Anahi Ocampo
Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation at the University of Chile (Chile).
Chile

Assistant professor in the Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation at the University of Chile (Chile). She is an environmental engineer and has a PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences from the University of Arizona (USA). Her research explores the adaptive capacity and knowledge integration in water management and ecological restoration. She is interested in the co-production of knowledge for environmental decision making.

América Lutz-Ley
Centre for the Study of Development at El Colegio de Sonora (Mexico).

Professor at the Centre for the Study of Development at El Colegio de Sonora (Mexico). She is a political scientist with a PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences (University of Arizona, USA). She researches society-environment interactions, with an emphasis on the sustainable use of water resources, the socio-environmental impacts of large-scale activities, environmental justice and political ecology, and human and institutional dimensions of adaptation to global change.

Adriana Zuñiga
Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona (USA).

Assistant professor at the School of Geography, Deve­lopment, and Environment at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona (USA). She is an architect and has a PhD in Arid Lands Resource Sciences (University of Arizona, USA). Her research focuses on the study of the interactions between society and landscape in the urban environment, drawing upon theories related to environmental justice, urban resilience, water security, and public health.

Claudia Cerda
Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation at the University of Chile (Chile).

Professor at the Faculty of Forestry and Nature Conservation of the University of Chile (Chile). She is a Forest Engineer and has a PhD in Agricultural Sciences (University of Gottingen, Germany). Her main research interests are the economic and socio-cultural evaluation of ecosystem services in different socio-ecological systems throughout Chile.

Silvana Goirán
San Francisco Regional Faculty of the National Technological University (Argentina).

Teaching assistant at the San Francisco Regional Faculty of the National Technological University (Argentina). She is an agricultural engineer and has a PhD in Biological Sciences (National University of Cuyo, Argentina). Her work and research focuses on the evaluation and sustainable management of agroecosystems in dry and semi-dry lands, using remote sensing and biophysical analysis.