Dr Carmen JOSSE MONCAYO

Directora Ejecutiva, EcoCiencia, Fundación Ecuatoriana de Estudios Ecológicos

Carmen Josse is an Ecuadorian scientist with a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences with specialization in vegetation ecology from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Dr. Josse is the Scientific Director of EcoCiencia Foundation (Ecuador) since 2016, and Executive Director since March 2020. Dr. Josse also participates in the development of products of the Amazon Network of Geo-referenced Socio-Environmental Information (RAISG). She was the Regional Ecologist for Latin America and the Caribbean at NatureServe from 2001 to 2016, and developer of methods and products of classification, mapping, and evaluation of ecosystems throughout Latin America to support conservation planning.