Mario works for and on behalf of the Bolivian Amazon at ORE, an NGO that supports the conservation of indigenous territories in collaboration with IWGIA. His current work consists of empowering indigenous communities in the use of GIS technologies to monitor, control and defend their territory in the face of conflicts such as deforestation, climate change and forest fires. Mario is an environmental engineer with a diploma in climate analysis and a diploma in indigenous peoples, with an ongoing master’s degree in watershed management, a Quebracho forest firefighter and a climate activist at PBACC.