Neme, Andrea Mariel

PhD student CONICET.

Professional resume + Expertise

She has a degree in Ecology and Environmental Conservation from the National University of Santiago del Estero (UNSE) and is currently a PhD student in Enviromental Sciences at the National University of San Martin (UNSAM). She is also part of Proyecto Quimilero.

Her work focuses on wildlife in territories inhabited by Criollo and Indigenous communities in the Argentine Dry Chaco. She uses camera trap sampling techniques and participatory methodologies that integrate local knowledge and strengthen community capacities for territorial defense and biodiversity conservation.

Her doctoral thesis focuses on the contribution of wildlife to the food and nutritional security of Criollo and Indigenous families in Chaco, as well factors influencing changes in wild meat consumption.

Keywords
Dry Chaco, Conservation, Food and nutrition security, Wildlife.

PhD Advisors

Dr. Quintana, Rubén and Dr. Totino, Mariana.

Most important publications

Indigenous Lands with secure land-tenure can reduce forest-loss in deforestation hotspots. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS; Año: 2023 vol. 81 doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102678.
New record of the Chacoan Peccary, Catagonus wagneri (Rusconi, 1930) (Artiodactyla, Tayassuidae), in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Check List; Año: 2021 vol. 17 p. 1221 - 1229 doi: 10.15560/17.5.1221