops on
participatory bird monitoring in Nicaragua with several target groups
including bird watching guides and universities.
Mildred
Jimenez
MSc
is a forest engineer with experience in participatory and
communal forestry and is also the manager of Reventazón Model Forest.
The model forest is a network including CATIE and other local
stakeholders of the Cartago province aiming to strengthen the management
of natural resources. She is also part of the coordination group of
VCTBC.
Natalia Estrada Carmona
MSc is
a forest engineer and Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist,
with experience on modeling ecological processes at landscape scale. Her
main interest is to keep exploring the interaction between ecology, GIS
and climate change and actively contribute to the development of
conservation strategies addressing this subjects.
Contact us:
Phone: (505) 2558-2596 or (505)
2558-2471
Email:
fadeclerck@catie.ac.cr
rdeclerck@catie.ac.cr
amartinez@catie.ac.cr
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