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M. Ruth Martínez.R
M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, PhD.
Phone: +(506) 8358-0172
mruthmartinez@gmail.com, rmartinez@conservation.org
EDUCATION
PhD. The University of Georgia, Department of Anthropology, Athens, GA
Dissertation: “Ethnobotanical Knowledge Acquisition among Tsimane’ Children in the
Bolivian Amazon”.
Major professor: Dr. Brent Berlin.
Doctor of Philosophy, Environmental and Ecological Anthropology.
Bachelor of Science with Honors, Agronomy.
B.S. EARTH University, Limón, Costa Rica
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Conservation International, Moore Center for Science, Ecosystem Services division. Manager:
Climate Change Adaptation in Farming Systems
University of Costa Rica. Anthropology Department. San Pedro, Costa Rica. Professor.
ACICAFOC (Central American Indigenous Peoples’ and Farmers’ Coordinator Association for
Community Agro-forestry) San José, Costa Rica. Projects Officer.
ACICAFOC-Fundecooperación para el Desarrollo Sostenible. San José, Costa Rica. Project
Manager: “Bhutan-Costa Rica cooperation for organic products’ development”.
Centro Boliviano de Investigación y Desarrollo Socio Integral-Tsimane’ Amazonian Panel Study
(TAPS), Beni, Bolivia. Environmental Issues Researcher
The University of Georgia, Environmental and Ecological Anthropology Department, Athens, GA.
Teaching Associate
The University of Georgia, Environmental Sciences Study Abroad, Costa Rica. Teaching Associate
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Graduate Research Assistant.
ACICAFOC. San José, Costa Rica. Exchanges Coordinator.
CONSULTING
Japanese Sustainable Development Fund-World Bank. Dissemination of results for the Project
“Alternatives for Agro-forestry management system for indigenous peoples, campesinos, and afro
descendents in Nicaragua.”
Aug 2003-Aug 2009
Jan 1998-Dec 2001
Jan 2013-Present
Fall 2011-Present
Jul 2009-Jan 2013
Jan-Jul 2010
Aug 2007-Oct 2008
Jan 2006-Aug 2007
Aug-Dec 2005
Aug 2003-Aug 2005
Jan 2002-Jul 2003
March 2012
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Native; English: Fluent; Portuguese: Good.
PUBLICATIONS
Vignola, R., C.A. Harvey, P. Bautista-Solis, J. Avelino, B. Rapidel, C. Donatti and R. Martínez. 2015. Ecosystem-based
adaptation for smallholder farmers: definitions, opportunities and constraints. Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 211:126–132.
Bouroncle, C., Imbach, P., Rodriguez, B., Medellín C., Fung, E., Martinez, M.R., Donatti, C.I. 2015. La agricultura de Costa
Rica y el cambio climático: Dónde están las prioridades para la adaptación? Copenhague, Dinamarca: CGIAR Research
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Bouroncle, C., Imbach, P., Rodriguez, B., Medellín C., Fung, E., Martinez, M.R., Donatti, C.I. 2015. La agricultura de
Honduras y el cambio climático: Dónde están las prioridades para la adaptación? Copenhague, Dinamarca: CGIAR Research
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Bouroncle, C., Imbach, P., Rodriguez, B., Medellín C., Fung, E., Martinez, M.R., Donatti, C.I. 2015. La agricultura de
Guatemala y el cambio climático: Dónde están las prioridades para la adaptación? Copenhague, Dinamarca: CGIAR Research
Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Holland, M.B., P. Imbach, S. Shamer, J.C. Zamora, C. Medellín, E. Leguía, C. Donatti, M. R. Martínez and C. Harvey.
Jul 2015
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“Mapping agriculture and adaptive capacity: exploring participatory expert methods amid comparative data gaps.”
Sustainability Science, in review.
Mayers, J; Knight, C; Martínez, R; Dunning, G. 2010. Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (co-chairs’ summary). The
Forests Dialogue Series.
Reyes-García, V; Kightley, E; Ruíz-Mallén, I.; Fuentes-Peláez, N.; Demps, K; Huanca, T; Martínez-Rodríguez, M. R; 2010.
Schooling and local environmental knowledge: Do they complement or substitute each other? International Journal of
Educational Development 30 (2010), 305-313.
Ooft, M; Lengyel, A; Martínez, R. Field Dialogue on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (Co-chairs’ summary). The
Forests Dialogue Series.
