Ruth Arias-Gutiérrez (Ecuador) is an Andean-Amazonian worker for biodiversity, equity and the exercise of rights and responsibilities. She is a full professor at the Amazon State University in Puyo, Ecuador where she has been serving as The Rector from 2019-2021. She was a PI in the project Ecocultural Pluralism in the Ecuadorian Amazon funded by the Academy of Finland. She has been a member of the environmental management network of the Ecuadorian Amazon with indigenous knowledge and is part of the European Action COST Decolonizing Development.
Paola Minoia (Italia) is an associate professor of geography at the University of Turin and an adjunct professor of global development studies at the University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on political ecology, socio-environmental justice, eco-cultural knowledges and territorialities. She was the Principal Investigator in the project Ecocultural Pluralism in the Ecuadorian Amazon funded by the Academy of Finland, a co-leader in the COST network Decolonising Development, and a member of the Executive Committee of EADI.