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CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

Lucia Ruiz

Lucia Ruiz is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú with a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Conservation Biology and Legal Research. She has 25 years of professional experience in public and private sector institutions, in the design and implementation of public policies and instruments for environmental management, natural resources and protected areas. She has been Minister and Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Environment of Peru and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of National Superintendency of Sanitation Services (SUNASS) and a member of the Board of Directors of Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART).