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Staff Costa Rica

Vivian Vargas

Vivian Vargas Vicente was an intern with AIDA's Marine Biodiversity and Coastal Protection Program. She has a degree in Nutrition from the Universidad Hispanoamericana de Costa Rica, a Master's degree in Restoration Management, and a Master's degree in Administrative and Financial Management from the University of Barcelona. For several years, she was a volunteer of different control and protection projects with the Association of Volunteers for Service in Protected Areas of Costa Rica and a member of the forest brigade.

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Staff Brazil

Francisco Pinilla

Francisco Pinilla is Brazilian with Chilean roots and works with AIDA as a digital communications strategist from Brazil. Francisco has a degree in communication, with a specialty in political science, and an MBA in digital marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). His specialty is digital communication, with emphasis on growth, business intelligence and performance. He is passionate about technology as a tool for social transformation.

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Diego Lillo Goffreri

Diego Lillo is a senior attorney with AIDA's Ocean Program, and the High Seas Area Coordinator, working from Chile. He is an attorney from the University of Chile and holds a Master's degree in International Human Rights Law from the Diego Portales University (Chile). Diego has dedicated his professional career to the defense of vulnerable communities in high-profile environmental conflicts, as well as to academia as a researcher and teacher. 

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Staff Panama

Luisa Arauz

Luisa Arauz is Panamanian and an attorney with AIDA's Ecosystems Program. She is a graduate of the Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua (Panama). She holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and a postgraduate degree in Integrated Water Management from the International Water Centre (Australia). Luisa has more than 10 years of experience in environmental litigation both in civil society organizations and in the public sector in Panama. She has been a law professor and legal researcher on community rights of access to water and environmental democracy.

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Hugo Mobarec

Hugo Mobarec is Bolivian and collaborated with AIDA as a scientific advisor. He studied chemical engineering and specialized in bioprocess technology at the Technical University of Denmark. Hugo has experience in environmental biotechnology, sustainable mining, applied research and data analysis. He has also collaborated with vulnerable communities in the co-creation and implementation of projects.

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Maria Antonia Tigre

is Global Climate Litigation Fellow in the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law of the Columbia University.

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Staff Mexico

Gisselle García

Gisselle García is an attorney with AIDA's Climate Program working in Mexico. She is a graduate of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She holds a Master's degree in Environmental Law from Rovira i Virgili University (Spain) and a Diploma in Public Policy and Evaluation from the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (Mexico). Gisselle has significant experience in applied research and strategic litigation on climate change, air quality, biocultural heritage, indigenous law and food sovereignty. She is a member of the Berta Cáceres Legal Clinic for Environmental Justice at the Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México.

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Staff Ecuador

Manuel Morales

Manuel Morales is the Executive Director of ECOLEX in Ecuador. He has consulted with several national and international, governmental and non-governmental organizations, specializing in environmental law. He is the creator of the Community Paralegal Program; which has been replicated in all indigenous nationalities in Ecuador and in several countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia through agencies such as the World Bank, the Legal Empowerment Network and NAMATI.

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Staff United States

Martin Wagner

Martin Wagner is an attorney and director of Earthjustice's International Program, based in San Francisco, California. He leads a team of lawyers and scientists working with organizations around the world to advance the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, with cases currently underway in Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and several Latin American countries, among others.

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Manuel Pulgar Vidal

Manuel is the Global Leader of Climate & Energy at WWF International. He has 35 years of experience in environmental law and policy. He was Minister of Environment of Peru (2011-2016) and President of the Twentieth Conference of the Parties (COP20) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2014. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Forest Trends, the Amazon Conservation Association, the Peruvian Society of Environmental Law and WWF Colombia.

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