Margarita Mora

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Margarita Mora is passionate about empowering local groups in their efforts to manage their territories. She has dedicated the past 19 years to co-creating and implementing strategies for integrating conservation into a positive vision of the future for these communities. Margarita, in her earlier role as the Managing Director of the Conservation Stewards Program of Conservation International (CI), a pioneer in the conservation agreements model, has been involved in conservation agreement initiatives in 19 countries around the world.

Margarita has applied the lessons and experiences from nearly two decades of work to shape Nia Tero’s approach to building partnerships with Indigenous peoples and local communities worldwide. Margarita believes that if ecosystems that are vital for humanity’s well-being are to thrive, the people who have sustained these places and are most knowledgeable about them must also thrive. She is an alumna of the Mulago Foundation's Conservation Fellowship, MIT Media Lab's Director’s Fellowship, and a Heinrich Böll Stiftung alumna.