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.

Marcy Mendelson
Wildlife Criminologist | Conservation Researcher | Documentary Filmmaker

Marcy Mendelson is an interdisciplinary expert in wildlife crime, environmental justice, and human-wildlife conflict, with over a decade of experience in investigative fieldwork, intelligence analysis, and global communications. A member of INTERPOL’s Wildlife Crime Working Group (Civil Society Division), she holds an MSc in International Criminal Justice (Wildlife Criminology) from the University of Portsmouth, where her thesis on gender and cheetah trafficking was awarded with distinction.

Her analytical and investigative work has supported organizations including the Environmental Investigation Agency and Freeland. She has produced intelligence reports on illegal wildlife trade and conducted field journalism across Eastern and Southern Africa, with bylines in National Geographic, AFAR, and Africa Geographic. She is the award-winning director of The Last Cheetahs of Solitaire, a conservation documentary currently screening internationally and on the WaterBear Network.

Mendelson regularly speaks on the silencing of conservation actors in politically volatile contexts, most recently presenting on Ecopoliticide—the strategic targeting of conservationists—as part of CECRN’s Global Environmental Justice Conference (2025). Her work integrates criminological research, visual storytelling, and advocacy for coexistence, with a sustained focus on gender, displacement, and transnational enforcement dynamics in nature crime.

Website: Cheetah-Watch.com

Portfolio: MendelsonImages.com

Talk: Ecopoliticide – CECRN Global Environmental Justice Conference

Location: Based in Berlin, Germany & Global / U.S. & Africa-based operations

Languages: English (native/ fluent), German B1

Security Clearance: Eligible upon request

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