Maria Zita Toribio

Maria Zita Toribio has more than 25 years' experience in integrated environment and natural resources management; environment and natural resources policy development; environmental governance improvement; protected area and critical habitat management planning; capacity-building; assessment tools development; environmental and social impact assessment; and climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation.  

Dr. Toribio currently serves as Governance Specialist and Strategic Approach 1 Coordinator on the USAID-funded Sustainable Interventions for Biodiversity, Oceans and Landscapes (SIBOL) Activity.

She has have written book chapters and journal articles,  technical reports,  training modules, and manuals  covering diverse topics on environment and natural resources management and governance, including natural resource valuation,  local environmental governance,  protected area management and governance,  coastal resource governance, environmental law enforcement,  sustainable livelihood and resource management,  forest and landscape restoration, post-conflict peace-building and environment financing.