Matías Mastrangelo
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
Argentina
Matías Mastrangelo is a biologist and holds a PhD in Environmental Studies. He is STeP fellow at the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and researcher from the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the National University of Mar del Plata. His current focus is on the role of institutions and land-use agents on the occurrence of legal and illegal deforestation. He also assesses the impacts of deforestation on biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being. He has an active role in intergovernmental organizations related to global environmental change such as IPBES and the IAI.