Who we are

Edison Araguillin has a degree in Biological Sciences and a Master’s in Protected Natural Areas. Research in the management of wildlife in public and private natural spaces and independent environmental consultant, he has studied the road kill of wild animals on the Ecuadorian Coast and in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the effects of roads on wildlife, having a broad vision of the problem of roads and wildlife in Ecuador

Agustina Serrón is a Biologist and Systems Engineering student. She is part of the Research Line of Ecology of Road Infrastructures and Biodiversity in Uruguay. She works with roadkill prediction models and is currently doing a postgraduate degree, where she uses stable isotopes in the hair of roadkilled fauna, to find the impacts that roads generate on feeding behavior. She currently works in the Environmental Information Division of the Ministry of the Environment.

Doctor of Science Alberto González Gallina, My career in Road Ecology started as a result of a Xalapa-Perote Highway Bypass to which we had to review several MIAs of different sections, in said project I was in charge of herpetofauna and mitigation measures (2009). Hence my master’s thesis was with Vertebrate Run Over in the Amozoc-Cantona-Perote road section (2011). In that same year I participated in the Workshop of the GIT Impact of Infrastructure on Wildlife in the framework of the SMBC, that was where I really entered Road Ecology, I have participated to date with this group both with oral presentations, as a moderator and organizer. I participated in the biological monitoring of the Nuevo Xcan-Playa del Carmen highway, where I had to locate, somehow design and monitor the construction of wildlife crossings, the first in Mexico that had wildlife crossings exprofeso both below the road as rope bridges for tree species (2013). I carried out my doctoral thesis with the monitoring of said fauna steps, focused on six species including the jaguar (2018). We participated in the proposed location of Fauna Steps on the Mayan Train in sections Palenque-El Bari, El Bari-Escárcega, Escárcega-Pustunich (2020). A proposal was made for the modification of wildlife crossings on the Trans-Isthmic Railway in Section 3.2 Chivelas-Laguna (2022). To date, two specialization works in Biological Sciences have been directed at the Universidad Veracruzana, the first of which was awarded as the best thesis in 2022 with the Ciencia Arte y Luz award from the same university. Five articles and two scientific notes have been published on the subject as the first author and I have participated in another four as co-author, five book chapters and four popular articles have been written and I have participated in a couple of journalistic notes.

Tony Clevenger is a wildlife research scientist at the Western Transportation Institute, Montana State University USA. His research the last 25 years has focused on developing science-based solutions to the increasing problem of expanding road systems and the conservation of landscapes and animal populations.

As Sonora Project Manager, Cecilia helps achieve the goals of our Highway 2 project, participating in field trips for wildlife monitoring, collecting and interpreting GIS data, interacting with landowners and conservation groups, and organizing road ecology workshops.

Clara Grilo is a researcher at CESAM in the University of Lisbon. Her research has focused on road ecology, mainly the effects of roads on the relative abundance, behavior, mortality risk and implications on genetic structure and population viability of birds and mammals worldwide.

Coral Pacheco Professor-Researcher at the DACBiol at the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Research on wetlands, Impact of infrastructures on wildlife, Road ecology especially on collision mortality, landscape-level effects, and the edge effect in protected areas.

I work for Panthera in the Jaguar Corridor Initiative, in the conservation of the jaguar and the ecosystems it inhabits. I am the coordinator of the Wild cats Friendly Roads Project. We generate basic science for the implementation of measures that reduce the impact of roads on wild cats. We support the Government through the group Vías Amigables con la Vida Silvestre.

I graduated as a biologist from the University of Buenos Aires. I work for CONICET at the Institute of Subtropical Biology (IBS) in Puerto Iguazú, coordinating the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Observatory. I am the president of the local NGO CeIBA. I specialize in mammal ecology and conservation.  I have been working in Road Ecology for more than 10 years, promoting the creation and monitoring of mitigation measures (wildlife passages) in Argentina.

Biologist, works as an extension teacher at the Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, conducts research on road ecology with students from the biology school and has projects on conservation and infrastructure in conjunction with the VAVS group. She also belongs to the group Vías Amigables con la Vida Silvestre (VAVS) from where she has been able to support the government of Costa Rica in various issues of road management and conservation.

