Tatiana Maeda

I’m a Brazilian ecologist interested in supporting nature-based solutions that enhance ecosystem health while upholding the rights of local and Indigenous People. At Yale, I assess forest resilience through the lenses of wildlife in fragmented and burned forests in the southeastern Amazon. Using novel technologies such as bioacoustics, I investigate how forest degradation affects wildlife and how these impacts may influence ecosystems’ capacity to resist and adapt to climate change, with a particular focus on seed dispersal functions.

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