Angela Andrade

Commission Chair. Anthropologist specialized in Human Geography and Land Evaluation, with an MSc in Land Ecology from ITC – University of Twente, the Netherlands. She brings more than 30 years of professional experience in ecosystem management, land-use planning, climate change adaptation, and related public policies. In Colombia, she has served as Deputy Director of the Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute (IGAC), held the Ecosystems Director at the Ministry of Environment, and was Senior Director of Climate Change and Biodiversity Policy for Conservation International Colombia. As a consultant, she has contributed to the application of the ecosystem approach in diverse areas, nature based solutions, including the development of conservation corridors, protected areas, land-use planning in the Amazon, and ecosystem-based adaptation.