Northern Andes and Southern Central America

Silvia Benitez
Conservation Projects Manager and Ecosystems Services Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy

Alejandro Calvache
Water Fund Specialist
The Nature Conservancy

Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Infrastructure and Corporations Strategy Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy

Aurelio Ramos
Director - Northern Andes and Southern Central America
The Nature Conservancy

Heather Tallis, Ph.D.
Lead Scientist

Tallis is working with a team from Stanford, WWF, TNC and other universities to develop a set of tools to model and map environmental service values in given landscapes. Tallis’ research interests include marine ecology, ecosystem science, biogeochemistry, and traditional knowledge systems. She has explored resource management options with Penan communities in Borneo, villagers in Cambodia, timber and aquaculture industries in Washington (USA) and a hydropower company in New Zealand. Her academic research has focused on the biological consequences of nutrient and carbon flows in the open ocean, coastal zone, rivers and forests. Tallis received her Ph.D. from the University of Washington and has won awards from Rotary International, the Ford Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, among others.