Marliz Arteaga Gomez Garcia
About me
Marliz Arteaga is a Bolivian environmental and social scientist, trained as an environmental engineer, with a master’s degree in sustainable development and a Ph.D. in ecology with a focus on tropical conservation and development from the University of Florida, USA. Her career combines university teaching, NGO project coordination, and participatory transdisciplinary research in the Amazon region, where she has specialized in political ecology, environmental governance, bioeconomy, and socio-ecological systems. Throughout her professional path, she has made significant contributions to academia, teaching, and mentorship, fostering knowledge dialogue and collective knowledge building. Beyond academia, her impact extends through active participation in international networks and organizations such as SDSN-Bolivia, the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), OWSD, the Network of Women in Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean, Tu Beca Bolivia (TBB), and the International Water Association (IWA). With a strong commitment to sustainable development, conservation, and the advancement of women in science.
Marliz Arteaga is a Bolivian environmental and social scientist, trained as an environmental engineer, with a master’s degree in sustainable development and a Ph.D. in ecology with a focus on tropical conservation and development from the University of Florida, USA. Her career combines university teaching, NGO project coordination, and participatory transdisciplinary research in the Amazon region, where she has specialized in political ecology, environmental governance, bioeconomy, and socio-ecological systems. Throughout her professional path, she has made significant contributions to academia, teaching, and mentorship, fostering knowledge dialogue and collective knowledge building. Beyond academia, her impact extends through active participation in international networks and organizations such as SDSN-Bolivia, the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), OWSD, the Network of Women in Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean, Tu Beca Bolivia (TBB), and the International Water Association (IWA). With a strong commitment to sustainable development, conservation, and the advancement of women in science.
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.