María Constanza Meza Elizalde wants to change fire laws and attitudes.
María Constanza Meza Elizalde is a forest engineer and PhD student at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, where she researches fire ecology and conducts fieldwork in hard-to-reach areas with recurring fire problems. With her adviser and other students in her research group, she’s been drafting and lobbying forWhy is there a need for a science-backed fire-management bill?
Communities living in fire-dependent ecosystems know how to reduce risks, but environmental authorities don’t recognize these practices. Right now, there are no laws or conservation strategies in Colombia that recognize the ecological role of fire.
As a woman, I have other challenges to being heard. Being a woman in discussion spaces where the majority of participants are men, it takes more time to build your confidence. For example, I am an early-career researcher but I am also an engineer and I have a master’s degree. Yet, in some workspaces, people keep calling me a ‘girl’.First, I want to express my admiration for scientists who work in remote areas affected by armed conflict.
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