Organizing Comittee

^{Ariane de Bremond is the Executive Director of the Global Land Programme, Associate Research Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park and Associated Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research interests include land tenure and land use and cover change, and the role of science and knowledge production in societal transformations. Read full bio.}

^{Dr. Martha Bonilla-Moheno is a biologist (UNAM, Mexico), with a PhD in Environmental Studies (University of California, Santa Cruz). Her research seeks to understand the impact that humans have as promoters of change in ecosystems, particularly in tropical forests. Read full bio.}

^{Ivan is a PhD student at the Scuola Normale Superiore. He is an ecologist and environmental scientist with spatial analysis and big data management capabilities. Specialized in modeling spatial processes of land use change, employing Machine Learning and Data Mining tools. Read full bio.}

^{Susana is a Rural Sociologist with a postgraduate degree in Population and Development from the Center for Demographic Studies in Havana. Has 30 years of experience in establishing work links with the three levels of government, civil society organizations, and indigenous producers in high biodiversity areas to promote sustainable productive practices and conservation. In the last 4 years, has been dedicated to the facilitation and logistics of Scientific Meetings.}