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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 (…)
Reforestation Program Manager
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 (…)
Development Manager
After a multi-disciplinary background in music, international business studies and art history, Camille joined LVMH to create the Fondation Louis Vuitton, a contemporary art museum in Paris (…)
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 (…)
Reforestation Coordinator
Pierre has a degree in bioengineering from the Catholic University of Leuven-la-Neuve (Belgium) and a master’s degree in forest and natural space management with an option in tropical forestry from the Polytechnic University of (…)
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 (…)
Nursery Network Coordinator
Edwin is an Agricultural Engineer with an emphasis on agroecology and clean production. He graduated from the University of Nariño in 2012 and has worked in community environmental and productive projects. He has management experience (…)
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 (…)
Accounting and Administration Coordinator
Carolina is a psychology student and has a professional technical degree in business management. She has worked in different companies as a financial portfolio assistant. She is in charge of the accounting and administrative area at Impulso Verde since April 2023 (…)
Intern in Awareness
Yoselin is a student at Universidad del Valle in green technology and environmental management. She joined the Impulso Verde Foundation as a volunteer in the organization (…)
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 (…)
Expert in associative organization and governance
Professional Technician in Business Administration, a native of the municipality of Pupiales Nariño, since 1998 he has been working on processes of economic, social and environmental development, managing national and international cooperation projects (…)
Transport and logistics
A driver with over 25 years’ experience, Miguel lives in the municipality of Aldana Nariño, in the village of Chorrillo. Miguel is the legal representative of the Traspastas association, a company dedicated to rural and urban transport in the municipality of Aldana (…)
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 (…)
Partner Associations
Asociaciones indígenas y campesinas, miembros de la Red de Viveros Impulso Verde de la Fundación, para la producción y distribución de especies forestales nativas.