Victor E. Miyakawa
Program Manager, US Forest Service / International Programs and Trade
Victor Miyakawa is a seasoned expert in information systems for natural resource governance, with over 20 years of experience across Latin America. He specializes in the design and implementation of large-scale information and control systems to support forest and wildlife management, particularly in the context of combating illegal logging and associated trade, as well as promoting data transparency.
He has led technical cooperation programs with national and regional governments in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, integrating advanced technologies such as remote sensing, timber identification tools, and forest inventories. His thematic expertise includes geoinformatics, bioinformatics, data sharing platforms, and capacity-building for government agencies, communities, and private sector stakeholders.
Fluent in Spanish and English, Victor also brings strong skills in monitoring and evaluation, multi-stakeholder facilitation, and regional coordination to support environmental governance and information integration efforts aligned with global transparency and conservation goals.

María Soledad Jaime Arteaga is a specialist in Latin American environmental crime enforcement, with deep knowledge of local wildlife and forest protection laws across the region. Her work focuses on illegal logging, deforestation, and supply chain fraud, combining legal frameworks with innovative technologies (e.g., forensic wood identification, satellite monitoring) to strengthen compliance.
Legal & Regional Experience:
• Peru: Served in the Justice Department (Anti-Corruption Branch), designing administrative reforms and KPIs for transparency in natural resource governance.
• Argentina: As USFS Program Manager, trained law enforcement and park rangers on illegal logging prevention, fire management, and invasive species policies.
• Regional Scope: Leads the USFS Illegal Logging Program across Latin America, collaborating with the Foreign Agricultural Service (Colombia), INTERPOL, and Indigenous communities to align local laws with international standards (e.g., Lacey Act, CITES).
• Multilateral Engagement: Advises governments (Ecuador, Brazil) and NGOs on legal tools to combat wildlife trafficking and land-use crimes, informed by fieldwork and policy analysis.

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The Open Timber Portal is an initiative launched by the World Resources Institute to incentivize the production and trade of legal timber. The OTP compiles information from three different sources: official concession boundaries and the list of registered timber producers from the government; documents uploaded voluntarily by timber producers to demonstrate compliance; and observations by third party forest monitors.