Maria is biologist with a Master's degree in Sustainable Resource Management. She has experience in biodiversity projects design, and monitoring, implementing the sustainable landscape approach combining different ecosystem services, value chains and financial mechanisms.
Currently, as the Biodiversity Practice Lead in South Pole, Maria focuses on the design and implementation of corporate biodiversity strategies, helping companies to understand their relationship with nature, and align with international frameworks and standards such as LandScale, SBTN, TNFD, CSRD. Her goal is to provide nature-based solutions and innovative mechanisms that generate positive and real impacts on biodiversity.