Ruth Noguerón is an Associate with Global Forest Watch. She is responsible for GFW projects in South America and provides managerial and research assistance to other overall GFW projects. Currently, she is working to expand mapping projects in the Amazon Basin; she is also completing a report about existing mechanisms to re-distribute forest revenues in Latin America, and a guide for environmental procurement.

Prior to her work with GFW, she was a part-time Program Assistant with the Forest Frontiers Initiative at WRI. Before coming to the World Resources Institute, she worked in México City at the Tropical Action Forest Program (PROAFT). Also in México, Ruth worked with a private consulting firm in a national effort to evaluate the natural protected areas of México, a project sponsored by the World Bank and the Mexican government.

Ruth has a Bachelor’s degree in biology from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in México City, an Associate’s degree in applied geography from Montgomery College, Maryland, and a Masters’ degree in Environmental Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.