Ameyali RAMOS

Commission Deputy Chair

Ameyali Ramos is currently the Deputy Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP). Ameyali has more than 20 years of experience working on social and environmental governance, international policy, conservation, and human rights. Ameyali supports and advocates for the self-determination, rights and responsibilities of Indigenous peoples and local communities in international and national spaces, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, IUCN and the UNFCCC. Her work has also focused on advocating for the outsized role Indigenous Peoples and local communities play in the stewardship of nature, on strengthening the collective capacity of Indigenous Peoples and on supporting them so they can meaningfully engage and leverage policy spaces. Ameyali's has a background in environmental policy (PhD and MSc University of Oxford) and environmental and social geography (University of British Columbia). Ameyali is Senior Advisor to the International Savanna Fire Management Initiative (ISFMI) and Technical Advisor to the ICCA Consortium.