John Enrique Molina Villamar. Professor and researcher at the Agrarian University of Ecuador. He holds a PhD in Ecology, Environmental Sciences, and Plant Physiology, and an Official Master's Degree in Ecology, Management, and Restoration of the Natural Environment from the University of Barcelona (Spain); and a Master's Degree in Science: Sustainable Management of Bioresources and the Environment and Biologist from the University of Guayaquil (Ecuador). He has served as Executive Director of the National Institute of Agricultural Research of Ecuador (INIAP), researcher at the National Institute of Public Health Research (INSPI), and as a Scientific Technician at the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. He is an active member of the International Network of Participatory Processes, Gender, and Rural Development (Toluca, State of Mexico).