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USAID | VENEZUELA FAA118/119 TROPICAL FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS

Report by USAID “Venezuela FAA 118/119 Tropical Forests & Biodiversity Analysis” AUTHORS This work was conducted by an Environmental Incentives led team with support from a team of Venezuelan consultants and in close collaboration with the USAID Venezuela Operating Unit. The Environmental Incentives team was led by Tamia Souto, Juan Carlos Martínez-Sánchez and Nate Graham. […]

Report by USAID “Venezuela FAA 118/119 Tropical Forests & Biodiversity Analysis”

AUTHORS This work was conducted by an Environmental Incentives led team with support from a team of Venezuelan consultants and in close collaboration with the USAID Venezuela Operating Unit. The Environmental Incentives team was led by Tamia Souto, Juan Carlos Martínez-Sánchez and Nate Graham. The team of Venezuelan consultants and experts included Vilisa Morón Zambrano (Sociedad Venezolana de Ecología), Eduardo Klein (Universidad Simón Bolívar), Panfilo Masciangioli, Cristina Burelli, and the SOSOrinoco Team, Disleydis Petit (Universidad Central de Venezuela), Genesis Yanes (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), Mercedes Castro (Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad Central de Venezuela) and many other Venezuelan professionals who for safety reasons prefer not to disclose their names.

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The purpose of SOSOrinoco is to shed light on the existing body of work regarding the situation in the Amazonia and Orinoquia regions of Venezuela, to raise awareness of the tragedy that is occurring and to outline some urgent measures that need to be taken in order to halt the unfolding human and environmental disaster.