Patricia Falla is a senior environmental and sustainability consultant in Colombia.

Patricia Falla is a senior environmental and sustainability consultant in Colombia. She has a Master's degree in Ecological Economics, Territory and Environmental Management from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and an Economist degree from the University of Los Andes - Colombia. She has more than 20 years of experience in planning, management and evaluation for sustainable development at national, regional and local scales. Special emphasis on biodiversity conservation and its ecosystem services and sustainable productive alternatives for local development and as mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change. Experience in formulation, coordination and evaluation of GEF projects. She is part of the Coalition for a New Economy for Food and Land Use - FOLU Colombia. She was part of the environmental advisory team of the High Council for the Post-Conflict for the design and implementation of the Integral Sustainable Rural Development Strategy - DRIS and the assembly of the Multidonor Fund Sustainable Colombia. He has participated in the consolidation of the National System of Protected Areas (SINAP) of Colombia and led the creation of the Regional System of Protected Areas of the Orinoquia (SIRAP Orinoquia), as well as the construction of the roadmap for the construction of portfolios for environmental compensation and forced investment of 1% in the SINAP. She has held high-level and responsible positions, including Deputy Director of Human Settlements and Population of the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) and National Project Coordinator of the Alexander von Humboldt Biological Research Institute (IAvH). She has also been a consultant for national and international NGOs, such as TNC, Fundación Natura - Colombia, Fundación Omacha and lateral and multilateral cooperation agencies such as IDB, World Bank, UNDP, UNESCO, IICA and GIZ.