Angela Andrade
Director, Climate Change and Biodiversity Policy, Conservation International-Colombia
Andrade is the director of climate change and biodiversity policy at Conservation International-Colombia and has served as chair of the Global Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2017.
During her career she has had extensive experience in planning and environmental policy, as well as ecological and social studies. She has participated in several global negotiations as a representative of the IUCN and Conservation International due to her knowledge of climate change adaptation and connections with biodiversity. She has also served as member of the steering committee of the U.N.'s Adaptation GAP report since 2022 She co-authored the first National Red List Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystems report in Colombia and promoted the development of the IUCN's global standard on nature-based solutions.
Andrade is an anthropologist with a specialization in geography and rural studies, which she received from the Andes University, and has a MSc in Rural Surveys and Landscape Ecology from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Netherlands. Prior to Conservation International, Andrade worked as the deputy director of the technical-scientific DAMA, the deputy of the National Geographical Institute IGAC, and the director of ecosystem at the Environmental Ministry. She also served as the director of the Conservation Corridor in Choco-Manabi, and as the technical coordinator of the Integrated National Adaptation Pilot to Climate Change (INAP).
Andrade is the director of climate change and biodiversity policy at Conservation International-Colombia and has served as chair of the Global Commission on Ecosystem Management of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) since 2017.
During her career she has had extensive experience in planning and environmental policy, as well as ecological and social studies. She has participated in several global negotiations as a representative of the IUCN and Conservation International due to her knowledge of climate change adaptation and connections with biodiversity. She has also served as member of the steering committee of the U.N.'s Adaptation GAP report since 2022 She co-authored the first National Red List Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystems report in Colombia and promoted the development of the IUCN's global standard on nature-based solutions.
Andrade is an anthropologist with a specialization in geography and rural studies, which she received from the Andes University, and has a MSc in Rural Surveys and Landscape Ecology from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Netherlands. Prior to Conservation International, Andrade worked as the deputy director of the technical-scientific DAMA, the deputy of the National Geographical Institute IGAC, and the director of ecosystem at the Environmental Ministry. She also served as the director of the Conservation Corridor in Choco-Manabi, and as the technical coordinator of the Integrated National Adaptation Pilot to Climate Change (INAP).