23 January 2026
15:00 - 16:30 UTC0
Citizen science: biodiversity preservation challenge
Learning Planet Institute (LPI)
Speakers :
- Environnement
- Recherche
Maria Varesa
Director of Amazon Landscapes @ Wildlife Conservation Society
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.
