Tatiana Maeda

I am a Brazilian conservation 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 innovative technologies—such as bioacoustics—to investigate how major drivers of degradation in the Amazon reshape animal communities and, in turn, influence ecosystems’ capacity to resist and adapt to climate change.

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