Tatiana Maeda

I am a Brazilian ecologist passionate about advancing nature-based solutions that promote ecosystem health while safeguarding the rights and livelihoods of local and Indigenous communities.

As a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, I use novel technologies—such as bioacoustics—to assess how degradation drivers in the Amazon reshape animal communities and, in turn, influence the ecosystem’s capacity to resist and adapt to climate change.

Previously, I collaborated with The Nature Conservancy and local communities in the Yucatán Peninsula to evaluate the impacts of improved forest management on tropical biodiversity. I also conducted geospatial analyses in support of Conservation International’s restoration initiatives in the Amazon and co-developed an ecotourism project with CONABIO-Mexico aimed at conserving the Lacandon Jungle.