| Claudia Camacho
Regional Coordinator of GDF’s Mesoamerican Region
Claudia received a BSc degree in Biology at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Mexico in 2001 and an MSc in Ethnobotany at the University of Kent in Canterbury in 2003. Her dissertation and field research evaluated the contribution of home-gardens to the conservation of medicinal plants among the Quichua in Amazonian Ecuador. Her work experience includes evaluating and promoting urban and rural traditional medicine as well as medicinal plant diversity in northeastern Mexico. She is interested in using local plant diversity and traditional medicine to improve community nutrition and health care, and in promoting community capacities for natural resource conservation. Claudia has field experience in both northern and southern Mexico and speaks Spanish and English fluently. |
| Carlos del Campo
Regional Coordinator of GDF’s Mesoamerican Region
Carlos received a BSc degree in Psychology at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México in 2001 and an MSc in Environmental Anthropology at the University of Kent in Canterbury in 2003. His dissertation and field research evaluated the impact of indigenous organizations on agricultural knowledge transmission in Pastaza, Amazonian Ecuador. He is interested in the benefits of eco-therapy for conservationist organizations, in developing web platforms for conservation and biocultural diversity-related NGOs, and in collaborating with rural communities to strengthen their technical and organizational capacities for conservation. Carlos has field experience in both northern and southern Mexico and speaks Spanish, French and English fluently. |
| Megan Glore
Field Coordinator and Plant Collections Manager of GDF's Mesoamerican Region
Megan received a BA degree in Spanish from Western Washington University in 2000 and an MSc in Ethnobotany from the University of Kent-RBG Kew in 2006. Her dissertation and field work in San Pedro Totolapa, Oaxaca evaluated local grassroots conservation efforts for non-timber forest product species. With a background in horticulture, Megan is interested in horticultural education and finding innovative ways to support community-based natural resource conservation. She joined GDF in 2007 and has worked as a researcher, web page contributor, co-organizer of the foundation’s international training courses in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, and Pucallpa, Peru, and horticultural assistant to the Kalahari Garden Project in Namibia. She has been visiting, volunteering or conducting research in Oaxaca since 1998 and speaks English and Spanish fluently. |
