Carlos Alberto Hernandez-Velez is a doctoral student at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS). He explores the role that Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK) plays in the regulation of wildlife consumption in the Colombian Amazon. He is interested in the unity of knowledge around biodiversity conservation and sustainability for better comprehension/action in socio-ecological contexts. In 2016, he received a merit magister degree for participatory research around the local regulation of wild life use, in an isolated multiethnic tribe in Colombian Amazon. Due to his Bachelors thesis with orchid bees, he has also worked for nature documentaries such as National Geographic Scientific Advisor for a Real Bugs Life, released on Disney Plus in 2023.
Carlos won the Best Student Oral Presentation award for his work titled “Exchanging Researcher Seats: Collaboration with Indigenous Researchers for a more sustainable Wildlife Management.”