María Clara van der Hammen is a cultural anthropologist whose research examines Indigenous environmental management, territory, and cultural heritage in Colombia. She has directed projects at Tropenbos Colombia and taught undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Universidad Externado de Colombia. Her publications include a study of how the Yukuna people understand and manage the Colombian Amazon, and she co-authored the chapter on Indigenous and local knowledge in Colombia’s national assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
