Yolanda Kakabadse

Biography:

Yolanda Kakabadse Navarro is a conservationist from Ecuador. After studies in Educational psychology at the Catholic University of Quito she became involved in environmental issues. She was a founder of the Fundación Natura in Quito and was its executive director from 1979 to 1990. At the Rio Earth Summit she acted as NGO liaison. In 1993 she was a founder of the Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano and served until 2006 as the executive president of this NGO.