Martínez-Rodríguez, M.R. 2009. Book review:“Revenge in the Cultures of Lowland South America”. Journal of Latin
American and Caribbean Anthropology 14 (2), 513-514.
Godoy, R; Reyes-García, V; Broesch, J; Fitzpatrick, I; Giovanninni, P.; Martínez-Rodríguez, M.R.; Huanca, T.; Leonard,
W.R.; McDade, T.; Tanner, S.; TAPS Bolivia Study Team. 2009. “Long-Term (Secular) Change of Ethnobotanical Knowledge
of Useful Plants: Separating Cohort and Age Effects.” Journal of Anthropological Research, 65: 51-67.
Reyes-García, V; Broesch, J; Calvet-Mir, L; Fuentes-Peláez, N; McDade, T. W.; Parsa, S; Tanner, S; Huanca, T; Leonard, W.
R. Martínez-Rodríguez, M.R. 2009. “Cultural transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge and skills: An empirical analysis
from an Amerindian society”. Evolution and Human Behavior 30 (4), 274-285.
TRAINING
Introduction to coffee barista. Kaba coffee center and Costa Rican Coffee Institute. (ICAFE). San José,
Costa Rica
Course: Planning Scientific studies and data analysis. Course #1for the International Certificate on
Biostatistics. CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Wilderness First Responder Certification. Wilderness Medical Associates. The University of Georgia,
Athens, Georgia.
Professional Course: South American Ethnobotany: case studies and methodological approaches.
Darwin Initiative- National University of Misiones, Argentina
Field Training in Methods of Data Collection in Cultural Anthropology. National Science Foundation
(NSF), Beni, Bolivia
Summer Institute of Research Design in Cultural Anthropology. National Science Foundation (NSFSIRD). Beaufort, North Carolina.
Natural History guide certificate. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (InBio), Heredia, Costa Rica.
FIELDWORK
Timpu, Bhutan. “Study tour for development of products based on medicinal plants”.
Beni, Bolivia. Doctoral Dissertation Fieldwork. “Ethnobotanical Knowledge Acquisition among
Tsimane’ Children”
Beni, Bolivia. Pre-dissertation fieldwork.
Veracruz, Mexico. “Environmental Knowledge among the Totonac”.
Talamanca, Costa Rica. “Environmental Knowledge among the Cabécar”.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
42nd session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). Observer.
Bonn, Germany.
United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Observer. Rio de Janeiro,
Brasil.
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 35th session of the Governing Council.
Observer. Rome, Italy
German Technical Cooperation (GIZ). Instructor for Dissemination Workshops: “Climate change,
REDD and Free Prior Informed Consent”. Costa Rica.
University of Costa Rica. Panelist. “Conversations on Ethnoscience: approaching native
perspectives”. United Nations 16th session of the Working Group on Further Commitments for
Annex I Parties. Observer. Panama City, Panama.
United Nations Forum on Forests. Observer. New York.
Conference of the Parties (COP). Observer. Cancún, Mexico.
German Technical Cooperation (GIZ). Instructor for Dissemination Workshops: “Climate change,
REDD and Free Prior Informed Consent”. Guatemala, Belize and El Salvador.
Abr-2015
Ago 2014
Mar-2009
Oct 2006
Jun-Jul 2006
Jul-Aug 2005
Oct 2002
May 2010
Jun 2007-Aug
2008
Jun 2006
May-Jul 2005
May-Jul 2004
Jun 2015
Jun 2012
Feb 2012
Dec 2011
Oct 2011
Jan 2011
Dec 2010
Nov 2010
Jul 2015
Latin American Association for Radiophonic Education (ALER). Instructor for workshop:
“Climate Change, Forests, and Indigenous Peoples”, Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Mesoamérica). Evaluation Committee
member for: Alliances Project for Sustainable Territories in Central America.
The Forests Dialogue Meeting. Co-Chair for “Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry” Price
Waterhouse Coopers, London, England.
Conference of the Parties (COP) observer. ACICAFOC’s head of delegation, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
The Forests Dialogue Meeting. Co-Chair for “Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry” Ohrid,
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).
University of Georgia Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium (CURO).
Panel session’s convener and presentation screener, Georgia Symposium, The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA.
Jeannette Rankin Foundation. Grant screening volunteer. Athens, GA.
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