Professor at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia. I am a Doctor in Ecology and MSc in Remote Sensing with large interests in applied Earth Observation and geospatial analysis. My current research interests are focused on: spatial modelling of ecological indicators from EO data; information extraction from remote sensing images; ecosystem services mapping & analysis. I am also active in the conservation policy discussion. KEYWORDS: remote sensing; land-cover change, habitat connectivity and fragmentation, habitat mapping, spatial indicators, Earth Observation, ecosystem services.