Ms. Gisela Paredes Leguizamón is coordinator of the Technical Secretariat, Commission of Territorial Order, National Department of Planning of Colombia. She holds a Degree on Zootechny from the National University of Colombia, a Master’s Degree in Rural Development from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia and a Master of Science in Sustainability to Manage Global Change from the International University of Andalusia, Spain. She has more than 20 years of working as an Officer of the National Parks of Colombia, responsible for territorial planning in the Amazonian, Orinoco and Caribbean region. She is member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Transboundary Conservation Specialist Group.