Esther Conde has an undergraduate degree in Biology from the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), in Bolivia. Born in La Paz, she has worked continuously among Amazonian Indigenous communities in Bolivia since 2000. Specifically, she has worked for 24 consecutive years in the Tsimane’ territory, frequently visiting the communities and creating ties of trust and mutual respect with the Tsimane’ people and their legitimate authorities. She currently works as a field researcher and executive secretary of the Centro Boliviano de Investigación y Desarrollo Socio Integral (CBIDSI), in charge of accounting and database maintenance. With her extensive knowledge of the Tsimane’ language, she has participated in numerous international projects such as COMBIOSERVE (funded by the European Commission FP7; 2012-2015) or the LICCI project (funded by the European Research Council; 2018-2023). She was the second field coordinator of the Tsimane’ Amazonian Panel Study (2002-2010).
The IEK-CHANGES project is an ERC Starting Grant funded by the European Union (IEK-CHANGES, 101117423) to Dr. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
El proyecto IEK-CHANGES es una beca «Starting Grant» del Consejo Europeo de Investigación (ERC) financiada por la Unión Europea (IEK-CHANGES, 101117423) y concedida al Dr. Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares.
No obstante, las opiniones y puntos de vista expresados son exclusivamente de los autores y no reflejan necesariamente los de la Unión Europea ni los de la Agencia Ejecutiva del Consejo Europeo de Investigación. Ni la Unión Europea ni la autoridad que concede la subvención se hacen responsables de los mismos.
