Erika Cuellar

Erika Cuéllar
Born1978
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Other namesErika Cuellar Soto
Alma materGabriel René Moreno Autonomous University,
University of Kent
University of Oxford
OccupationBiologist
Known forGran Chaco guanacos

Erika Cuéllar Soto (born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 1978), is a Bolivian biologist recognized as the guardian of the Gran Chaco region of South America, where she has worked to promote and conserve this ecosystem that covers regions of Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. A fundamental axis of her activism is the training of local community members in the conservation of their territory as well as the training of parabiologists to be guardians of nature.[1] She has been named a National Geographic explorer.[2]

  1. ^ "Erika Cuéllar". explorer-directory.nationalgeographic.org. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. ^ "Erika Cuéllar, la exploradora boliviana de Nat Geo". El Deber (in European Spanish). 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2023-05-01.