Colombian Humboldt fellow starts climate protection project

Jhoanata Bolivar Cardona
Jhoanata Bolivar Cardona, scientist of the Research Center in Ecosystems and Global Change –Carbono & Bosques- in Colombia, has conducted studies about carbon stocks and carbon dynamic in mangrove ecosystems. She studied Forest Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, holds a Master in Coastal and Estuarine Management from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain and is candidate to M.Sc. in Forest and Environmental Conservation of Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Germany’s International Climate Protection Fellowship Programme supports prospective leaders from non-European threshold and developing countries by enabling them to conduct a research-based project in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany. Funding is available for project proposals which address issues directly relating to climate protection as well as adaptation to climate change. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation runs the program supported by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) and in cooperation with the Federation of German Industry (BDI), the Centre for International Postgraduate Studies in Environmental Management (CIPSEM) at Dresden International University, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU), the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC).