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Impulso Verde is a Colombian non-profit NGO dedicated to the restoration of the high Andean forest and the protection of the páramo. We co-develop projects in partnership with indigenous and peasant associations.
We are a foundation created and developed by a French-Colombian team, based in Cali (Valle de Cauca) and Ipiales (Department of Nariño).
President and Founder
Engineer in “Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry” in France, Antoine worked more than 20 years ago in Colombia, on aqueduct and sewerage master plans. Back in France, he worked in a consulting firm in strategy, (…)
Director
Professional in economics with a specialization in management control and audit. She has more than ten years of experience in the corporate financial area: planning and management of financial (…)
Technical Director
Engineer in tropical agriculture and international development since 2013, Théo is specialized in the management of agroforestry projects and he did several experiences in French NGOs (…)
Comunication Manager
Vanessa is a Visual Designer with a Master’s Degree in Communication and Marketing.
With a solid academic background that includes a master’s degree in Communication and Marketing and a diploma in Communication for Development. (…)
Reforestation and Beekeeping Coordinator
Luisa grew up in the municipality of Potosí, in the department of Nariño, Colombia. He spent his childhood in a rural area and learned to perform different agricultural tasks such as milking cows and farming (…)
Green Business Coordinator
Food engineer graduated from the University of Calda. She is a native of the village of Inchúchala in the municipality of Pupiales Nariño. Since 2018 she has worked to formulate (…)
Sylvopastoral System Coordinator
Adriana is an animal scientist, specialised in sustainable animal nutrition, with experience in implementing agricultural projects with indigenous and peasant communities. She has the ability to recognise, analyse and propose sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural (…)
Silvopastoral System Coordinator
Jairo Josué Muñoz Gómez is a zootechnician and graduate of the University of Nariño. Jairo was trained in the importance of silvopastoral systems and ecosystem restoration in tropical dry forest (bms-T) and high Andean forest (…)
Environmental Awareness Coordinator
Biologist with an emphasis in Biodiversity Conservation since 2017, she has worked on projects for the conservation, restoration and characterization of biodiversity in protected areas and reserves (…)
Agroecological Project Coordinator
Viviane is an agronomist since 2016 and specialized in agricultural development. She has worked in several French and Latin American agricultural structures (cooperative, entrepreneurship, public organization, NGOs) (…)
Socio-environmental Promoter and Beekeeper
Maria Margarita is a protector of bees, with more than 5 years of experience. She is currently doing a training in the SENA (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje) in tourist guiding. She is working with Impulso Verde as a support in agroecological cultivation (…)
Environmental Awareness Coordinator
Edoardo is a biologist, with a specialization in Ecology and Evolution achieved between the University of Ferrara (Italy) and Huelva (Spain). He has worked as in several educational institutions, managing environmental awareness projects on (…)
Carbon project manager
Solène Happert is French and an agricultural engineer. She has experience in ecological and social offset projects in Cameroon and methodology for carbon offset projects(…)
Accounting and administrative assistant
Yolmen Villegas is a Business Administrator who graduated from the National University of Colombia, Palmira campus, where he received comprehensive training with a strong sense of social and environmental responsibilit (…)
Multimedia graphic designer
For 25 years, Jean-Gabriel has worked in the conception and production of graphic supports in France and internationally. Support companies of any type (start-ups, SMEs and large companies) in their communication campaigns (…)
Computer Systems
Juan Diego is a graphic designer and design student at the Antonio José Camacho University in Cali. He works as a computer systems technician, selling, repairing, updating and providing technical assistance for computers. At Impulso Verde, Juan Diego is (…)
External beekeeping expert
A beekeeper with over 30 years’ experience, Javier lives in the municipality of Ipiales, in the department of Nariño. From an early age, he began working empirically in the field of beekeeping, specializing in the breeding of the “Apis Melifera” species (…)
Strategic Committee
Technical referent
An agro-development engineer graduated in 2007, Maïkov created the Forestever association in 2009 to develop agroforestry projects in the Colombian Amazon with indigenous communities. To date (…)
Regarding "Ética"
Muttiah graduated from the Institute of Chartered Accountant in England & Wales” and was an undergraduate at the High School of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development in Paris. He created and was Secretary General of the (…)
Member of the board of directors
Ingrid is a geobiologist and historian, graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). She is based in Cali where she has worked as a teacher and now as a project coordinator in Latin America for the diplomatic organization HD (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue) (…)
Accountant
Oscar Nain is a Colombian professional accountant, with advanced studies in taxation, and since 2020 has been linked to the Foundation as an accounting advisor (…)