TEAM MEMBERS
JUAN DIEGO RESTREPO
Etifor’s coordinator for Lenses
Juan Diego is a Forest Engineer and MSc in Sustainable Tropical Forestry. He is currently working on EU research projects on the water-food-energy nexus, exploring the tradeoffs among water uses for agriculture, energy, and ecological conservation. He is interested in collaborative platforms that involve civil society, the public, and the private sectors to strengthen natural resources governance
LINDA BARCI
Research professional
After a bachelor degree in Land Management and Landscape Protection at the University of Padua, Linda Barci enrolled in Resource Economics and Sustainable Development, a Master degree that gave her the opportunity to cover relevant concepts and approaches concerning the evaluation of ecosystem services. She is currently a junior officer at the Responsible Management Unit, where she collaborates on water resources governance projects such as LIFE Brenta and GO Brenta
ALESSANDRO LEONARDI
Etifor team leader and technical supervisor
Alessandro Leonardi is the Managing Director at ETIFOR. Specialized in integrated financing and Market-Based Instruments for nature conservation, green entrepreneurship and innovation, and development cooperation. He manages and coordinates several projects and teams on the above-mentioned topics. Moreover, he oversees fundraising activities, project and operational management, with extended knowledge on funding integration and innovative and alternative financing mechanisms for environmental/forest projects
GIULIA AMATO
Technical supervisor
Giulia Amato is an expert in ecosystem services evaluation methods. Her knowledge has been put into practice in Etifor through various projects that focussed on economic evaluation. She is also responsible of several projects (mostly directly funded by EU) dealing with the design of policies and innovative tools for economical sustainability of nature conservation actions, from the proposal to the execution phase
MICHELA GUERRA
Etifor’s financial project manager for Lenses
Michela Guerra is the Tenders and Grants Administrator in Etifor. After her Bachelor Degree in Law, she specialized in project management and euro-project management for international cooperation and local development with a Master degree. Michela is now responsible for the projects financial reporting and the submission of national tenders. She speaks fluently Italian, English and French