Dr. Marliz Arteaga Gómez-García
About me
I am a transdisciplinary sustainability scientist from the Bolivian Amazon, dedicated to advancing collaborative and transformative approaches to sustainability. Trained as an environmental engineer, I hold a master’s degree in sustainable development and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary ecology with a focus on tropical conservation and development from the University of Florida, USA. My work bridges academia, civil society, and local communities through participatory transdisciplinary research across the Amazon and the Americas. I specialize in political ecology, environmental governance, bioeconomy, and social-ecological systems, emphasizing knowledge co-creation to address real-world sustainability challenges. I actively contribute to international networks such as the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN-Bolivia), the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), Tu Beca Bolivia (TBB), the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD), the Women in Conservation of Latin America and the Caribbean Network (Red MeC LAC), and the International Water Association (IWA). Committed to transformative sustainability science, conservation, and gender equity, I strive to foster inclusive and sustainable futures.
I am a transdisciplinary sustainability scientist from the Bolivian Amazon, dedicated to advancing collaborative and transformative approaches to sustainability. Trained as an environmental engineer, I hold a master’s degree in sustainable development and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary ecology with a focus on tropical conservation and development from the University of Florida, USA. My work bridges academia, civil society, and local communities through participatory transdisciplinary research across the Amazon and the Americas. I specialize in political ecology, environmental governance, bioeconomy, and social-ecological systems, emphasizing knowledge co-creation to address real-world sustainability challenges. I actively contribute to international networks such as the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN-Bolivia), the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), Tu Beca Bolivia (TBB), the Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD), the Women in Conservation of Latin America and the Caribbean Network (Red MeC LAC), and the International Water Association (IWA). Committed to transformative sustainability science, conservation, and gender equity, I strive to foster inclusive and sustainable futures.
Degrees:
Barrantes, R., Schaeffer, R., Durán, A. M., Arteaga, M., Oliveira, A. C., et al. (2023). A new infrastructure for a sustainable Amazon (Policy brief). Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Barrantes, R., Schaeffer, R., Durán, A. M., Arteaga, M., Oliveira, A. C., et al. (2023). Uma nova infraestrutura para uma Amazônia sustentável (Resumo de política). Painel de Ciências para a Amazônia (SPA), Rede de Soluções de Desenvolvimento Sustentável.
Barrantes, R., Schaeffer, R., Durán, A. M., Arteaga, M., Oliveira, A. C., et al. (2023). Una nueva infraestructura para una Amazonía sostenible (Resumen de políticas). Panel Científico para la Amazonía (SPA), Red de Soluciones de Desarrollo Sostenible.
Morales-Giner, P., Speranza, M. L., Arteaga, M., Baudoin Farah, A., Ferreira da Fonseca Junior, S., García Villacorta, A., ... & Perz, S. (2023). Political ecology explanations for ineffective environmental governance in the Amazon: A comparative analysis of cases from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Political Ecology.
Froese, R., Pinzón, C., Aceitón, L., Argentim, T., Arteaga, M., Navas-Guzmán, J. S., Pismel, G., Scherer, F., Reutter, J., Schilling, J., & Schönenberg, R. (2022). Conflicts over land as a risk for social-ecological resilience: A transnational comparative analysis in the Southwestern Amazon. Sustainability, 14(6520). https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116520
Sabo, A. N., Arteaga, M., Chavez Michaelsen, A. B., Jordo, C. O., Ferreira da Fonseca Junior, S., Luna-Celino, V., Montero Alvarez, P., & Perz, S. (2022). The wisdom of hindsight: A comparative analysis of timelines of environmental governance of infrastructure across the Pan-Amazon. Ecology and Society, 27(1), 28. https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol27/iss1/art28/
Perz, S. G., Arteaga, M., Baudoin Farah, A., Brown, I. F., Mendoza, E. R. H., de Paula, Y. A. P., ... & Selaya G., N. G. (2021). Participatory action research for conservation and development: Experiences from the Amazon. Sustainability, 14(1), 233. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010233
Mere Roncal, C., Carrero, G. C., Chavez Michaelsen, A. B., Almeyda Zambrano, A. M., Loiselle, B., Gutierrez, F. V., Luna Celino, V., Arteaga, M., Bongiolo, E. S., Tomasi, A. S., Van Damme, P., Lizarro Zapata, D. E., & Broadbent, E. N. (2021). Participatory mapping for strengthening governance on infrastructure impacts in the Amazon: Lessons to improve tools and strategies. Land. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10050491
Morales-Giner, P., Speranza, M. L., Arteaga, M., Baudoin Farah, A., Ferreira da Fonseca Junior, S., García Villacorta, A., ... & Perz, S. (2021). Multi-criteria frameworks to improve evaluation of the effectiveness of environmental governance in the Amazon. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4, 38. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.656226
Aceitón, L., Argentim, T., Arteaga, M., Froese, R., Navas Guzmán, J. S., Pinzón, C., Pismel, G., Scherer, F., Reutter, J., & Schönenberg, R. (2020). Conflictos de tierra y territorio en la Amazonía sud-occidental: El caso de la región MAP. Prodigy BioTip. Prodigy Consortium, University of Koblenz–Landau.