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Our team
We founded CIMA in 2002 with the intention to make a difference in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. With more than 50 employees in 5 offices throughout Peru, CIMA manages Cordillera Azul National Park, a protected area the size of Northern-Ireland.
A multi-disciplinary group of social and environmental experts, we are dedicated to conserving, researching and managing biodiversity.
Marleni Ramírez
President
Doctor in Physical Anthropology –City University of New York. Expert in scientific groundwork in Latin-America for the implementation of global agreements on the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources. One of the founding partners of CIMA.
Jorge Aliaga Arauco
Director of Administration & Finance / Member of the Board of Directors
Business Administrator–University Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. More than 25 years of experience in the administration and financial aspects of conservation and environmental organizations. One of the founding partners of CIMA.
Lily Rodríguez Bayona
Director of Institutional Development / Member of the Board of Directors
Doctor in Ecology - University of Paris. Expert in biodiversity conservation, more than 30 years of national and international experience. One of the founding partners of CIMA.
Manuel Glave
Member of the Board of Directors
He is a Doctor of Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. GRADE Principal Investigator, specialist in rural development, environmental economics and natural resources, and analysis of agricultural and environmental public policy. Principal Professor of the Department of Economics of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Evert Thomas
Member of the Board of Directors
He is a scientist at Bioversity International, based in Lima, Peru. A Belgian national, Evert works to improve the conservation and sustainable use of forest genetic resources, and their application in tree-based restoration projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. Evert combines different disciplines in his work, such as distribution modeling, spatial diversity analysis, population genetics, archeology, ecology, and social sciences, and actively works on native diversity of genetic resources such as cacao (Theobroma cacao) and ecosystems such as dry forests.
