Biography: Ms. Gisela Paredes Leguizamón is the coordinator of the Technical Secretariat, Commission of Territorial Order, National Department of Planning of Colombia.
She holds a Degree in 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.
Her research forcuses the territorial processes of inter-institutional coordination, multi-scale community participation, and the integration of biodiversity and protected areas. More specifically, she focuses on territorial ordering from an ecosystem approach, rights, risk management and climate change, urban-regional and differential approaches towards territorial governance and conflict management.