She work as a regent biologist at the Las Pumas Rescue Center and Sanctuary; which is dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife, in some cases from being road hitted, and environmental education. In addition, she form part of the Group Vías Amigables con la Vida Silvestre Group, where it has supported the Government in various efforts at the country level.

I am a biologist and postdoctoral researcher in the Graduate Program in Ecology / UFRGS, where I participate in research projects at the Road and Railroad Ecology Group. I investigate the impacts of roads and railways on wildlife, especially road mortality, and the effectiveness of mitigation measures.

Doctor of Environmental Sciences, I work mainly with transport ecology on highways in the Atlantic Forest, but I have already participated in projects with highways in the Amazon and Cerrado before. With a special focus on monitoring the mammalian fauna and the relationship with the road, including fauna passages, home range, and genetic ecology.

Degree in Geography and Masters in Geosciences. Currently a PhD student in Geosciences. Ecosystem and Biodiversity management and conservation professional, with more than 12 years of experience. President of the NGO ECOBIO Uruguay and responsible for the Ecology of Road Infrastructure and Biodiversity research line. Currently working in the Biodiversity Division of the Ministry of Environment.

Environmental biologist José Miguel Gabutti, currently Auxiliary of the Wildlands Network Northwest Program where he conducts road ecology studies to learn how they impact ecosystems and species in Sonora’s ecosystems. He carries out ecological niche work, relationships and data analysis, in his personal tastes are carrying out conservation work on non-charismatic species and their relationship with human communities

Biologist from the National University of Colombia, PhD in Biodiversity and Conservation from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Master in Environmental Education. Research professor at the Metropolitan Technological Institute of Medellín, where he is the technical coordinator of the PECIV- Programa de Ecología de las Carreteras e Infraestructura Verde. He coordinates the Red Colombiana de Seguimiento de Fauna Atropellada -RECOSFA and directs several research projects, master’s thesis and doctorate in the area of Road Ecology.

Juan de Dios Valdez Professor-Researcher at the DACBiol at the Universidad Juárez Autonoma de Tabasco. Research on wetlands, Impact of infrastructures on wildlife, Road ecology especially on collision mortality, landscape-level effects, biological corridors, and the edge effect in protected areas.

She is a researcher at NERF at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. She works on planning mitigation of the impact of wildlife roadkills on roads in southern Brazil. She organizes workshops to incorporate new analytical approaches into public policy instruments and teaches courses on assessing wildlife roadkill on roads and highways.

Mirna Manteca is a biologist, currently working as Mexico Program Road Ecology Coordinator for Wildlands Network. She leads the road ecology projects in Sonora, working in research, management, and communications in conjunction with NGOs and government agencies in order to advocate for the establishment of appropriate mitigation structures.

Pablo Medrano-Vizcaíno is a biologist, with a Masters in Conservation Biology. He is currently a PhD Researcher at the University of Reading (UK), where his studies focus on the analysis of traits and landscape metrics to predict wildlife mortality on Latin American roads. Additionally, he leads the Ecuadorian Network for the monitoring of roadkill, a citizen science project for the collection of roadkill of wildlife in Ecuador.

Robert is a biogeographer with a focus on reptiles and open formations in South America. He is a Senior Environmental Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC, where he reviews projects to be financed and supervises ongoing projects to ensure compliance with the Bank’s performance standard on biodiversity, including the application of the mitigation hierarchy, zero net loss. of biodiversity in natural habitats and net gains in cases of critical habitats. He is involved in various highway and transmission line projects in Latin America.

Master in Biology, Design and implementation of mitigation measures for linear structures on connectivity within the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. Design and development of the Biological Corridor project of the western region of the Panama Canal basin as a measure of adaptation and mitigation to Climate Change.

Médico veterinário. Ele é um pesquisador independente em questões relacionadas à ecologia rodoviária. Trabalha no estudo do impacto de atropelamentos em estradas do Paraguai e com medidas de mitigação dentro de áreas protegidas. Seu interesse também inclui o uso de carcaças para vigilância epidemiológica.

Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salamanca (Spain). Interested in the impact of linear infrastructures on biodiversity, particularly in spatial-temporal analyses of mortality patterns and the application of mitigation measures based on new technologies. Also in the development of green infrastructure strategies as an instrument of territorial planning to promote ecological connectivity and ecosystem services.