Luciana Porter-Bolland, currently a senior researcher at Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Obtained her Ph.D. in 2001 at the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida in USA. Her work has been focused on different aspects of human-nature interactions since 2002. Specifically, she teaches and conducts research within the field of human ecology, understanding the factors that affect processes at the landscape level. Also, she is interested in understanding how traditional management practices, such as agroforestry and bee management, relate to conservation in human dominated contexts. She is a member of CONACYT Thematic networks of SocioEcosistems and Biocultural Heritage.