Fundacion Biodiversa Colombia

Our mission

Our mission is the conservation of the Colombian natural and cultural heritage through scientific research with social involvement and through sustainable productive projects that contribute to conservation, to social development and to self sustainability of local communities.

Our vision

Our vision is to grow as a self-sustainable organization that develops projects and research in multiple areas of Colombia, generating positive, growing and long-lasting social and environmental impacts.

Personal

Fernando Arbeláez

Director General FBC / Representante Legal FBC / Biodiversa Foundation board member
I am interested in involving and generating appropriation of local communities ...

Santiago Rosado

Coordinador de la Reserva Natural El Silencio
Biologist with an emphasis on ornithology, ecology and behavior of Neotropical ...

Julio César Marín Cruz

Lider Regional en le Magdalena Medio
Julio has been an active member of Fundación Biodiversa since 2005, before we ...

Ingrid Romero

Coordinadora administrativa FBC
Ingrid joined Fundación Biodiversa in 2015, she coordinates and manages ...

Junta Directiva

Javier Diaz

Vocal Junta Directiva FBC
I have used knowledge mobilization between cultures as a tool to enhance the ...

Juan Phillips

Vocal Junta Directiva FBC / Miembro fundador FBC
With more than 20 years in the environmental sector, I have extensive experie...

Catalina Arias

Tesorera Junta Directiva FBC
Biologist with an option in Anthropology and MSc. in Tropical Ecology. She has ...

Paula Caycedo Rosales

Presidente Junta Directiva FBC / Biodiversa Foundation Vice-President of the board
I am interested in developing and implementing novel tools to characterise and ...

Daniël van der Post

Vocal Junta Directiva FBC / Biodiversa Foundation Secretary of the board
I have a keen interest in evolution, primates, conservation, reforestation and ...

Juan David Sanchez

Secretario Junta Directiva FBC
I am a Biologist who graduated from the Universidad de Antioquia and Universi...

Investigadores asociados

Jorjany Botero-Orrego

Investigadora asociada FBC
Jorjany Botero-Orrego is a biologist from the University of Antioquia, produc...

Dafna Camila Ángel Escobar

Investigadora asociada FBC
My main interest is to study and apply alternative models of development ...

Adela Roa-Varón

Investigadora asociada FBC
My primary research interests are focused on the evolutionary processes ...

Aída Vasco Palacios

Investigadora asociada FBC
I focus in studying the biodiversity of macrofungi in Amazonian ecosystems. My ...

Mario Vargas Ramírez

Investigador asociado FBC / Miembro fundador FBC
I have high interest in the designing and performance of research projects and ...

Juan David Sanchez

Secretario Junta Directiva FBC
I am a Biologist who graduated from the Universidad de Antioquia and Universi...

Paula Caycedo Rosales

Presidente Junta Directiva FBC / Biodiversa Foundation Vice-President of the board
I am interested in developing and implementing novel tools to characterise and ...

Susana Rodríguez-Buriticá

Investigadora asociada FBC
As research director of Fundacion Biodiversa Colombia, I manage projects on ...

Alba Lucía Morales Jiménez

Investigador asociado FBC /Miembro fundador FBC / Biodiversa Foundation Treasurer of the board
I am a biologist with an interest on wildlife conservation. I have done ...

María Catalina Giraldo

Investigador asociado FBC / Miembro fundador FBC
I am a founder and on board of the Fundación Biodiversa Colombia. Currently, I ...

Juan Fernando Millán

Investigador asociado FBC
Conservation biologist with a strong interest in primates, the distribution of ...

Natalia Góngora Correa

Investigadora asociada FBC
Biologist with experience in research, coordinating projects on methods of ...

Paola Jiménez

Investigadora asociada FBC
I joined Fundación Biodiversa in 2014 and supported project coordinators and ...

Natalia Norden

Investigadora asociada FBC
I am broadly interested in understanding the different forces determining plant ...

Antoine Escalas

Investigador asociado FBC
My interest is to get involved in a conservation project with tangible outcomes ...

Nicolás Castaño

Investigador asociado FBC / Miembro fundador FBC
I am interested in an integral forest management in which its use can assure ...